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Governor McLane requests a telegram; the Russian and Japanese diplomats are en route from Oyster Bay, New York, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-05
Otto von Gottberg asks whether members of the press will be able to attend any of the ceremonies to be held at Oyster Bay before the meeting of the peace delegates at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Gottberg asks to be allowed to tour the grounds of President Roosevelt’s home, as the German people would be interested to read a detailed account of them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-14
Russian Ambassador Roman Romanovitch Rosen desires to know where and when President Roosevelt will receive him. Rosen also desires to know whether he should go in uniform, and if not, what he should wear. Rosen accepts Portsmouth for the peace conference.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-07
Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce informs President Roosevelt of the arrangements for the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. Peirce is concerned there is not a suitable ship to transport the dignitaries to Oyster Bay and he also wants to keep the diplomats out of the view of the journalists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-06
William N. Tilchin provides a detailed look at the 2007 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Boston, Massachusetts. Tilchin notes the committee and leadership meetings of the TRA, and he highlights the field trips to the USS Constitution, Harvard University, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tilchin’s account also covers the awards presented by the TRA, including the police award for Boston, the Bertha B. Rose Award, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Leadership Award. Tilchin also notes the various speakers and the topics they addressed in different venues during the weekend meeting.
Fifty photographs populate the report, including five pages with six photographs each, which show the various guests, dignitaries, award winners, speakers, and TRA leaders.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008
William N. Tilchin examines why Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War. Tilchin asserts that Roosevelt had gained a great deal of diplomatic experience prior to the 1905 negotiations at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, including his work in acquiring the rights to build the Panama Canal. Tilchin also notes that Roosevelt had a sense of the larger geopolitical stakes at hand in the war; namely, preserving the balance of power in both Asia and Europe, and he highlights how Roosevelt deployed his friendships with Kentaro Kaneko of Japan and the United States Ambassador to Russia George von Lengerke Meyer throughout the negotiations.
Three photographs appear in the essay, including one of Roosevelt with the peace commissioners from Russia and Japan and one of Tilchin at the site of the treaty negotiations at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007-10-28
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the agenda, speakers, and field trips for the association’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 2007. The announcement lists the eight speakers, the field trips to Harvard University and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and it notes that the TRA leadership will host a forum on the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center. The announcement includes a mail-in registration form.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
Henry J. Hendrix describes the negotiations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, between Russia and Japan in an effort to end the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Hendrix also details the role played by President Theodore Roosevelt, especially his use of third parties to act as intermediaries between him and the warring powers. Hendrix notes that Roosevelt persuaded the Japanese to surrender their demand for an indemnity from the Russians, convincing them that asking for a payment would appear to the world as continuing the war simply for money. Hendrix asserts that studying the negotiations reveals that Roosevelt was in charge of his diplomacy; that he was “deeply involved” in the process; and that he made effective use of back-channel or third party diplomacy.
Two photographs and two political cartoons of Roosevelt illustrate the article.
William N. Tilchin examines why Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War. Tilchin asserts that Roosevelt had gained a great deal of diplomatic experience prior to the 1905 negotiations at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, including his work in acquiring the rights to build the Panama Canal. Tilchin also notes that Roosevelt had a sense of the larger geopolitical stakes at hand in the war; namely, preserving the balance of power in both Asia and Europe, and he highlights how Roosevelt deployed his friendships with Kentaro Kaneko of Japan and the United States Ambassador to Russia George von Lengerke Meyer throughout the negotiations.
A silhouette illustration and three photographs of Roosevelt accompany the article as does a text box acknowledging the financial firm Roosevelt & Cross for its support of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
In an excerpt from his book The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill, Hermann Hagedorn examines Theodore Roosevelt’s exercise of personal diplomacy with the representatives of Russia and Japan in his effort to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Hagedorn details the delicate diplomacy undertaken by Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and onboard the presidential yacht Mayflower in August 1905 which helped to secure a final peace treaty in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Hagedorn also describes Roosevelt’s descent in the U.S. Navy’s submarine, the Plunger.
A photograph, a political cartoon, and an illustration depict Roosevelt’s interaction with the envoys from Russia and Japan.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1954
In the context of President Jimmy Carter’s work negotiating a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, William C. Sexton reviews President Theodore Roosevelt’s mediation of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 and argues that Roosevelt’s actions set the table for future presidents to act as peacemakers. He looks at Roosevelt’s actions during the negotiations, reviews some of his administration’s other accomplishments, and says that advances in technology like those pioneered by the Wright brothers added to America’s power and prestige.
A listing of the Officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of this article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1978
On August 5, 1905, the Japanese and Russian delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference left New York City to board ships which would take them first to Oyster Bay to talk with Theodore Roosevelt and then to the conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This film includes views at the wharf of the New York Yacht Club of the Japanese delegation boarding two U.S. Navy steam launches; and part of the Russian delegation walking down a ramp to the wharf. The first three men are unidentified. The last two men are the chief Russian envoys, Sergei Witte and Baron Roman von Rosen. The delegation is greeted by Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce and others. The Russians board a steam launch. The final view shows a man walking down the ramp and then boarding another launch. Members of the Japanese delegation included Baron Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and envoy Jutaro Komura.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1905
The artist depicts portraits of the principal and secondary leaders involved in the Treaty of Portsmouth and includes a quote by President Roosevelt at the bottom of the postcard.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1905
Formal photograph taken onboard the USS Mayflower before the beginning of the Russian-Japanese peace conference at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. From left: Count Sergei Iulievich Vitte, Chief Russian Envoy; Baron Roman Romanovich von Rosen, Russian Ambassador; Baron Jutaro Komura, Japanese Foreign Minister; Kogoro Takahira, Minister of Japan.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905-08
James Edward Kelly has just received the commission for a statue of General Porter to be erected in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He also encloses a bill for bronze casting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-18