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Pan-American mail steamers

Pan-American mail steamers

President William H. Taft recently corresponded with Grosvenor Dawe of the Southern Commercial Congress regarding the establishment of a steamship company operating to South America, and the possibility of having one of their ships be the first to travel through the Panama Canal. Taft is glad people are taking steps to improve the United States’ merchant marine, and is sure if their efforts are successful they will be afforded all due privileges.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-23

Letter from Frank McIntyre to William Loeb

Letter from Frank McIntyre to William Loeb

Major McIntyre forwards William Loeb a cablegram addressed to President Roosevelt from Secretary of War William H. Taft. Taft states his visit to Berlin is only required if the German Emperor William II is also visiting the city. Additionally, unless Roosevelt thinks otherwise, he feels travel to Paris and the Isle of Wight are no longer necessary. Such changes will enable an earlier departure.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt on board ship, 1916 and scenes of Theodore Roosevelt’s trip to South America, 1913

Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt on board ship, 1916 and scenes of Theodore Roosevelt’s trip to South America, 1913

Film consists of three sequences: 1) Theodore Roosevelt poses on the deck of the ship Guiana in New York Harbor prior to sailing to the West Indies on February 11, 1916. 2) Roosevelt and members of his party stand on the deck of the Vandyck some time after picking up Kermit Roosevelt at Bahia, Brazil, on October 17, 1913. This is filmed during Roosevelt’s journey to South America to combine a lecture tour with a scientific expedition to the Amazon Valley of Brazil in October 1913. Left to right are: Anthony Fiala, former Arctic explorer; George Kruck Cherrie, ornithologist; Father J. A. Zahm, scientist; Theodore Roosevelt; Kermit Roosevelt; Frank Harper, Roosevelt’s secretary; and at the edge of the picture, Leo E. Miller, mammalogist. 3) A side view of Roosevelt with American and Brazilian officials on the steps of the Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro. To Roosevelt’s right is Edwin V. Morgan, American Ambassador to Brazil; man who may be Anthony Fiala and Father Zahm stand behind Roosevelt; on Roosevelt’s left is Dr. Lauro Müller, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Müller was the person who encouraged Roosevelt’s exploration of the River of Doubt.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1916-02-11; 1913-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby

Theodore Roosevelt’s trip has reminded him of Rudyard Kipling’s works, especially with all of the young Englishmen aboard the ship. Kermit Roosevelt is a great traveling companion and has made many friends. They are both getting along with the naturalists and Roosevelt believes that they will make the trip a scientific success. Everyone has been kind, and Roosevelt is enjoying the “brief aftermath of Presidential glory.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1909-04-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Secretary of War Stimson for sending the fine speech by Judge Emile Henry Lacombe and encloses it with the letter. He asks that Stimson convey his compliments to Lacombe when he sees him and comments on how nice it was to see Stimson and his family yesterday. He encourages Stimson to take Mrs. Stimson on his trip to South America as he did with Mrs. Roosevelt on his trips to Panama and Elihu Root did with his wife when he went to South America.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John R. Parsons

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John R. Parsons

Theodore Roosevelt has German ancestry and has no prejudice against Germany. However, he disagrees with John R. Parsons that the United States should stay neutral and that Americans should not take passage on the ships of belligerent nations. Parsons is willing to see Americans killed at sea and the Wilson administration is acquiescing to these murders. Roosevelt believes the United States should be standing up for international rights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-09-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for some clippings he has sent, and says that he finds Sydney Brooks’ criticisms of American policy in the Philippines to be expected, but finds the current situation preferable to the British administration of Malaysia. Roosevelt also finds the distinctions drawn by The London Times between treatments of Japanese workers at the hands of Americans and Australians to “have a certain comic side.” Roosevelt cannot say what Secretary of War William H. Taft will do, but he hopes Taft will come directly home after traveling through Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kentarō Kaneko

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kentarō Kaneko

President Roosevelt thanks Baron Kaneko for his concern about Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt’s illness. He explains why the United States wishes to restrict members of the Japanese working class from migrating to the United States. Roosevelt believes that this will ease tensions between both countries. The new commission on immigration might also consider restricting immigration from Europe.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-23