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George Kennan is horrified at the situation with the School Board in San Francisco. He hopes that if President Roosevelt meets them he can see them for who they are as individuals with illicit character. It is creating a San Francisco where men of character are leaving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt explains to Newton I. Woodworth that he has to be careful in making recommendations as ex-President. He suggests James D. Phelan personally write to Senator Elihu Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-27
On behalf of James D. Phelan, ex-mayor of San Francisco, President Roosevelt sends a letter of introduction to Richard Achilles Ballinger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-27
President Roosevelt has received the telegram sent by San Francisco Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz and others in the wake of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, and notifies him of a proclamation that he has just issued regarding disaster relief for the city which urges further charitable contributions be given not to the Red Cross, but rather to local committees. Roosevelt also informs Schmitz of other efforts that are currently in progress to send assistance to the city.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-25
Newton I. Woodworth would like to be involved in the effort to maintain universal peace. He has written to Senator Elihu Root offering his services, but would like Theodore Roosevelt to suggest to Root how he could be useful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-11
Robert Underwood Johnson understands Theodore Roosevelt’s potential contractual obligations to The Outlook but asks if he can write an article for The Century Magazine on his impressions of England. He reminds Roosevelt of Mayor James D. Phelan’s confession before the Senate Committee about the Hetch-Hetchy matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-27
Benjamin Ide Wheeler is glad to hear of Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon’s positive report on John W. Garrett. Wheeler updates William Loeb on the local political climate in San Francisco, which he finds very confused. The “stable elements” of society are now in opposition to several formerly popular leaders, though it is hard to say exactly why. Wheeler believes it has to do with indictments against the men. Wheeler encloses a series of editorials from The Argonaut examining the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-03
In this chapter excerpt from his book John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement, Stephen Fox examines efforts to expand Yosemite National Park, the battle between preservationists and conservationists over the use of forests, and provides portraits of John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, John Burroughs, and Theodore Roosevelt. He looks at the work undertaken by the conservation movement to preserve Niagara Falls, the redwood forests of California, and Mount Desert Island in Maine. Fox concludes the chapter with a look at the battle over the city of San Francisco’s desire to build a dam at the southern end of Hetch Hetchy valley in Yosemite National Park. In addition to looking at the life and work of Muir, the chapter provides information on many lesser known figures in the turn of the twentieth-century conservation movement.
A listing of the officers and the members of the executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the excerpt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1981
Various forms of graft, fraud, and bribery were committed by San Francisco mayor Eugene Schmitz and members of the Board of Supervisors. Following trials of many offenders, a report is published on the causes of the corruption and recommendations made on how to prevent municipal corruption in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-01-05