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President Roosevelt introduces George Foster Peabody to Lois Adelaide Bangs and Mary B. Whiton, former principal and co-principal of Cathedral School in Washington D.C. Roosevelt compliments Bangs and Whiton’s personal character and admires their contributions to the school.
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1907-02-20
President Roosevelt thanks Lois Adelaide Bangs and Mary B. Whiton for the cordial letter, for everything they have done for Ethel Roosevelt while she attended the National Cathedral School, and for the consideration shown to himself and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1906-06-16
President Roosevelt thanks Lois Adelaide Bangs and the National Cathedral School for Girls for their congratulations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
Robert D. Heinl asks Theodore Roosevelt to sign the enclosed photograph as a gift for Helen Corbin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-04
Lois Adelaide Bangs sends her and Mary B. Whiton’s thanks to President Roosevelt for his attendance at the National Cathedral School’s commencement. As Bangs and Whiton prepare to leave Washington and end their service as the school’s principals, they wish Roosevelt well and hope that Ethel Roosevelt finds her time at the school beneficial.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-15
Lois Adelaide Bangs, principal at the National Cathedral School, thanks President Roosevelt for speaking at graduation and reports that his daughter Ethel has been an excellent student.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-02
Obituary for Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Theodore Roosevelt’s eldest daughter, written by John A. Gable. Gable quotes from various newspapers reporting her death, describes the funeral service, and lists the all male pallbearers. In addition to naming her siblings and her own children, he describes Ethel’s service in World War I as a nurse and her long years of service to the American Red Cross. Gable details her work with the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and her role in preserving Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
Three photographs accompany the obituary: one shows Ethel Roosevelt as a child at the White House in 1902; another shows her with First Lady Rosalyn Carter at the White House in 1977 and the third shows the entire Theodore Roosevelt family (along with Congressman Nicholas Longworth) at the White House in an undated photo.