Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles H. Sholes
President Roosevelt thanks Charles H. Sholes, President of the Mazamas, for the honorary membership.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-14
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Mazamas (Portland, Or.)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles H. Sholes
President Roosevelt would be pleased to be an honorary member of the Mazamas.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles H. Sholes
President Roosevelt explains the reason no response was sent to the Mazamas club’s previous letters. Because of the absence of William Loeb, his usual secretary, the letter of the Mazamas club was answered by form letter, and Roosevelt was unaware of it. Additionally, Roosevelt cannot accept the offer for someone to propose his name for honorary membership, but only considers the matter when honorary membership itself is offered.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-22
Letter from W. G. Steel to Theodore Roosevelt
W. G. Steel writes to President Roosevelt thanking him for his assistance in getting Crater Lake National Park established. Steel had been working locally for seventeen years working for the area’s preservation. Steel invites the president on a two-week outing to Crater Lake.
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Creation Date
1902-05-10
Letter from W. G. Steel to Theodore Roosevelt
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Steel extends to President Theodore Roosevelt an offer of honorary membership in the Mazamas, a mountain climbing club. The induction would recognize Roosevelt’s lifelong interest in natural conservation and his role in creating Crater Lake National Park. Steel describes the club’s history and the parameters of honorary membership and requests permission to submit Roosevelt’s name for election at the next annual meeting.
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Creation Date
1905-08-17
Letter from Benjamin F. Barnes to W. G. Steel
Benjamin F. Barnes informs W. G. Steel that President Roosevelt declines the offer of honorary membership in the Mazamas. Roosevelt appreciates the courtesy but has made it a personal rule not to accept membership in organizations in which he cannot take an active role due to his public duties.
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Creation Date
1905-08-24
Letter from W. G. Steel to Theodore Roosevelt
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Steel asks President Theodore Roosevelt why he refused honorary membership in the Mazamas, a mountain climbing club but accepted it from the American Alpine Club. Steel references an enclosed piece of correspondence.
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Creation Date
1906-04-09
Letter from W. G. Steel to Theodore Roosevelt
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Steel has not received acknowledgment of his letter from April 9th and sends it again. The offer of honorary membership to the Mazamas has not been met cordially, and lack of acknowledgment to this letter will lead to the assumption that President Roosevelt desires to “to snub” the club.
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Creation Date
1906-05-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles H. Sholes
Theodore Roosevelt explains to President Charles H. Sholes how he came to accept honorary membership to the American Alpine Club but not to the Mazamas. Roosevelt asks that the matter is not given any publicity.
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Creation Date
1906-05-22
Letter from Charles H. Sholes, Edmund P. Sheldon, and Martin W. Gorman to F. C. Little
Charles H. Sholes, Edmund P. Sheldon, and M. W. Gorman, all members of the Mazamas in Portland, write to F. C. Little, Recording Secretary of Mazamas, submitting Theodore Roosevelt’s name as an honorary member of the Mazamas, to be voted on at the October meeting.
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Creation Date
1906-08-27
Letter from W. G. Steel to C. H. Sholes
W. G. Steel submits his resignation as a member of the Mazamas.
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Creation Date
1906-08-30
Letter from Charles H. Sholes to W. G. Steel
Charles H. Sholes responds to W. G. Steel’s resignation from the Mazamas in response to the controversy that arose when President Roosevelt was nominated for honorary membership. Sholes is surprised and hurt by Steel’s resignation, and feels that he bears just as much responsibility as Steel for the controversy. Sholes would like to know why Steel insists on resigning, and wants to know if anything can be done to remedy the situation.
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Creation Date
1906-09-09