Riis, Elisabeth D. Nielson, 1852-1905

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Lambert, Alexander, 1861-1939

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Lambert, Alexander, 1861-1939

Jacob A. Riis thanks President Roosevelt for his action in the Tanner case. Riis hopes to see Roosevelt soon and reports that he is “getting on,” likely a reference to the death of his wife, Elisabeth.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-19

President Roosevelt is glad Jacob A. Riis is resting and tells him not to begin lecturing too soon. Although Roosevelt believes he has done the “southern brother” some good, Roosevelt does not think he will be kindly regarded until he is dead. The president hopes to see Riis and his wife, Elisabeth D. Riis, at his inauguration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-29

President Roosevelt asks if Jacob A. Riis and his wife, Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis, can dine at the White House on November 26.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-07

President Roosevelt promises to take up the case of “young Tanner” personally, while acknowledging the accusation against him is “a grave one in connection with another officer’s wife.” Roosevelt sends his support to Jacob A. Riis, likely referring to the death of his wife, Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis. In a handwritten addition, Roosevelt says, “You are never out of my thoughts.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-12

President Roosevelt is pleased with Tommy Dewar’s comments. However, Roosevelt feels Jacob Riis’s account of Roosevelt is more illustrative of Riis’s “own fine character.” Sadly, Riis’s wife, Elisabeth D. Riis, recently died.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-01

President Roosevelt invites Jacob A. Riis and Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis to spend a night at the White House. The two letters have been sent to Attorney General Knox.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-11

President Roosevelt invites Jacob A. Riis and Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis to dinner on November 26.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-07

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Jacob A. Riis for standing up for him against Andrew D. Parker, who he describes as “not only a liar and a scoundrel, but a coward.” Roosevelt is glad Parker gave Riis the opportunity to stand up for him, and inquires after Riis’ family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-28

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt praises Jacob A. Riis’s son and expresses his appreciation of his close friendship with Riis, despite what Andrew D. Parker and Frederick Dent Grant say about him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-17

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was glad to receive Jacob A. Riis’s letter but has a Navy yard inspection on May 17 and cannot come. He will ask Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, but doubts he can attend either. Roosevelt wishes Riis’s family well and asks what Riis thinks Police Commissioner Frank Moss will do. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-07

Jacob A. Riis assures President Roosevelt that he depicted Roosevelt accurately in his recently published biography, as it has been “the delight and comfort” of Riis’s life to know the president well enough to write such a book. He expresses concern for Roosevelt’s safety in his travels and asks to join a future trip in the capacity of a bodyguard. Riis also expresses agreement with Roosevelt’s choice of Ernst J. Lederle as sanitary expert on the Isthmus of Panama.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-26

Dr. Lambert writes to President Roosevelt regarding the course of the illness and death of Jabob Riis’s wife Elisabeth. Lambert states that Riis was especially comforted by Roosevelt’s telegrams.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-18

Dr. Lambert updates President Roosevelt on the status of Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth. She has relapsed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-18

Dr. Lambert updates President Roosevelt about the status of Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth, saying she is “very ill.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-17

Dr. Lambert informs President Roosevelt that Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth, has a “fighting chance.” Lambert will see her tomorrow and will update the Roosevelts after that visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-15

Jacob A. Riis is looking forward to seeing President Roosevelt and he and his wife should make it to the White House on Monday in time for dinner. He is glad to have the opportunity to see Roosevelt and the first lady before he and his wife go away.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-13

Jacob A. Riis thanks an unnamed friend for their love and kindness, presumably in response to condolences on the death of his wife, Elisabeth.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-19