Insurance, Life--Plans

Ambassador Porter submitted his formal resignation to President Roosevelt earlier, but here details various points of the diplomatic situation in France. These include French proposals for the increase on tariffs on imports and the negative effect for American businesses, the needs of American life insurance companies in France, an upcoming world’s convention of the Young Men Christian’s Association, and the finances of the search for the remains of John Paul Jones.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-03

Creator(s)

Porter, Horace, 1837-1921

President Roosevelt uses a whip to guide an number of industries—”beef,” “railroads,” “private car lines,” and “express cos”—through a “government control” corral. A “life insurance cos” man, who wears tattered clothing, watches from the other side of the fence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-20

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

A nervous man clutches a “Life Insurance Policy.” Caption: The latest epidemic.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-05-10

William Loeb asks Douglas Robinson to confirm receipt of a notice from the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York regarding President Roosevelt’s policy, which was sent to him in October.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-01

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

President Roosevelt appreciates Douglas Robinson’s work on the life insurance policies. He is concerned about paying the premiums once he is out of office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Arthur H. Bogue invites Theodore Roosevelt to apply for a life insurance policy with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and asks when it would be possible for him to call upon Roosevelt in person to discuss the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-28

Creator(s)

Bogue, Arthur H. (Arthur Hoyt), 1874-1951

Casper S. Butcher sends Theodore Roosevelt a pamphlet on his insurance system between employers and the work force, based on life insurance, not accident insurance. He will happily answer any questions and can arrange a meeting as requested.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-20

Creator(s)

Butcher, Casper S., 1871-1911

Lee D. Hemingway, who met Theodore Roosevelt in 1900 during the McKinley-Roosevelt campaign, is now working for the life insurance company Connecticut Mutual. He has heard that Roosevelt holds a policy there and would like an expression of his satisfaction with the company. Hemingway assures Roosevelt that it is for personal use and not for publication.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-10

Creator(s)

Hemingway, Lee D. (Lee DeWitt), 1878-1937

Casper S. Butcher encloses a co-operative life insurance plan that will benefit employees and wage earners without burdening employers. It will provide support beyond covering burial costs to provide for dependents and workers who are too old to continue employment. Butcher intends to produce literature to convince workers that the plan is beneficial to them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-06

Creator(s)

Butcher, Casper S., 1871-1911

William Frederick Dix notifies William Loeb that President Roosevelt will not be changing the form of his life insurance policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-11

Creator(s)

Dix, William Frederick, 1867-

William Frederick Dix describes options for reissuing the insurance policy for President Roosevelt. Dix compares the advantages of annual dividend policies versus twenty year distribution dividend policies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-09

Creator(s)

Dix, William Frederick, 1867-

President Roosevelt requests a change in the distribution of his life insurance policy issued by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Paul Morton sees the great advantage of a proposed meeting of the National Association of Life Underwriters and provides talking points for President Roosevelt in case he chooses to address the group.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-14

Creator(s)

Morton, Paul, 1857-1911

Alfred Owen Crozier, member of “Modern Woodmen of America,” is concerned about government oversight of life insurance for fraternal organizations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-18

Creator(s)

Crozier, Alfred Owen, 1863-1939

The copy of the letter sent to Jacob H. Schiff by George Westinghouse has been shown to Grover Cleveland and Morgan Joseph O’Brien. They desire to express their agreement with the sentiments of personal esteem and regard which is shown by Westinghouse to Schiff. The purpose of the address was two-fold: to give policyholders confidence in the solvency of the company and to describe the character of the men who will be chosen to serve as directors.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-11

Creator(s)

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Advertising pamphlet for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, featuring information about Theodore Roosevelt’s policy with the company. Includes statement of payments on the policy, a copy of the check issued to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt after Roosevelt’s death, and a Roosevelt quotation about the value of life insurance.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company

A devil wearing a business suit holds a fire brand labeled “Arson” in one hand and a large knife labeled “Murder” in the other. He is accepting a payment for $10,000 from a hand labeled “Vast Sums on Uninvestigated Risks.” The hand extends from a “Fire Insurance” company with a motto that states, “We Insure Everything and Anybody” on the corner of the building. Caption: The big insurance companies, by carelessness in their selection of agents, adjusters and risks, place a premium on crime.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-11-20

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

President Roosevelt has applied for three life insurance policies with the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York Life Insurance Company, and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-16

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

Postal Life Insurance Company advertisement featuring a quote from Theodore Roosevelt promoting life insurance.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1930-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

New York Life Insurance Company life insurance application partially completed by President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; New York Life Insurance Company