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Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes following an accident which killed thirty-six men on the USS Missouri, the ship commanded by her husband William S. Cowles. The wife of one of the men who died has asked Cowles to be with her when her husband’s body arrives for the funeral.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-15
Hermann Speck von Sternburg extends condolences upon hearing of the accident on board the USS Missouri.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-14
Secretary of the Navy Moody returns clippings concerning the court of inquiry in the collision involving the USS Illinois and the USS Missouri. He provides the contents of a telegram sent to members of the court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-04
An ocean liner, probably the Titanic, sinks amid icebergs with many passengers jumping into the sea for lack of enough lifeboats, as a few lifeboats loaded with passengers row clear of the ship. Caption: The Grim Spectre — Why all this hue and cry about lifeboats? Have you not your veranda and Parisian cafes, palm-garden, squash-court, gymnasium, swimming-pool, Turkish baths, and a la carte restaurant?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-05-08
Anna Roosevelt Cowles conveys information about Cabinet appointments given to her by Mr. Reid who believes that President Roosevelt should minimize his intimacy with Leonard Wood. Reid also thinks Roosevelt’s letter on lynching was a “masterpiece.” The Mintos also send messages to Roosevelt. Cowles enjoyed reading The Call of the Wild and asks Roosevelt if he has read it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-17