Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933

President Roosevelt sits on a pier and fishes with “real live bait” and says, “I object to wasteful destruction.” Grover Cleveland says, “I am opposed to fishing hoggery” with a book beside him entitled “True Sport.” In the background there is an “Anglers’ Club” with “Rev Dr Van Dyke” as president.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The Reverend Henry Van Dyke was a Presbyterian Minister, professor of English literature at Princeton, and author of popular novels and short stories. He also wrote the words to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” that became a standard in many hymnals.

Caspar Whitney sends President Roosevelt a copy of the article “Fishing versus Shooting as a Remedy for Brain Fag,” which interviewed several English sportsmen and was published in The Outing Magazine. Whitney thinks doing a similar article in which American sportsmen were interviewed would be interesting, and asks Roosevelt to read the article and send him his thoughts. Whitney has also sent similar requests to several other prominent sportsmen.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-01

President Roosevelt describes to Senator Lodge the difficulties he has had in negotiating the composition of the commission to examine the Anthracite Coal Strike. The mine operators did not want a representative of labor included. Roosevelt discovered the importance of labeling and perception, however, in that they would protest his appointment of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding as “eminent sociologist” and the addition of a representative of labor, yet they would happily accept the representative of labor being labeled an “eminent sociologist” and the addition of Bishop Spalding.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-10-17

Speaking to an overflow assembly of persons celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Presbyterian Home Missions, President Roosevelt remarks on the expansion of the nation, materially and spiritually. He notes that the churches are necessary to the nation’s advancement, ensuring that the forces of evil that arise with industrialization are countered by forces for good.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-20

Theodore Roosevelt believes the Wilson administration has behaved scandalously. Roosevelt complains about Henry Van Dyke praising Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-28

President Roosevelt encloses a copy of the letter he has sent inviting Henry Van Dyke to lunch. He asks if Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge can have dinner with him and Edith on Monday or Wednesday next week when she is back from New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-10

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-03

Creator(s)

Houston, Herbert S. (Herbert Sherman), 1865-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Edward William Bok understands that Theodore Roosevelt needs to be careful about writing for periodicals other than The Outlook. However, he feels his request will not violate Roosevelt’s commitment. Bok wants to awaken interest in appreciating good pictures by having prominent individuals discuss their favorite pictures to be published with a recreation of the image. He lists the other individuals he has asked for a contribution. The enclosed check is merely an expression of appreciation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-03

On behalf of the University of North Carolina, F. P. Venable invites Theodore Roosevelt to give the John Calvin McNair Lecture in 1915. The lecture series is on the mutual bearing of science and theology upon each other.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-31

Caspar Whitney informs Theodore Roosevelt about a symposium of opinions he is planning on the relative value of recreational fishing versus recreational shooting, an inquires if Roosevelt would like to contribute an opinion. Whitney lists individuals he has already solicited opinions from, and requests to hear back from Roosevelt by the end of next week, as any symposium on the subject matter would be incomplete without a word from him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31

Lincoln C. Cummings plans to start a paper devoted to various types of twentieth-century progress entitled “Forward.” Cummings wants Theodore Roosevelt to join him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-05

David Nelson Beach asks Theodore Roosevelt to deliver the Enoch Pond Lectures on applied Christianity in February 1912.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-21

S. S. McClure thinks it would be a good idea to send Lincoln Steffens to Puerto Rico and Cuba to show the good that the United States has done for these two islands. Also, due to the high interest in the Philippines and the upcoming Congressional investigation, McClure offers to send a well respected man to the Philippines to “get at the truth.” He then covers a few options for who should be sent, including university presidents like Woodrow Wilson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-22