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Austin B. Fletcher invites Theodore Roosevelt to join the friends of Dr. David Starr Jordan for a dinner to show Jordan appreciation for his work.
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1911-12
President Roosevelt thinks that the enclosed communications between himself and David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, will interest Lyman Abbott.
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1907-01-09
George Kennan is horrified at the situation with the School Board in San Francisco. He hopes that if President Roosevelt meets them he can see them for who they are as individuals with illicit character. It is creating a San Francisco where men of character are leaving.
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1907-02-02
Lyman Abbott would support offering naturalization to Chinese and Japanese immigrants if the Japanese were not already a majority in Hawaii. Abbott feels that a law which would give the Japanese political control in a territory that is important to the United States for both military and commercial reasons would be “extremely perilous.” Abbott returns the letter from President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University and encloses an editorial on the “Japanese question.”
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1907-01-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about his upcoming trip to Louisiana. He says he will write a book with chapters on his travels to the Andes, Patagonia, Brazil, and Arizona. Roosevelt says his latest book Through the Brazilian Wilderness is getting recognition but he is unhappy that Scribner’s changed the title. He is sending Kermit South of Panama by Edward Alsworth Ross and looks forward to hearing Kermit’s thoughts on it. Roosevelt also gives his opinions on the War in Europe and President Wilson.
1915-05-31
President Roosevelt must turn down Clara Hay’s invitation for January 9 as President Jordan will likely be staying at the White House.
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1903-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could attend the dinner at the Metropolitan Club to meet David Starr Jordan. However, he cannot.
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1911-12-07
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter from Stanford University president David Starr Jordan for his son Ted. He has instructed Jordan to write Ted, and Ted will carry out his plan. He asks Ted to ask Jordan if that is all right. Roosevelt provides times and days for his trip between Phoenix and Los Angeles, and from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
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1911-02-08
Theodore Roosevelt thanks W. S. Rainsford for his note. He welcomes criticism and “valuable suggestions” from Rainsford and others.
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1911-01-07
Theodore Roosevelt used one of Flavel Sweeten Luther’s letters in his book on World War I. Like Luther, Roosevelt has never been able to make an impression on pacifists. Roosevelt believes that Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan subordinate public consideration to personal advantage.
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1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt declines Seth Low’s invitation to participate in a debate with David Starr Jordan. Roosevelt vehemently declares that he would rather debate white slave trafficking than debate Jordan. He will write to Ralph M. Easley more discreetly on the subject.
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1914-11-30
President Roosevelt sends Ambassador Griscom letters concerning Charles Henry Huberich, and believes that Huberich is the right man for the position at Stanford University Law School.
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1908-07-27
President Roosevelt received the invitation from the Southern California Rod and Reel Club to attend a dinner in honor of David Starr Jordan. He will be unable to attend, but asks Henry Loewenthal to send the club well-wishes on his behalf.
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1908-04-20
President Roosevelt believes that Frank A. Miller, owner of a successful hotel in Riverside, California, should be granted a lease for a new hotel in Yosemite National Park, and supplies many letters of reference. Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ryan that the rail lines to the park will soon reach completion, and the and the increase in park visitors this will bring necessitates a hotel.
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1906-10-06
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Graham Bell that while he believes George Ellery Hale to be “an excellent man,” he does not think it would be a good idea to appoint another astronomer as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution right away. Roosevelt comments on several other suggestions by Bell, including Henry Fairfield Osborn, David Starr Jordan, and Charles D. Walcott, all of whom would be good choices, although several have difficulties standing in the way of their selection.
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1906-03-27
President Roosevelt explains how he plans to negotiate a protocol or treaty with San Domingo, which will then be presented to the Senate to act on.
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1905-01-26
Senator Dillingham encloses a letter from David Starr Jordan, who is particularly fit to discuss seals. C. Hart Merriam is also qualified.
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1904-03-07
Charles Fletcher Lummis, David Starr Jordan, and others have accused Charles E. Burton, Superintendent and Special Distributing Agent of the Moquis and Navajos at Keams Canyon, Arizona, of incompetence and cruel treatment of Native Americans. President Roosevelt supports Burton’s removal and asks that Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock take up the matter.
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1903-06-22
President Roosevelt would like to oblige Mr. Jordan and inquires about the appointment of Mr. Fickert.
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1902-12-16
President Roosevelt encloses letters from David Starr Jordan and Albert T. Judd.
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1901-11-07