Letter from Roger D. Williams to Theodore Roosevelt
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1913
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
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Patriotic pictures, Professor Fleischer’s Trafalgar
Review of a Professor Phillipp Fleischer painting of a dying Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Grant La Farge
President Roosevelt invites architect C. Grant La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to come and see him, not just socially but also to consult regarding the placement and installation of a new painting the Roosevelts have acquired by Pinckney Marcius-Simons.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Reuterdahl
President Roosevelt is interested in what Henry Reuterdahl has to say about the attitudes of the Sun, Herald, and Post towards the navy, and discusses his opinion on the stances of each paper. In a postscript, Roosevelt says he has received the painting of the Great White Fleet Reuterdahl has sent and is delighted with it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-08
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee
President Roosevelt thanks Arthur Hamilton Lee for the painting, saying he is overwhelmed by Lee’s kindness and generosity, and the way in which he has read Roosevelt’s thoughts about the painting. Roosevelt mentions that Admiral William S. Cowles, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, and Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks recently attended the tricentennial celebrations in Québec, emphasizing the “hearty friendship” between the United States and England. Roosevelt thinks the British fleet should be kept up to the highest standards for the “peace of the world,” though he would like to limit the size of ships. Roosevelt’s African safari is coming up, and he hopes he can travel as a private person, but will pay his respects to various important personages along the way if need be.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-07
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis Hopkinson Smith
President Roosevelt sincerely thanks artist and author Francis Hopkinson Smith for his generous gift of “such a beautiful book,” Venice of To-Day.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Percival Leonard Rosseau
President Roosevelt is interested in Percival Leonard Rosseau’s painting of hunting dogs and a panther, and wishes him success with his hunting pictures.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Augustus Biesel to William Loeb
Augustus Biesel, clerk at the American embassy in Paris, will deliver the photograph of President Roosevelt to Henri-Emile Lefort when the latter returns to Paris. Biesel recently spent time at the studio of the Marquise de Wentworth who is painting a portrait of Roosevelt which will soon be on exhibit.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-12
Creator(s)
His masterpiece
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds a paint palette labeled “tariff tint” as he looks on a painting of President Roosevelt playing the violin and Secretary of War William H. Taft dancing. The painting received “1st prize – Salon 08.” On the ground are tubes of paint: “railroad rate red” and “Brownsville black.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-29
Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and Grace Roosevelt
Portrait painting of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her baby daughter, Grace.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1912
Creator(s)
The Vidette
A picture of the painting The Vidette by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Costumer’s shop
A picture of the painting Costumer’s Shop by Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala which appeared with an article about the Butler collection of modern paintings collected by Theron R. Butler, the great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Art exhibit: The Butler collection of modern paintings
Article about the painting collection of Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. The paintings, from artists including Theodore Rousseau, Jean-Francois Millet, and Julien Dupre were on display at the American Art Galleries and were to go on sale on January 7, 1910. The article is continued across several pages. Images of some of the paintings are included with the article.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Le Quai aux Fleurs
A picture of the painting Le Quai aux Fleurs by Firmin Gerard which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Painting by Firmin Girard
A picture of an unidentified painting by Firmin Girard in a frame which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Painting by Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Pena
An unidentified painting of a girl by Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Pena which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Un torrent dans les romagnes
A picture of the painting Un torrent dans les romagnes by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Part of the article has been pasted under the painting.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
Painting by Théodore Rousseau
A photograph of an unidentified painting by Theodore Rousseau which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Part of the article is pasted under the picture.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01
Creator(s)
“$30,100 for a Millet at Butler art sale”
An article describing the sale of 74 paintings from the Theron R. Butler collection, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, at Mendelssohn Hall.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01-08
Creator(s)
Laborer resting
A picture of the painting Laborer resting by Jean-Francois Millet; which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01