Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

President Roosevelt praises Lyman Abbott’s “first class editorial.” Many political friends protest Roosevelt’s attitude favoring the renomination of Governor Charles Evans Hughes. The reasons for renominating Hughes outweigh those opposing it. Roosevelt encloses a letter from Charles Eliot Norton on farming for Abbott’s consideration. He apologizes if he seems too familiar with Abbott and explains his reasons for sending pieces written by others.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt introduces Oric Bates to Ambassador Leishman and asks that he help Bates and Richard Norton obtain a firman, or permit, to do archaeological digs in Tripoli, Ottoman Empire. Bates and Norton are working for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Brander Matthews thanks President Roosevelt for extending hospitality to a member of Nicholas Murray Butler’s family. He congratulates Roosevelt on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, noting that he is the only President who could have been considered eligible, except perhaps Thomas Jefferson. Branders intends to send his book American Familiar Verse to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-16

Creator(s)

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge thanks President Roosevelt for his previous letter discussing books he has been reading and shares her current reading interests. She also expresses her delight that Roosevelt won the nomination for president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-07

Creator(s)

La Farge, Florence Bayard Lockwood, 1864-1944

Francis P. McManamon examines the origins of the Antiquities Act of 1906 that President Theodore Roosevelt and his successors used to safeguard natural and scientific sites across the United States. McManamon asserts that it was threats to ancient archaeological sites across the American Southwest that led to calls for greater government intervention, and he highlights the case of the Casa Grande ruins in Arizona. McManamon notes the work of private organizations, government agencies, individuals, and members of Congress, most importantly Congressman John F. Lacey of Iowa, who worked to save important sites before the passage of the Antiquities Act. McManamon traces the slow path to passage of the Antiquities Act, and he highlights its important text and provisions. He notes how Roosevelt used the act to set aside eighteen national monuments, and he asserts that Roosevelt’s actions, especially in regards to the Grand Canyon of Arizona, set important precedents for his successors, especially President Bill Clinton.  

Two photographs and two illustrations supplement the text. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Commissioner Roosevelt’s speech notes for a speech that was delivered to the C. S. R. Association in Boston, Massachusetts, during the winter of 1889-1890. The notes were preserved by Charles Eliot Norton who was sitting next to Roosevelt. Original notes and typewritten copy.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1889

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President White of the Archeological Institute of America invites President Roosevelt to become a member.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-22

Creator(s)

White, John Williams, 1849-1917

E. J. Hutchinson writes to Vice President Roosevelt about a recent article in the Boston Herald. The article reported on a speech by Daniel Henry Chamberlain, as well as remarks by Charles S. Hamlin and Charles Eliot Norton, that criticized the government’s colonial policy, particularly with regard to the Spanish American war. Hutchinson is concerned because these charges come from such eminent people, and says that their statements need a public response.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-23

Creator(s)

Hutchinson, E. J.

Text of a speech delivered by Daniel Henry Chamberlain describing the Spanish-American War as “unmixed, pure evil” and in opposition to American colonial policy. At the same event, the annual dinner at Sanderson Academy, Charles Eliot Norton and Charles S. Hamlin spoke in support of Chamberlain’s point of view, while G. Stanley Hall expressed disapproval of the harsh terms that had been used to describe President McKinley.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-22

Creator(s)

Unknown