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Letter from Robbins Gilman to Theodore Roosevelt
Robbins Gilman received Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and appreciates that Roosevelt will not be able to write anything about the University Settlement Society of New York until the spring. Gilman is grateful for anything Roosevelt is able to write about their work as it will help the society celebrate their 25th anniversary.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-12
Letter from Miller Freeman to Theodore Roosevelt
Miller Freeman sends Theodore Roosevelt the current issue of Pacific Fisherman, which has a report on salmon fishery regulations. John N. Cobb, the article’s author, is an authority on the subject and could write a piece for The Outlook.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-11
Letter from Frederic R. Coudert to Theodore Roosevelt
Frederic R. Coudert apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for not sending the magazine articles; his papers and books are disorganized due to his recent move. He sends speeches from approximately nine years ago regarding legal growth and development. Coudert comments on judicial interpretation and theories.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-25
Letter from Andrew Miller to Theodore Roosevelt
The editors of Life magazine are happy to send President Roosevelt the drawing that he had written about previously.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-02
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Kansas City Star
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-12-17
Creator(s)
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Recipient
Letter from Mary L. Hinsdale to Theodore Roosevelt
Mary L. Hinsdale thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter discussing her book The History of the President’s Cabinet. Hinsdale was surprised to learn of his relationship with Henry Cabot Lodge and has taken out a statement from an article about to be contributed to Cyclopedia of American Government. Hinsdale commends Roosevelt’s characterization of the periodical The Nation but asks what periodical can be trusted to have decent political articles.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-18
Letter from E. M. Bliss to Lyman Abbott
Letter from Fredr. of Son to Theodore Roosevelt
Fredr. of Son asks Theodore Roosevelt to write the preface of his book. It has now been translated into English to publish it in the United States and England and Fredr. asks Roosevelt if there is a suitable paper or magazine in which to publish it first.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-06
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to William C. Weisbrod
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks William C. Weisbrod for his letter and enclosure, but informs Weisbrod that Roosevelt is a contributing editor to The Outlook and does not make decisions about accepting articles. Weisbrod must reach out to the managing editor to pursue such matters.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-15
Letter from William C. Weisbrod to Theodore Roosevelt
William C. Weisbrod tells Theodore Roosevelt about the article he has written titled A comparison of investments and investment securities. Weisbrod would like to sell the rights to this article, while keeping the right to share it with his clients and reprint in newspapers with credit to the magazine who owns the rights.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-12
Letter from Edward Livingston Trudeau to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward Livingston Trudeau thanks Theodore Roosevelt the article Roosevelt wrote, The search for truth in a reverent spirit, which has made a deep impression on him. The article is looks for things of the spirit, which Trudeau says cannot be overestimated in this age of material. Trudeau and Roosevelt met once when both receiving degrees at Columbia University.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12
Authorization form for Abbot Handerson Thayer
This statement authorizes the use of the photograph “Settlers small boy, with pet gazelle” to be used by Abbot Handerson Thayer in his article published in National Geographic Magazine. The handwritten form is intended to be signed by Theodore Roosevelt and returned to Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-30
Letter from Abbot Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt
Abbot Handerson Thayer thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the invitation to come to Oyster Bay. Thayer asks Roosevelt to consent to Thayer using a photograph in an article being published in National Geographic by signing the enclosed permission and mailing it to Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Samuel K. Harvey
Theodore Roosevelt tells Samuel K. Harvey the statements are false and James Rudolph Garfield has since stated he had no authorization to speak on Roosevelt’s behalf. Any statement from Roosevelt will be made by him, no one else.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter S. Funnell
Theodore Roosevelt tells Walter S. Funnell that he will not talk to any newspaper over the phone. In response to the attack on Roosevelt by the Consul of Columbia, Roosevelt states he did not expect Columbia to like the taking of Panama, but Roosevelt is not interested in what Columbia has to say about it, comparing Columbia to a train robber being caught by a Marshall.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-24
Letter from Edward Sandford Martin to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward Sandford Martin informs Theodore Roosevelt of a private dining room on the top floor of The Century where he could host Taylor, James G. Croswell, and three of four other men for lunch. Martin suggests it will pay to meet Croswell. Martin will be reading Roosevelt’s recent editorial from The Outlook tonight and asks if Roosevelt has read History of Freedom by Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, mentioning it works well in Taylor’s book.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-17
Letter from John A. Herman to Theodore Roosevelt
John A. Herman writes Theodore Roosevelt in response to reading Roosevelt’s introduction to H. J. Mozans book Along the Andes and Down the Amazon (Following the Conquistadores). Herman has travelled in South and Central America in a parallel journey to Mozans. Not all men agree with Mozans’s conclusions, so Herman appreciates Roosevelt’s approval.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-16
Letter from Mercer P. Moseley to Theodore Roosevelt
Mercer P. Moseley sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the editorial published in the New York Commercial today.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-13
Letter from Richard Pretlow Ernst to Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Pretlow Ernst sends Theodore Roosevelt two newspaper clippings from the Louisville Evening Post. The editor, Richard Wilson Knott states that William H. Taft has ruined the Republican Party in Kentucky and Ernst agrees.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-12