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Acting Secretary of State Wilson forwards Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a circular issued by the Nobel Committee with information about the awarding of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize.
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1911-12-13
Adelaide Clarke asks Theodore Roosevelt what society “for the furtherance of peace” he turned his Nobel Peace Prize money over to. She suggests Roosevelt nominate Norman Angell for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1911-08-20
Emma Agnes Pixley discusses the work of her husband, Doctor Chelius S. Pixley, in treating pellagra, which he believes is caused by rancid fats. She argues that he deserves the Nobel Prize and asks Theodore Roosevelt for information on how to nominate her husband.
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1911-08-04
Minister to Norway Peirce seeks help from Andrew Carnegie in advancing Elihu Root’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize. He recently learned that Jørgan Løvland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, feels Elihu Root’s actions in pursuit of peace were those of a government official. While this might be technically true, Peirce worries that Løvland “does not really grasp the situation.” A letter from President Roosevelt to the Committee might improve Root’s chances. Additionally, Peirce heard that Roosevelt denied Løvland’s request to come speak in Norway next year. As Roosevelt is giving an address in Berlin, and it is typical for Peace Prize recipients to speak in Norway, Peirce worries that this refusal will hurt the chances of another American “in public life” receiving the Prize.
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1909-02-08
Seth Low congratulates President Roosevelt on the Nobel Peace Prize and suggests that the National Civic Federation might be useful in the disposition of the award money. Low thinks it preferable to “strengthen what already exists” rather than “build up something entirely new.”
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1906-12-18
August Belmont heard from Douglas Robinson that President Roosevelt would like to speak with him. Belmont is happy to meet with Roosevelt on his way down to South Carolina, where Belmont will spend the holidays. Belmont also congratulates Roosevelt on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and hopes to speak with Roosevelt about some “permanent method of cooperation” between Roosevelt’s prize fund and the National Civic Federation.
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1906-12-17
Nicholas Murray Butler tells President Roosevelt about the League for International Conciliation, organized by Senator Estournelles de Constant of France. Butler hopes that Roosevelt’s Nobel Prize fund might support this group, or at least not work in opposition to it. Butler is in charge of organizing American membership in the organization, has already arranged a conference with Andrew Carnegie and Congressman Richard Bartholdt, and reports that there is enthusiasm from many different people within the United States. He encloses a list of the membership in the League thus far.
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1906-12-11
Herbert H. D. Peirce has received the Nobel Prize on Theodore Roosevelt’s behalf. The prize consists of a diploma, gold medal, and an order for 138,536 crowns.
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1906-12-10
Chairman Løvland notifies President Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has decided to award Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1906-12-10
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.
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1906-12-07
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.
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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.
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1906-12-07
Herbert H. D. Peirce, Ambassador to Norway, asks President Roosevelt to send him a telegraph authorizing Peirce to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf. Upon receiving the prize Peirce will transfer it to Roosevelt with a most favorable exchange rate.
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1906-12-06
Ambassador Peirce received the program for the Nobel Prize award ceremony which he will be attending on President Roosevelt’s behalf. Peirce suggests that it would be appropriate to read words from Roosevelt at the ceremony.
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1906-12-04
President Roosevelt rewrites a telegram that was to be sent to Jørgen Løvland expressing his gratitude at being named the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt changes the telegram’s statement that the prize money will go towards the building of the Panama Canal and changes it so that the money will go towards a “permanent industrial peace committee.”
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1906-12-03
Chairman Løvland notifies President Roosevelt that he has received the Nobel Peace Prize but it will not be officially announced until the 10th.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1906-09-04
L. S. Rowe conveys that newspapers in Brazil write that delegates from around the world celebrated President Roosevelt’s Nobel Prize.
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1906-08-14