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John H. Johnston encloses cards about great grandchildren to Theodore Roosevelt. He thanks Roosevelt for the photos, which he has framed alongside letters and photos from other notable men.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-21
President Roosevelt handled the Bellamy Storer affair exactly as John St. Loe Strachey expected. Strachey hopes that the Americans are able to make a model treaty with the Japanese, as he believes that England may confront similar issues soon. Strachey and his wife are traveling to Berlin to visit friends and he asks for a letter of introduction to Ambassador Charlemagne Tower. Strachey also asks Roosevelt what he thought about his recent article in the Spectator about the proposal to create representative government in India. In a handwritten postscript, Strachey mentions that he received a “capital letter” from General Leonard Wood, and he hopes to meet Wood in the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister Corinne for the books she sent him. He also writes of his growing respect for the intellect of his fellow classmates, especially after spending an evening boxing, wrestling, and reading Tennyson with several of them. Roosevelt also requests that she ask their father about a subscription.
1877-10-28
John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for sending him the two books, which he will read when he is able to. Strachey also congratulates Roosevelt on the nomination of Secretary of War William H. Taft to be the Republican candidate for President. The journalist Edward Dicey is not someone who has very much influence, or who Strachey thinks very highly of. Strachey hopes that Roosevelt might be able to visit England on his way to his African safari. He also thanks Roosevelt for letting him see the letter that Roosevelt wrote to Lincoln Steffens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-22
John St. Loe Strachey, editor of The Spectator, asks President Roosevelt if he can dedicate an upcoming pamphlet to Roosevelt, a collection of letters printed in The Spectator on the dangers of socialism. By dedicating the pamphlet to Roosevelt, Strachey hopes to show people that enemies of socialism are not de facto in favor of unrestrained capitalism, as Roosevelt occupies a position between both extremes. Strachey thanks Roosevelt for a message Roosevelt sent through Arthur Hamilton Lee, and says that A. Maurice Low is a disgrace to journalism. He plans to send Roosevelt a paper that will be read at the Pan-Anglican Church Congress on the Ethics of Journalism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-04
Ambassador Reid updates Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the visits of royalties to London, England, including the dinner held for German Emperor William II and his wife Auguste Viktoria. Reid raves about Auguste Viktoria’s dress and notes she wore the “biggest pearls I ever saw worn in any part of the world.” Reid also tells Roosevelt about the Bourbon wedding he and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid attended. The ambassador includes an anecdote about Spanish King Alfonso XIII who wanted to change his clothes, but his wife Maria Cristina told him he could not because the luggage had already left. Reid concludes by telling Roosevelt about a luncheon for the new Mexican minister and a dinner for the Alfonso XIII and Maria Cristina of Spain. Reid discusses his plans for a leave of absence, which will include stopping in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-20
Postcard showing a stone wall with various carved statues and alcoves. Charles C. Myers identifies the area as part of Westminster Abbey’s poetry room in London, England, which honors British poets.
1910
Wallace Finley Dailey presents an exhibit, “Roosevelt Reading: The Pigskin Library, 1909-1910,” that opened at Harvard University in September 2003. Dailey provides an introduction to the exhibit which consists of photographs, excerpts of letters, and illustrations of the numerous pigskin bound volumes that Theodore Roosevelt took with him on his African safari. The exhibit is divided into three parts: “Classics and the Continent,” History and Romance,” and “Americans.” Many of the book illustrations have captions taken from letters or articles written by Roosevelt that comment on the book and its author.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2013
The “Book Notes” column has two separate articles dealing with the historiography of Theodore Roosevelt. In “Paperbacks on T.R.,” John A. Gable looks at seven works, mostly biographies and mostly published in the 1960s, about Theodore Roosevelt and notes the contributions that each makes to the study of Roosevelt. Frederick W. Marks reviews ‘A Good Innings’: The Private Papers of Viscount Lee of Fareham in “A Special English Friend: Arthur Hamilton Lee.” Marks traces the history of the Roosevelt-Lee friendship, examines the editing of the volume by Alan Clark, and remarks on Lee’s descriptions of prominent Americans.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
In his article for Ladies’ Home Journal, Theodore Roosevelt describes the benefits of reading and provides advice on how to get people of any age interested in reading “serious literature.” Roosevelt elaborates on his reading habits and book selection processes, which stem from both his current mood and educational desires.
1915-04