Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emma Baker Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt encourages Emma Baker Kennedy to consider establishing an endowment in her husband’s memory at the Smithsonian Institution, in order to allow the museum to publish works based upon its collections, research, and expeditions. Roosevelt explains how beneficial J. Pierpont Morgan’s similar endowment to Princeton University has been in allowing the school to publish scientific and artistic works. Roosevelt explains that the Smithsonian is interested in creating a publication fund for specifically American work, so that it “may take the same lasting and beautiful form” as foreign work. The Smithsonian “gets nothing from Congress,” so all publications are privately funded.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-04-28
