Lectures and lecturing

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-06-07

Creator(s)

Gunther, R. T.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-16

Creator(s)

Brigham, Nathaniel, M. (Nathaniel Maynard), 1856-1915

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

G. M. Randall asks The Outlook for Theodore Roosevelt’s current address so he can contact him concerning a lecture.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-21

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-05-16

Creator(s)

Crofton, Kate Dunbar Tichbourne, 1864-1935; Woods, Henry, Mrs.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Francis B. Loomis shares with Theodore Roosevelt his experience at the Elmendorf Lecture the previous evening. When Dwight L. Elmendorf mentioned Roosevelt’s name, the whole crowd burst into applause.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

President Roosevelt would be pleased to receive a copy of The Great Rift Valley. Roosevelt is currently working on his Romanes lecture, and asks if Henry Fairfield Osborn would look it over when he is finished.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-01

President Roosevelt knew Endicott Peabody would like to hear about the Romanes lecture, and he encloses the related letters from George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Although Roosevelt agrees with Peabody about the difficulty of frequent travel, he feels Archie Roosevelt should continue on with his current dentist in New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-16

President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Endicott Peabody, explaining that he had hoped to let Archie Roosevelt “be free” this summer, but an emergency dental situation has thwarted the plan. He asks that the doctor’s suggestion be heeded. Peabody might like to know that Roosevelt has been invited to give the Romanes Lecture at Oxford.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-12

President Roosevelt hopes to visit Lord Curzon of Kedleston, and lists the authors he would most like to meet while visiting Oxford. He discusses the issue of the reserves in Africa, and compares the situation to Yellowstone Park in the United States. Roosevelt mourns the loss of former German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, a great soldier and effective ambassador.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-12

President Roosevelt details to Senator Lodge the difficulties in renominating New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Roosevelt has accepted George Nathaniel Curzon’s invitation to present the Romanes Lecture at the University of Oxford upon returning from Africa. He sends his regards to Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-02

President Roosevelt inquires if Edward North Buxton can go to Lawn and Alder and add additional supplies to his list as Buxton sees fit. Roosevelt describes his preferences for hunting rifles. He looks forward to visiting Buxton after his trip to Africa. There are several men he wants to meet when he travels to England to present the Romanes Lecture at the University of Oxford.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-31

President Roosevelt congratulates Lawrence F. Abbott and his wife Winifred Buck Abbott on their automobile and wishes he could have attended the fair. Since he is writing for Scribner’s Magazine while in Africa, Roosevelt does not think he should write anything for The Outlook. He will, however, accumulate materials to write about for The Outlook at a later time. He recommends both Lawrence F. Abbott and Lyman Abbott read Holman Day’s article on prohibition, which he says shows the need for a local option.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

President Roosevelt praises Albert Shaw for his recent book, saying it is the kind of material young Americans should model themselves by. Roosevelt also asks Shaw if he has seen Secretary of State Elihu Root’s recent lectures at Yale University, which Roosevelt praises.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

President Roosevelt praises Secretary of State Root’s recent lectures at Yale University, calling them “lofty essays.” In an extended postscript, Roosevelt says he is enclosing a letter from Japanese Ambassador Kentarō Kaneko, saying he likes Kaneko, but also calls him a “fox.” Roosevelt says the Japanese have reason to be offended over the treatment of Japanese immigrants in San Francisco, and asks what other legal measures can be taken to protect them. On the other hand, Roosevelt says that these problems do not give Japan the excuse to be thinking of war with the United States. Roosevelt does not believe the Japanese will attack American positions in the Pacific or Alaska, but “there is enough uncertainty” for the United States to be on its guard for war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Lloyd C. Douglas writes to Theodore Roosevelt about a series of lectures John R. Mott is soon to give about spiritual life to students at the University of Illinois. Douglas is writing well-known men who know Mott’s work and soliciting brief letters of appreciation for him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-14

George Harrison Shull explains to Theodore Roosevelt that due to the lateness of W. Johannsen’s arrival, they have decided to postpone his visit to Cold Spring Harbor to another time. Shull will let Roosevelt know when a new date is picked.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-09

Montgomery S. Burley asks Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at a series arranged by the Knights of Pythias in Texas in August 1912.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-07

Sydney Brooks introduces William Bailey Howland to Rustom Rustomjee, an editor of a publication in Bombay, India. Rustomjee is planning a trip to America, and Brooks asks if Howland could introduce him to Theodore Roosevelt and some of the staff at The Outlook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-25

William P. Woods wonders if Theodore Roosevelt could deliver a lecture next year and informs him the trip would take one day from New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-20

George Harrison Shull informs Theodore Roosevelt that Dr. W. Johannsen of the University of Copenhagen will be in America to give a series of lectures and visit the Station for Experimental Evolution. He invites Roosevelt to meet Dr. Johannsen, Dr. Charles Benedict Davenport, and Harry Hamilton Laughlin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-20