Loeb, Katharine W. Dorr, 1876-1966

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-04

Creator(s)

Ingling, Clarence E. (Clarence Eugene), 1871-1955

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Isaac H. Cocks informs William Loeb that half of his mail comes through Westbury, New York, and that there are no problems as mail is received promptly. He also tells Loeb about his son William W. Cocks’s voyage to Hawaii and the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Justice Moody asks William Loeb for a copy of the letter Moody wrote to President Roosevelt yesterday. He sends his well wishes to Loeb and his wife, Katharine W. Dorr Loeb.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Abby Gunn Baker reminds William Loeb that she had received permission to photograph the lower rooms of the White House. Loeb felt like some of the photographs were not of high enough quality and encouraged her to come again, which she would like to do now. Baker requests several different views and states that she expects to include them in her White House book for the spring.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-05

John Callan O’Laughlin encloses a letter he believes is of interest to William Loeb and President Roosevelt regarding Secretary of State Elihu Root and the press. Roosevelt’s goodwill towards Japan intrigues O’Laughlin, and he requests Loeb give him information on the Atlantic Fleet’s movements. On his way to Maine, O’Laughlin plans to stop in New York City and wants Loeb to show him around.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-24

John Callan O’Laughlin asks William Loeb to suggest hunting locations for his friend Medill McCormick. He hopes Loeb will continue writing occasionally. O’Laughlin encloses several articles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-19

John W. Vrooman recounts his recent trip to upstate New York to William Loeb. Vrooman has heard that many want President Roosevelt to run for the Senate after his term ends, and asks Loeb if Admiral Goodrich’s retirement could be postponed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-18

On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to William Loeb about an upcoming luncheon. Edith Roosevelt wonders if they could meet June 21, as she has a prior engagement on June 14.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-19

William Loeb thanks Annie Elizabeth Spooner, wife of Senator John C. Spooner, for bringing the error to his attention, and encloses a note from the clerk in charge of invitations explaining how it happened. He has passed Spooner’s message along to his wife, Katharine W. Loeb, who along with his newborn son, William Loeb, is doing well.

Comments and Context

William Loeb and his wife, Katharine W. Loeb, had recently had a son, William Loeb, on December 26, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt about the family’s trip to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and how he walked through the exposition grounds with an enormous bruise without letting any reporters know he was experiencing pain in his leg. The president was most interested in the North Dakota and Philippine exhibits. President Roosevelt includes a handwritten note encouraging Kermit to “keep pegging away” in his studies and to not lose heart.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-29

Fernande Braun, writing on behalf of her husband Marcus Braun, hopes William Loeb will enjoy the wines she sent and that he will raise a glass to the health of his family. She wishes a merry Christmas and happy New Year for them all. The secret that she is her husband’s typist is out and she is proud of her position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-22

A. M. Lothrop, president of the “Neighborhood House,” thanks William Loeb and his wife, Katharine W. Dorr Loeb, for their contribution to the home in the past year and asks for further contributions in the future if the Loebs are able.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-27

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-01

Creator(s)

Cocks, Isaac H., 1836-1910

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Senator Bourne hopes all is well with William Loeb and his family. He asks Loeb to deliver the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt personally. Bourne invites Loeb to play golf.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

Alexander O. Brodie thanks William Loeb for letting him know the cost of postage on a package he sent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and he encloses a check for the amount. Brodie and his family are gathering items from New Jersey and Washington, D.C., to move to St. Paul, Minnesota, where Brodie will serve as Adjutant General of the Department of the Dakotas. He is glad to be back in the United States from his time in the Philippines with the army.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-25

Senator Jonathan Bourne is disappointed that the cherries he sent William Loeb did not arrive in good condition. He blames the shipper. He hopes to see Loeb and his wife in Oregon soon and is glad to hear of the improvement in Katharine W. Dorr Loeb’s health. He appreciates Loeb’s advice to hike and encloses a letter to President Roosevelt that he would like Loeb to deliver.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-22

Senator Bourne sends William Loeb and President Roosevelt and their families some Oregon cherries and hopes they enjoy the fruit. Bourne has been struggling to get any work done in the summer heat. He encloses a letter for delivery to Roosevelt, and will take his suggestion regarding John W. Foster. Bourne supports a “second elective term” for Roosevelt. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-19

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson asks William Loeb to bring President Roosevelt’s attention to the book The Mother-Artist, by her acquaintance Jane Dearborn Mills. Robinson encloses a letter praising the book for the president and a letter for Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch, whose address she believes Loeb must have.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

Senator Bourne of Oregon asks William Loeb to deliver the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

Senator Bourne writes to William Loeb about a delivery of cherries. Bourne’s secretary, John C. Young, will send them from Portland, Oregon, by Wells Fargo Express in a custom icebox. Half of the cherries are to go to President Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and the other half to Loeb and his wife, Katharine. Bourne asks that Loeb return the icebox to Portland so that he can send more cherries in the future.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-15