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O'Gorman, Thomas, 1843-1921

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Denis Joseph O’Connell

President Roosevelt is glad that Bishop O’Connell called about Cecile de Wentworth, and speaks out against her “being given the chance to paint frightful daubs of prominent men because unwise friends of hers and of those prominent men ask that she be given sittings.” Roosevelt gave Wentworth a sitting on the recommendation of Father Alexander Patrick Doyle, but she produced a poor portrait and then demanded it be given a place in a museum it did not deserve. Roosevelt believes that good painters are good painters regardless of their religion, and that bishops of other Christian sects would not be justified in asking for special privileges for artists of their denomination. Roosevelt will try to protect president-elect William H. Taft from being painted by poor artists.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

In a letter to Elihu Root (and possibly intended for a wider audience), President Roosevelt gives his perspective of his conflict with the recently-recalled Austrian Ambassador Bellamy Storer. Embedded within the letter are reproductions of private letters between President Roosevelt, members of his administration, and Storer. The letters detail the saga of the Storers’s push for Archbishop Ireland to become Cardinal and the fracturing of their friendship with the Roosevelts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Ireland

President Roosevelt thanks Archbishop Ireland for the copy of his “admirable sermon” and would be happy to meet with Bishop Thomas O’Gorman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Cortelyou wishes to set the record straight regarding any supposed endorsements President McKinley made of religious officials. Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt that the statements made by Bellamy Storer in a recent pamphlet are distortions of the truth, as McKinley was careful never to influence a religious organization.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-18

Creator(s)

Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922

How our government adjusted the Philippine church problem

A full-page newspaper article about the “church problem” in the Philippines. The problem of anti-church sentiment among Flipinos, particularly against friars, was already existing and inherited by the United States government. Secretary of War William H. Taft, formerly Governor-General of the Philippines, takes a commission to The Holy See to seek solutions to these problems in common interest. Issues of land ownership and the establishment of a school system are negotiated successfully by Taft’s commission in the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-22

Creator(s)

Unknown