Differs with Cooley
Isham Randolph defends the sanitary district of Chicago and the Calumet Improvement Project against criticism from Lyman E. Cooley.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-27
Your TR Source
Illinois--Chicago
Letter from Frederic V. Abbot to Elihu Root
Acting Chief of Engineers Abbot comments to Secretary of War Root on the possible appointment of Lyman E. Cooley to the newly created Deep Waterways Commission. Since Cooley was deeply involved in the development of one of the Chicago Drainage Canal, one of the waterways to be regulated by the commission, Abbot argues against his appointment.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-24
Summary of letter from Harriet King Davis
Harriet King Davis, assistant secretary of the Chicago Industrial Art League, explains the aim of the league and requests President Roosevelt’s participation in efforts to build a memorial for Chicago’s centennial celebration.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-09-05
The school of industrial art and handicraft
Pamphlet describing the work and classes of the Bohemia Guild’s School of Industrial Art and Handicraft.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903
Business card of Truman A. De Weese
Business card of Truman A. De Weese of the Chicago Record-Herald.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-09
Chicago’s rival of Depew
Newspaper article highlighting the talents of Truman A. De Weese.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-09
Letter from William B. Allison to Theodore Roosevelt
William B. Allison informs President Roosevelt that he has the telegram from Senator Cannon and will meet with him in Chicago Sunday morning. Allison sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-13
Letter from Harriet King Davis to C. R. Malcoon
Harriet King Davis writes to C. R. Malcoon concerning the potential construction of a monument in Chicago. Davis proposes the monument be a piece of art constructed out of metal and that outsourcing not be considered. Davis also touches on her ambition to establish a school for industrial arts.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-09
Letter from W. L. Brown to Marcus Alonzo Hanna
W. L. Brown writes to Marcus Alonzo Hanna to recommend Lyman E. Cooley, an engineer of high training, to be appointed to the Commission.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-28
Summary of letter from Ernest McGaffey
Ernest McGaffey outlines an Arkansas hunting trip. A “lively fight” is expected in Chicago, Illinois, regarding the election for mayor, and Carter H. Harrison is going to be elected mayor.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-03
Correspondence between William Penn Nixon and C. Cooper
William Penn Nixon asks Postmaster Cooper if he has heard of Edward Garstin Smith, who has been trying to sell “The National Weekly,” established to oppose President Roosevelt’s renomination and policies. Cooper replies, as he has indeed seen him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-08; 1903-01-10
Letter from Julia R. Hurley to Theodore Roosevelt
Julia Roosevelt (Hurley) was orphaned and adopted at a young age and believes she might be related to the Roosevelt family. Her parents died in an 1849 cholera epidemic in New York City when she was 3.5 years old. She requests any information President Roosevelt can provide on people from the Roosevelt family that died around the stated time.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-12
Letter from Grenville M. Dodge
Grenville Mellen Dodge suggests that John McAllister Schofield could help end the Anthracite Coal Strike. Schofield has experience with government intervention in similar situations at Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Chicago, Illinois.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-11
Telegram from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt
Otto Gresham reports that public sentiment in Chicago supports President Roosevelt’s efforts to settle the Anthracite Coal Strike.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-02
Letter from Carter Henry Harrison, et al. to Theodore Roosevelt
Several prominent labor leaders of the Chicago area recommend that President Roosevelt use his power and influence to bring about arbitration in the Pennsylvania coal strike.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-06
Letter from Herman Henry Kohlsaat to Theodore Roosevelt
Herman Henry Kohlsaat sends editorials relating to President Roosevelt’s growing popularity.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-07
Letter from Frederic Harrison to Theodore Roosevelt
Frederic Harrison extends congratulations on Ted Roosevelt’s recovery and recalls meeting President Roosevelt in Chicago.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-22
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph M. Dixon
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter from Sidney D. Redmond, stating that Roosevelt would like an African American to second his nomination at the Republican National Convention. If Senator Dixon finds Perry Wilson Howard to be the best candidate, the secretary requests that he contact Redmond directly.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-11
Telegram from William H. Hubbard to Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Hubbard notifies President Roosevelt that the Harvard Club of Chicago “has just given three times three for the nation’s chief magistrate, our fellow alumnus” at their 45th annual dinner.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-26
Letter from R. R. Jones to Theodore Roosevelt
R. R. Jones requests information on Vice President Roosevelt’s travel arrangements to Chicago and Springfield, Illinois.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901