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Letter from William S. Bennet to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from William S. Bennet to Henry Cabot Lodge

Representative Bennet reports to Senator Lodge from Greece on the practices of steamship companies taking immigrants to the United States. In light of current restrictive health inspections at Ellis Island, Greek officials and heads of steamship companies are carrying out more stringent health inspections before the ships depart. This has drastically reduced the number of immigrants turned away in the United States. Bennet suggests that it may be an opportune time to cooperate with Greece to exclude “undesirable” Greek immigrants from coming to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-03

Speech by Gutzon Borglum

Speech by Gutzon Borglum

Text of a speech delivered by Gutzon Borglum on the occasion of the unveiling of the figure of Thomas Jefferson on Mount Rushmore. Borglum notes the historical significance of the impending completion of Mount Rushmore and invokes the architectural accomplishments of antiquity to underscore the success of Mount Rushmore.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1936-08-30

Birth control: Margaret Sanger’s reply to Theodore Roosevelt

Birth control: Margaret Sanger’s reply to Theodore Roosevelt

Margaret Sanger replies to former President Roosevelt’s article “Birth Control–From the Positive Side.” Sanger argues that birth control is necessary for all classes; however, it is most necessary for the working class. She criticizes Roosevelt’s approach, stating that widespread fertility should not be encouraged in order to prevent the “spawning of the slums.” She also takes issue with Roosevelt’s assessment that birth rates in France and Germany helped precipitate World War I. Finally, Sanger argues that women fear birthing children into poverty with the inability to care for them. For this reason, birth control dissemination is a necessity.

Collection

The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Creation Date

1917-12

Letter from John Hay to William Loeb

Letter from John Hay to William Loeb

Secretary of State Hay encloses a dispatch from the legation in Greece where a Greek paper reported that President Roosevelt was ill and King George I inquired about Roosevelt’s health. The legation was informed that the report was false but the King’s inquiry was appreciated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-19

Letter from John B. Jackson to John Hay

Letter from John B. Jackson to John Hay

At a recent celebration of King George’s birthday, the king expressed his admiration of President Roosevelt to Ambassador Jackson. Yesterday, the London papers reported that Roosevelt was seriously ill. Jackson passes along the king’s inquiry about Roosevelt’s health and hopes that the report is unfounded.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Letter from James Bronson Reynolds to Nicholas Murray Butler

Letter from James Bronson Reynolds to Nicholas Murray Butler

James Bronson Reynolds informs President of Columbia University Nicholas Murray Butler that, before pursuing studies in the law, he will take a year sabbatical traveling across Europe and in parts of Asia and Africa with Mrs. Reynolds. Reynolds relays that he will visit Gifford Pinchot in Washington, D.C., and inquires about employment possibilities with the National Government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-01