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Douglas Robinson tells President Roosevelt that Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will write him personally about the memorials to the Church of the Holy Communion and the Orthopedic Hospital in honor of their uncle James King Gracie. He also encloses a cartoon from the Glasgow News about Roosevelt and a speech from William Halpin, Republican County Chairman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson writes about funding for a memorial for their uncle James King Gracie, who died in 1903. She suggests that a memorial at the Church of the Holy Communion or the Orthopedic Hospital would be fitting since Gracie was buried from that church and the hospital received money from Gracie’s will.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-18
Treasurer of the New York Orthopedic Hospital, Mrs. William Robinson, writes to President Roosevelt, reminding him of his donation last year and asking if he would like to renew his subscription for the current year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-01
Linda Shookster describes how Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s debilitating back condition, Pott’s Disease, led to a long-standing relationship between her family and the New York Orthopedic Hospital. Shookster describes the disease, notes how Cowles was treated by orthopedic surgeons, especially Charles Fayette Taylor, and looks at the role played by Cowles’s father, Theodore Roosevelt, in founding and funding the New York Orthopedic Hospital. Shookster concludes the essay by highlighting the work performed by members of the Roosevelt family in support of the hospital after the death of Roosevelt.
Three illustrations and four photographs, including ones of Cowles, Taylor, Roosevelt, and the hospital, accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
At the request of the New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital, M. Dwight Collier encloses the memorial resolutions adopted at their meeting of December 1, 1903. They express their sympathy at the death of James King Gracie, President Roosevelt’s uncle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-07