YMCA of the USA

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-08-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Blair, William M.

Paul T. Willis references a previous letter he sent to Frank Harper discussing a photo sent by Harris & Ewing to be signed by Theodore Roosevelt. He lets Harper know that the photo has been sent and he has enclosed payment for return postage. He asks if Harper still lives at the 23 Street YMCA and asks if he can visit in November.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-15

Jacob A. Riis quotes a conversation he had with a fellow countryman, who told him of a time when President Roosevelt was leaving Seattle and had looked down on a crowd made up largely of Scandinavians, and seemed disappointed when they did not give him a sign of recognition. The man believes Roosevelt did not know that Scandinavians are “never demonstrative that way.” Riis also mentions Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s poisoned face wound that will not heal, and recommends that he contact the Finsen Light Institute to seek treatment for it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-23

Ambassador Porter submitted his formal resignation to President Roosevelt earlier, but here details various points of the diplomatic situation in France. These include French proposals for the increase on tariffs on imports and the negative effect for American businesses, the needs of American life insurance companies in France, an upcoming world’s convention of the Young Men Christian’s Association, and the finances of the search for the remains of John Paul Jones.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-03

Theodore Roosevelt is not able to accept William Mac Nichell’s invitation to speak. Roosevelt sends a letter he sent a friend that demonstrates the limitations of his position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-26

Frank Harper suggests that Benjamin A. Fowler contact the local committee regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s Phoenix, Arizona, itinerary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-18

Theodore Roosevelt suggests that E. C. Mathews use some of Roosevelt’s prepared statements on the Y. M.C.A.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-22

Theodore Roosevelt introduces Oliver Frost Cutts, a Harvard football player, to Gifford Pinchot. Cutts is interested in the Y.M.C.A. work. Roosevelt would also like Cutts to meet Gill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-09-22

After receiving the message from the YMCA boys who ran from New York to Washington, D.C., President Roosevelt gives Richard Cary Morse a message that he can use at any time. He reflects on the importance of exercise and physical fitness in the “after life” of the boys who delivered the message. Although “hardy and vigorous bodies”  are important, it is important that the bodies be servants as the boys do “the work of the world.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-23

President Roosevelt extends his greetings to the members of the Indianapolis YMCA. He wishes he could attend their state convention to honor the building that will serve as a “manhood factory,” financed by the Studebaker brothers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-16

President Roosevelt is encouraged by Booker T. Washington’s letter. Roosevelt also mentions that he is “exceedingly interested” in having a “colored” YMCA building in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-22

President Roosevelt writes to Archibald B. Roosevelt to update him on some things going on with their family. Roosevelt praises his son for his monthly report, and warns him against working too hard, as he does not want to get more headaches. Joseph Wilmer is going on the Mississippi River trip. Douglas Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson are visiting currently, and are having a nice time. Roosevelt believes that public school and the Y.M.C.A. have been good for Quentin Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-16

President Roosevelt did not know that the clause Father Henry B. Tierney wrote about existed. He does not wish to be quoted denying a statement that no one has ever said he made. He would oppose any clause such as the one Tierney mentioned and believes that both Catholics and Protestants should be admitted to the YMCA.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

President Roosevelt sends Robert W. De Forest a letter of introduction for his colleague Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Wetmore is interested in expanding the YMCA for sailors.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-08

President Roosevelt sends Helen Miller Gould Shepard a letter of introduction for Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Roosevelt knows that they are both interested in the YMCA movement for sailors.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-08

On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Henry B. F. Macfarland a $5 check to renew Roosevelt’s subscription to the work of the Inter-State Y.M.C.A.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-13

President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Lyman L. Pierce, General Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, is planning to start a branch of the organization in Havana, Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-07

William Loeb encloses President Roosevelt’s letter to the president of the Young Men’s Christian Association International Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-09

President Roosevelt will be unable to speak at the international meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association but he wholeheartedly supports the YMCA.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-09

President Roosevelt congratulates the Young Men’s Christian Association of Topeka, Kansas, on their new building.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-30