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Invitation to the 25th anniversary of the founding of the University Settlement Society of New York, which will include guest speakers, stereopticon views, and music by an orchestra of the Settlement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-07
D. G. Lyon reports to the committee appointed by the Harvard Board of Overseers on the happenings of the Semitic Museum and Division of Semitic Languages and History covering the years 1905 to 1910. He includes updates on professor transfers, available courses, new museum collections, and archaeological digs. Jacob H. Schiff provides a preface to the report.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
An account of the banquet for the Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, including a list of attendees, and reprints of messages from President William H. Taft and Governor Dix and speeches by Jacob H. Schiff, Theodore Roosevelt, Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Oscar S. Straus. The newspaper also covers the Council’s other proceedings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01
Nathan Bijur tells President Roosevelt that he and Lee K. Frankel attended a meeting at the Metropolitan Temple whether the question of whether Russian Jews should be excluded from emigration to the United States was being debated. Bijur was excited and impressed that no one at the meeting was willing to argue in favor of exclusion. He believes that this confirms his theory that Jews need not apply to the government to specifically allow for the inclusion of persecuted Jews, because the average American is not in favor of keeping them out.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-05
Arthur von Briesen is preparing invitations for a meeting on April 30 and forwards President Roosevelt a copy for his review. Von Briesen expresses disappointment that he is not going to Europe to settle the Ellis Island matter. Von Briesen informs the President that he has signed up five New York bankers as members of his Roosevelt League.
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1904-04-11
Oscar S. Straus shares reports of rumors concerning the massacre of Jews in Odessa, Russia, and the tolerance of the Russian government for publications inciting the massacre. Straus trusts that President Roosevelt will invoke “humanitarian diplomacy” concerning the matter.
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1904-03-31
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1906-10-26
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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The two-page handbill includes “Camp Satire on Wilson,” a reprint of an article originally written for The Evening Post. The article describes the posting of a “bitter political satire on President Woodrow Wilson” on a military training camp bulletin board. The satirical placard apparently included Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and other prominent political figures as characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The second page of the handbill is a dramatis personae, listing the characters and the political figure used to represent them in the satire.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1916-09-16
Jacob H. Schiff believes that the Kishinev petition, written after the recent massacre of Jewish citizens in Russia, was a mistake and that the proposed conference between Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is unjust. There is no “Jewish problem” for the United States and Russia must find a solution from within. Schiff wants the American ambassador to Russia to represent “true American spirit.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-06
Nicholas Murray Butler confirms reports that conspirators against President Roosevelt’s re-election are “as active as ever.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-23
Representative Littauer is confident that he will be vindicated in claims that he benefited from contracts for army gloves that were supplied by the firm of which he a member. He further discusses financial issues, and recommends New York state senator T. E. Ellsworth as nominee for Governor of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-20
This article examines the question of whether President Roosevelt will call Congress into a special session to consider the proposed modifications of banking and currency laws. Interviews with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge reveal that a special session is set for November 9, 1903. J. Pierpont Morgan and George W. Perkins do not believe the special session to consider a currency bill is unnecessary, but that if one is called, it should occur as soon as possible. The writer believes that Roosevelt chose November, rather than October, for the special session because of the November elections of local and national importance. Creating a new currency bill is difficult, and anything that comes out of Congress, in order to satisfy the financial interests, Congress, and the American people, will need to be a compromise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-18
Senator Hanna offers a list of New York friends for “consideration to invite to the launch.” He is likely referring to the upcoming christening of Emperor William II’s yacht.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-07