Trusts and trustees

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund

President Roosevelt regrets that he is unable to attend the meeting of the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund. He is very interested in the appropriations of a fund for the School in Nashville and believes there should be no further delays on the part of the trustees. Roosevelt had the opportunity to visit the school grounds and feels that swift action will help “build enlightened sentiment and good citizenship in the South.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-08

Letter from William Loeb to J. M. Dickinson

William Loeb informs J. M. Dickinson that President Roosevelt has received his letter. Roosevelt has forwarded a letter to the Trustees of the Peabody Fund, and Loeb encloses a copy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Brooks Adams

Alton Parker’s statement should be taken as applying to suits instituted by the U.S. against trusts or monopolies. Roosevelt is tempted to take up this campaign himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt thanks William H. Moody for his letter and agrees with his position. Although it is J. Pierpont Morgan and James Jerome Hill who perpetrate the wrong, it is the small folk who pay most heavily. Roosevelt believes everything is going well for the election. James D. Ritchie, who had been acquitted of murder, has been deported.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

The Northern Securities suit has been President Roosevelt’s greatest achievement. Roosevelt points out that Alton B. Parker’s campaign is one of adroit trickery. Roosevelt asks whether George B. Cortelyou will visit next week.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-11

Letter from Louisa Lee Schuyler to Theodore Roosevelt

Louisa Lee Schuyler assures Theodore Roosevelt she can arrange a luncheon instead of a dinner. Schuyler liked what Roosevelt wrote in The Outlook regarding Trusts and says she has great faith in the steel corporations because they are transparent, allow employees to participate in profits, stock, and ownership, and they do not work on Sundays.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-29

Letter from Julius S. Triest to Theodore Roosevelt

Julius S. Triest would like to see Theodore Roosevelt and share and update on the Straw Board Trust, which Roosevelt helped Triest with. Triest hopes Roosevelt might have the time for him to come by and he will bring a small gift Triest brought from Europe for Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-27

Letter from Pearl Wight to Theodore Roosevelt

Pearl Wight thanks Theodore Roosevelt for Roosevelt’s article in The Outlook explaining the trust problem in language all citizens might understand.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-22

Letter from Ferdinand C. Bretsnyder to Theodore Roosevelt

Ferdinand C. Bretsnyder, president of the Bell Oil Company, congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on the government’s victory against the Standard Oil Trust. Roosevelt and Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley deserve the credit. Bretsnyder hopes that Roosevelt will return to the White House after the next election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-11-22

Letter from Henry L. Stimson to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry L. Stimson notifies President Roosevelt that he has received Roosevelt’s check from the estate of Lulu Grover, and that Grover has named Roosevelt as a beneficiary of a trust fund she created. Roosevelt will need to complete and return an authorization to collect the deposit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-14

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Robinson notifies President Roosevelt of several upcoming changes that will affect his trust, as well as those of Anna Roosevelt Cowles and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, due to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s illness. He needs Roosevelt’s consent to appoint a new trustee. Robinson has also been contacted by George Lee, who was wondering if Lee, Higginson & Company could arrange Roosevelt’s financial matters while he is abroad. Robinson congratulates Roosevelt on the election results, and enjoyed recently seeing Roosevelt’s sons, Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-30

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Moody encloses a draft of the announcement appointing trustees for the Nobel Peace Prize, which follows President Roosevelt’s instructions and includes Secretary of War Taft’s suggestion. Moody has added stipulations for the use of income since Roosevelt’s draft was silent on that aspect and thought Roosevelt might wish to take into account Secretary of Agriculture Wilson’s suggestion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop explains to President Roosevelt the circumstances of a court case involving W. Bourke Cockran’s refusal to pay George Alfred Lamb for legal services rendered as a result of a settlement from the Consolidated Gas Company. Bishop says that, although it was common belief that Cockran was involved in blackmail, the proof was not positive, and thus advises Roosevelt to leave Cockran alone.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-27

Letter from Frank C. Smith to Theodore Roosevelt

Frank C. Smith asks Theodore Roosevelt to sign and return the enclosed document appointing Robert Harry Munro Ferguson as trustee under the will of Roosevelt’s father.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-28

Wilson has a winnin’ way and a gosh darn way of winnin’

This song celebrates the accomplishments of President Woodrow Wilson over those of Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft. The illustration on the front cover shows a battered moose in the stable next to a donkey. Uncle Sam looks favorably upon the donkey.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1916

Roosevelt Memorial Association trustees at Roosevelt House

Several close shots of five Roosevelt Memorial Association trustees, posing behind a desk filled with books and papers in what appears to be the library in the Roosevelt House. Three of the men are Hermann Hagedorn, Alexander Lambert, and William Loeb.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1923

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt is ready to make a counter-attack against the Democratic Party. Roosevelt is especially frustrated by Alton B. Parker’s plea about the common law being sufficient. According to Roosevelt, Parker will not use the federal powers of the U.S. to take a firm stand against the trusts. Roosevelt suggests to George B. Cortelyou that they should have people at party headquarters who can “receive all people and talk to them pleasantly.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Address of President Roosevelt at Noblesville, Indiana

President Roosevelt expresses pleasure at viewing the industrial growth and natural resources of Indiana, making special note of the new free mail service in the area of Noblesville, Indiana. He addresses the rise of industrial capitalism and large-scale industrial combinations, saying that they are an inevitable and positive feature of modern prosperity. As interstate entities, they must have national regulation to ensure they serve the public good. Roosevelt also highlights the national unity created by the various military exploits shared by soldiers from all sections of the country. He closes by noting that, while good laws are important, nothing is more crucial for America’s prosperity than the “high average citizenship of the ordinary American citizen.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-23

Letter from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul Morton sees news of railroad executives supporting Mark Hanna and growing support for Hearst as advantageous to President Roosevelt. He asks to be a delegate at the Republican National Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-18

Letter from William E. Chandler to Theodore Roosevelt

William E. Chandler, President of Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, urges President Roosevelt not to become a trustee of a corporation whose sole assets are United States Steel Corporation bonds worth millions of dollars.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-30