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C. Grant La Farge is excited to visit President Roosevelt and lists the times he is available. La Farge is having a difficult time as his business partner George L. Heins has been seriously ill and is unlikely to recover. His family is well, and he will try to convince his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge of the merits afforded by a week’s rest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-22
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge tells President Roosevelt her thoughts on a variety of books she has read recently. Notably she read and enjoyed George Macaulay Trevelyan’s Garibaldi’s Defense of Rome and Herbert W. Paul’s Life of Froude. She has also read Jane Addams’ book The New Ideals of Peace, and enjoyed Horace Plunkett’s book on Ireland. Her husband C. Grant La Farge has been “splendidly” handling the new arrangements following the death of George Lewis Heins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-28
C. Grant La Farge writes to President Roosevelt concerning a possible trip to Washington within the next week. La Farge doubts that he will be able to fit the trip into his schedule, so he tentatively makes plans to visit Roosevelt on alternate dates at the end of the month.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
C. Grant La Farge and George Lewis Heins hope to be invited for the competition to design the new executive office. They were previously disappointed not to be invited to the Department of Agriculture competition. La Farge has long wanted to design a building in Washington, D.C., and to have one selected during the Roosevelt administration would “increase the triumph.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-09