Nobel Prizes

An unsigned memorandum notes that President Roosevelt sent a telegram addressed to Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Løvland to be forwarded to Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon. Roosevelt then asks Bacon to tell US Minister to Norway Herbert H.D. Peirce “on Monday to appear in person” and read a statement on the President’s behalf. The memorandum notes that the telegram mentioned “is copied in the President’s letter book.” A second page of the memo repeats the same information from the first page.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

William Emlen Roosevelt congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on being awarded the Nobel Prize and offers his opinions on Theodore’s address opening a new session of Congress. Roosevelt disagrees with Theodore’s proposition concerning graduated taxes, but agrees with everything else in the speech. William also offers opinions on the currency question and hopes that discussions will shed light on the matter and that Congress will get something done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Attorney General Moody encloses a draft of the announcement appointing trustees for the Nobel Peace Prize, which follows President Roosevelt’s instructions and includes Secretary of War Taft’s suggestion. Moody has added stipulations for the use of income since Roosevelt’s draft was silent on that aspect and thought Roosevelt might wish to take into account Secretary of Agriculture Wilson’s suggestion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Chairman Løvland notifies President Roosevelt that he has received the Nobel Peace Prize but it will not be officially announced until the 10th.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Herbert H. D. Peirce is sending a check for $36,734.79, the balance of President Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize award after exchange. The medal and diploma are being sent under separate cover.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-12

Ambassador Herbert H. D. Peirce explains to Acting Secretary of State Bacon that when President Roosevelt handed him the papers related to the candidacy of United States Congressman from Missouri Richard Barthold for the Nobel Peace Prize, Roosevelt instructed that, although he wished the Nobel committee to give Barthold due attention, it is important to disclaim for Roosevelt and the U.S. government “the intention of making any recommendation on the subject.” Peirce followed Roosevelt’s instructions when he handed the papers to Jørgen Løvland, chair of the Nobel committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-07

Jorgen Løvland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, acknowledges the committee’s receipt of two letters. President Roosevelt passed them through Herbert H. D. Peirce, the U.S. Ambassador to Norway, regarding Representative Richard Bartholdt’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-04

L. S. Rowe conveys that newspapers in Brazil write that delegates from around the world celebrated President Roosevelt’s Nobel Prize.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-14

The front cover of the Spring 1987 Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal depicts Theodore Roosevelt sitting at a desk in his Sagamore Hill study. The back cover shows an image of his Nobel Peace Prize diploma.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1987

Theodore Roosevelt was the first American and the first President to win the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his success in helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt donated the prize money he received to charity.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1986

As a piece of trivia, the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal informs its readership that the actor Mark Harmon is the grandson of Rough Rider Frank Knox. Further brief notes include a statement of how to pronounce the name “Roosevelt,” and an image of the diploma case for Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize, which is located at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1987

John A. Gable examines the similarities between the reelection campaigns of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 and President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Gable discusses the foreign policy issues faced by Roosevelt, and he notes the marked policy differences between Roosevelt and Reagan. He closes with a look at how presidents have fared in trying to win a second term. A photograph of Reagan in front of the Roosevelt statue at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., comprises the second page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1984-08-20

Newspaper clipping of a cartoon showing the Norwegian Parliament dressed as Santa Claus delivering the Nobel Peace Prize in a Christmas stocking to Theodore Roosevelt in a child’s body; with “big stick,” sword, and rifle in the background.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-1907

Reproduction of the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1906

Rumors about Quentin Roosevelt’s death arrived on July 16 but were not confirmed until today. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is suffering and Flora Whitney is brokenhearted. Quentin “died as the heroes of old died.” Congress returned some Nobel Prize money to Roosevelt and he has decided to donate it to the Salvation Army. He agrees with Archie Roosevelt’s thoughts on the government’s failure to prepare for war and that many people, like Quentin, will pay with their blood. Ted Roosevelt was recently injured with a “bullet through his leg.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-07-21

This document details how President Roosevelt would like the Nobel Peace Prize award money to be used. The money, totaling around $40,000, is to be used in the creation of an Industrial Peace Committee. The committee is to have representatives from labor and capital, addressing the concerns of each and bringing about industrial peace.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12

Minister Herbert H. D. Peirce was authorized to read this message while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. In this message, Roosevelt expresses his gratitude at receiving the prize, and describes his plans for using the prize money. He has determined to use the money to establish an Industrial Peace Committee within the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12

Theodore Roosevelt, wearing his Rough Rider uniform, and with a “Nobel Prize” extending from one pocket and “The Big Stick” leaning against the wall, changes the title of a large painting of George Washington standing next to his horse so that it reads: “First [crossed out and replaced with] Second in War, First [crossed out and replaced with] Second in Peace, First [crossed out] in the hearts of his countrymen.” A book “Alone in Cuba” lies on the floor next to his feet.

comments and context

Comments and Context

At the dawn of President Roosevelt’s final months of the presidency — that is, after the midterm elections in his second term — Puck inexplicably felt its oats and started attacking the president, its erstwhile friend and ally in reform battles since 1901.