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Henry Bainbridge Chapin sends President Roosevelt a letter from Edward Robinson, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Chapin asks that Roosevelt let Robinson know if he will be in Washington in May so that John Singer Sargent can can come over for the presentation of Roosevelt’s portrait before commencement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-20
President Roosevelt asks Minister of Colonial Affairs Idenburg if the Dutch government would be able to aid Roger S. Warner in an upcoming project. Warner, on behalf of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, hopes to conduct excavations in Java to learn more about its artistic and archaeological history, a venture which Roosevelt supports.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-15
President Roosevelt introduces Oric Bates to Ambassador Leishman and asks that he help Bates and Richard Norton obtain a firman, or permit, to do archaeological digs in Tripoli, Ottoman Empire. Bates and Norton are working for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-21
William Sturgis Bigelow thanks President Roosevelt for his help securing archaeological dig permission for Oric Bates and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Bigelow will put a bust of Roosevelt in the Museum with a smaller one of Maecenas beside it. Baroness Lillian May Speck von Sternberg was heartbroken over the result of her auction. After a visit to the theater in Times Square, John called a faint star “futile,” which Bigelow says is “the way stars look from hell.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-22
Lieutenant Governor Guild tells President Roosevelt that Massachusetts is looking good for his eventual success, but that within the state there is a bitter struggle. Nevertheless, Guild is confident of victory. Guild encloses a letter from J. William Randall, who he vouches for as a respected citizen, petitioning on behalf of his son in the army who he claims is being persecuted. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Armstrong has irritated many people in Massachusetts due to a ruling he made related to the Art Museum of Boston and import duties. He hopes Roosevelt will be able to address this issue when the election is over, as it is making the Republicans unpopular.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18