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President Roosevelt thanks Earl Grey for his kind reference to The Strenuous Life and is concerned over the death of Cecil Rhodes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-01
President Roosevelt thanks Earl Grey for the clipping on the memorial service of President McKinley. Roosevelt wishes he could have met the recently deceased Cecil Rhodes, who he considers to be a “great figure.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-07
The article discusses President Roosevelt’s address at the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition. America has risen as a nation through business and industry, rather than through military might, and thus is likely to last longer than other nations which have risen by the latter. Roosevelt traces the origins of the nation beyond the arrival of the Mayflower, all the way back to the dreams of Sir Walter Raleigh. The writer wonders what Raleigh might think of the second half of Roosevelt’s address, in which he expressed the problem of the danger of wealth – a common theme in the President’s speeches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-27
Earl Grey is traveling across southern Africa and finds that tensions remain strained between Briton and Boer, especially in Cape Colony. He mentions that Dr. Parkin will be visiting the U.S. in regard to the new Rhodes Scholarships. He also requests President Roosevelt’s support for the American Episcopal Methodist Mission in Rhodesia. The mission has received a large land donation from Cecil Rhodes and is sending a young American back to the United States to examine the latest tobacco growing techniques and processes. As a postscript, Grey mentions that he found Dr. Jameson reading Roosevelt’s The Strenuous Life in preparation for a speech. Original and typed copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-24
Mr. Parkin will be visiting President Roosevelt as a representative of the Rhodes trustees to pay his respect and begin his inquiry into the best method of setting up the Rhodes Scholarships. Nicholas M. Butler sends a copy of a letter that he sent to Mr. Choate on the views he has on the scholarships.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-01
Earl Grey writes about affairs in South Africa. He believes that Cape Colony Boers are “plotting to restore their race ascendancy.” Grey would like President Roosevelt to agree to an audience with Dr. Parkin, who will be consulting with American educational authorities regarding Rhodes scholarships. He would also like the Department of Agriculture to extend facilities to Mr. Odlum, who will be visiting the United States for the American Mission in Rhodesia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-24
Nicholas Murray Butler offers his opinion on the operation and organization of the recently created Rhodes Scholarship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-28
Walter Gordon-Cumming is serving with the British in southern Africa and is currently “looking after horses in French’s Rest Camps.” He is also hunting and playing polo often. He has received no clippings for the last three months. He plans to move to Piketberg, where there is more game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-13
The late Cecil Rhodes has bequeathed two Oxford scholarships to each state and territory of the United States and 15 scholarships to German students, believing that educational ties among the three countries will help to foster understanding and world peace.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-04
Earl Grey expresses regrets that the internment ceremony for the recently deceased Cecil Rhodes could not be delayed until autumn to allow for “every British and every American that might have been represented at the occasion” to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-04
Earl Grey praises President Roosevelt’s book, The Strenuous Life. Cecil Rhodes is fighting for life and will likely pass before the letter reaches Roosevelt. Grey encloses a newspaper clipping from Bulawayo that has a photograph of a memorial that was held for President McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-22
Earl Grey plans to send President Roosevelt a copy of Cecil Rhodes’s will and other documents, which will illustrate why Roosevelt reminds him of Rhodes. He wishes that Roosevelt and Rhodes could have met, because it would have been an encouragement to Rhodes to see someone who holds his ideals be in a position to see them realized.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-28