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President Roosevelt sends a list of nominations for the Council of Fine Arts and encloses a copy of the executive order he issued to create such a council.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-18
President Roosevelt introduces Francis B. Loomis, F. J. V. Skiff, and Francis Davis Millet to Kentarō Kaneko. The men will form the Commission to the upcoming Tokyo Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-29
President Roosevelt tells C. Grant La Farge that there may be a position for his father, John La Farge, in connection with the upcoming Tokyo Exhibition. Roosevelt has written to Exposition Commissioner Francis Davis Millet to find out.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-29
President Roosevelt thanks Baron Kentarō Kaneko for the letters and telegrams they have exchanged, and sends him a copy of the bill that was finally passed regarding the American commission to the Japanese exhibition. Roosevelt believes that they have been able to meet Kaneko’s hopes for the law, and that it was done in the correct spirit. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root both worked hard to make sure that the bill was passed. F. J. V. Skiff, Francis Davis Millet, and Francis B. Loomis have been appointed commissioners, and Roosevelt offers to have them visit Tokyo as soon as their visit would be useful. Skiff and Millet have had past experiences with Worlds Exhibitions, and may be able to give valuable insight.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-13
President Roosevelt reports to Augustus Saint-Gaudens that by law, the silver coinage cannot be changed until 1917 and the nickel until 1908. He therefore requests Saint-Gaudens design the gold coins and the one-cent piece, as they are the ones which can be changed immediately, and inquires about the cost. Roosevelt additionally mentions that while there is currently not a fund to have an inauguration medal designed, there is a chance he may be able to secure an outside appropriation for such a design, and asks what the price for this would be. He requests Saint-Gaudens consult with fellow sculptor Francis Davis Millet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-17
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to submit a letter to Director of the Mint George E. Roberts concerning employing Augustus Saint-Gaudens to design new coinage and the inaugural medal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-16
Dr. Millet introduces Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur H. Andrews, President of the Board of Trade of Brockton, Massachusetts. Andrews and Millet believe that the citizens of their city should be more engaged in public affairs. They would like Roosevelt to speak to the Board of Trade at some point in the coming year,
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-15
Josiah B. Millet introduces himself as the publisher of a series of talks on Japan and China. He is also the brother of Francis Davis Millet and a Harvard graduate. As he is working on a new edition on Japan that covers official correspondence leading up to the Russo-Japanese War, he would like to consult with Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-05
Michael F. Moran chronicles the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) Panama Canal Centennial Strenuous Life Adventure of March 2014. Moran describes the itinerary of the group, highlighting its passage through the canal on a cruise ship and its stop at various offices and sites associated with the construction of the canal. Moran also refers to figures prominent in the building of the canal such as John F. Stevens. Moran describes the condition of Colon, Panama, highlights the group’s bird watching expedition, and notes the costumes of the native Embera Indians.
Twenty photographs and a map appear in the text while a photo album of seventy-two color photographs arrayed in twelve pages follows the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2014
Michael F. Moran describes the process of creating an unofficial inaugural medal for President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1905. Moran says that the artist Francis Davis Millet started the process by writing Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about the poor quality of the inaugural medal to be issued by the Bureau of the Mint. Moran highlights the roles played by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who designed the alternate medal, and of the Tiffany Company which produced the medals. Moran notes the many changes in design, diameter, and metal which led to the medal not being produced in time for the March 1905 inauguration, and he notes that the work on the inaugural medal led to the collaboration between Theodore Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens on redesigning the United States’ currency.
Four photographs appear in the article along with an illustration of both sides of the official inaugural medal issued by the Bureau of the Mint. Saint-Gaudens’s design appears on the front and back covers of the journal.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008