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1908/11/26
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to George Bird Grinnell re: Grinnell's request that he write about Africa
Signed as President. Roosevelt had not been to Africa yet.
GLC02793.058
1922/10/09
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
to Richard Washburn Child re: wife's illness and international affairs
Signed as President on White House stationery. Child was ambassador.
GLC02793.074
2 April 1917
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Address of the President of the United States, delivered at a joint session of the two houses of Congress
Asks Congress to declare war against Germany. Marks the beginning of the American involvement in World War I.
GLC02904
19 April 1918
to Harvey
Discusses using President Wilson's quote of 1 January in a newspaper article. Criticizes Wilson's prosecution of the war in Europe. Says that Wilson can speed up the war and come "to the left of our allies before it is too late, by just one...
GLC03663.01
09 May 1907
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to Sam Chapman
Written on stationery of the Department of Justice. Discusses Grant's endorsement of Lee's pardon after the war, and Johnson's refusal to grant it. He discusses politics during the Reconstruction era. He comments "there was more vindictiveness...
GLC03293
A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights
Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."
GLC03621
1902
Sherman, Edwin A. (Edwin Allen), 1829-1914
The life of the late Rear-Admiral John Drake Sloat, of the United States navy, who took possession of California and raised the American flag at Monterey on July 7th, 1846
Signed by Sherman and inscribed to Bryant D. Campbell. Enlarged monumental edition. Includes supplemental pamphlet.
GLC04712
1927/01/07
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
[Message to Congress on appropriations for the Disarmament Conference]
Typescript of Coolidge's message recommending a $75,000 appropriation to cover the continuing expenses of U.S. participation in the "Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference" in Geneva. Coolidge writes that he believes the U.S...
GLC04904
circa 1918
unknown, fl. 1918
[Photograph of U.S.S. George Washington]
One sepia-tone silver gelatin print of the ship that transported President Woodrow Wilson to Europe to sign the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. Co-signed by President Wilson, Secretary of Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Captain Edward...
GLC04993
1920
Allied and Associated Powers, 1914-1920
The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated powers and Germany and other treaty engagements signed at Versailles, June 28th, 1919
Signed by David Lloyd George. Title continues "Together with the reply of the Allied and Associated powers to the Observations of the German Delegation on the Conditions of Peace."
GLC04937
1902-1904
Walker, John G., 1835-1907
Five letters re: the Panama Canal [decimalized]
Five letters between John G. Walker, President of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and his friend Thomas Gibbons. Letters describe Walker's family and their mutual friends, as well as developments in the canal project. He discusses the ratification...
GLC02763
14 November 1902
Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907
to Thomas Gibbons
Glad to receive a copy of the "Rainbow," a paper published aboard the U.S. Flagship Rainbow. Thanks him for box of cigars, though he says he does not smoke regularly, as well as for a photograph of himself and one of Gibbons taken in Hong Kong....
GLC02763.01
10 April 1917
Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951
to his mother
Written on stationery of the American Expeditionary Forces, Office of General Purchasing Agent. Writes to his mother regarding his associates, including Russian Grand Duke Alexander.
GLC04048.01
26 August 1920
Sends birthday wishes to his mother.
GLC04048.02
1905
Stephen Lee letter and engraving [Decimalized .01-.02]
Letter from Stephen D. Lee, and engraving.
GLC04271
1921
Various
Album signed by Delegates to first assembly of the League of Nations
Signers include Paderewski, A.J. Balfour, H.A.L. Fisher, etc. Inscribed to L. Cordel.
GLC03900
1919
[Album signed by Paris Peace Conference Delegates]
Signers include Lloyd George, A. J. Balfour, Marshall Foch, Paderewski, etc.
GLC03901
1908-1924
Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926
American Indian Archive, 21 letters [decimalized .01-.07]
Includes letters from William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Theodore Roosevelt, European military leaders and a TMS of John J. "Blackjack" Pershing on American Indian contributions to victory.
GLC03911
1919-1924
Pershing, John J., 1860-1948
to Joseph K. Dixon re: 15 letters (some translations or carbon copies), including Douglas Haig & Marshal Petain[Decimalized .01- .23]
Praising the contributions on Native Americans in World War I. With other writers besides Pershing.
GLC03911.07
[1908-1920]
Photographs of American Indians, ceremonies, councils and Little Big Horn
This collection consists of 40 photographs of Native Americans taken by Joseph K. Dixon, a prominent photographer, filmmaker, and champion of Native Americans. Probably taken in the period from 1908-1920, all of these prints were retained for Dixon...
GLC03911.08
8 November 1900
Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 1840-1914
to unknown
Written on stationary of "160 West Eighty Sixth Street." Written by Mahan, who had resigned his naval commission in 1895 and who was a well-known author on naval theory and strategy in 1900. Appears to be written to a magazine or newspaper editor...
GLC02466.08
1916/06/18
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
to Jose E. Pidgeon
On Navy Dept. stationery, as Assistant Sec. of the Navy. FDR writes that he is unable to supply service records for Marine Harold E. Starrett (since he is on active duty) and suggests contacting his naval base in Haiti.
GLC04675.33
13 February 1900
Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901
to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown
German vessel smuggling amunition in japanese waters. Written aboard the U.S.S. Monocacy
GLC04546.001
March 1900
to Harvey L. Brown
Disturbances in China; rumors of Russo-Japanese War. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at...
GLC04546.002
circa 1900
[Leather hand guard and metal spike].
GLC04546.003
23 March 1900
With photo.
GLC04546.004
27 March 1900
to W. T. K. Brown
Twenty six mounted photographs, an album containing twenty nine mounted photographs, one unmounted photograph, and one negative. Photographs taken in China around the time of the Boxer Rebellion. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy...
GLC04546.005
30 March 1900
Murder of British missionaries by "Boxers," preparing. 44 various items: + 8 envelopes, 25 clippings, and 1 photo
GLC04546.006
16 April 1900
"our gunboat shot through, Monocacy attacked"
GLC04546.007
25 April 1900
GLC04546.008
8 June 1900
Europeans murdered by Boxers, invasion preparations. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at...
GLC04546.009
12 June 1900
Ordered to sail to Taku. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was...
GLC04546.010
13 July 1900
Relieving siege of Taku and Tientsin. A long letter describing fighting: "2300 men of all nations held the city [Tientsin] against 30,000 Imperial troops and 100,000 Boxers. It was hell for 6 days [as] they bombarded the city. Our losses - over 600...
GLC04546.011
1 September 1900
Mentions writing a description of siege of Tientsin. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at...
GLC04546.012
28 June 1900
Killing of first American, marine Nichols. Date inferred from content and postal mark (July 28). Battle description. Brown describes forming ranks to fire on 500 Boxers, marine Nichols being hit, and the marines' attempt to save Nichols, who died...
GLC04546.013
31 October 1900
GLC04546.014
20 October 1900
GLC04546.015
14 December 1900
His promotion.
GLC04546.016
4 January 1901
Rare envelope.
GLC04546.017
26 February 1901
GLC04546.018
7 March 1901
GLC04546.019
9 March 1901
Mentions siege of Peking, bombardment of Taku forts. Asks whether they received 'The Siege of Peking' or the photographs of the "bombardment of the Taku Forts."
GLC04546.020
23 March 1901
Dissension among European forces. Writes in part: "[I]f the troops are not soon out of China they will be mixed up -- England and Russia have been at swords' points over a bit of land on the river bank in Tientsin. Entrenchments thrown up and men...
GLC04546.021
15 April 1901
GLC04546.022
to Howard Payson Brown
GLC04546.023
3 May 1901
Picture of "windjammer" and Brown's notes on the ship.
GLC04546.024
1918/05/09
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
[Acknowledging America's debt to Italy for help in World War I]
On the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into World War I, Hoover, who was then the U.S. Food Administrator under President Wilson, acknowledges "our indebtedness to the country to which we are bound, not only by ties historical, but also by...
GLC04569
26 April 1921
Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936
to L. D. Gardner
Sends a note of encouragement.
GLC04352.04
20 December 1916
[Appointment of John J. Pershing to Major General]
Commission to begin on September 25, 1916. Countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Stamp indicating receipt by the Adjutant General's office dated 6 January 1917 and signed by H.P. Milam as Adjutant General. Dated when Pershing commanded...
GLC04460
Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920
Conditions de paix. Conditions of peace. [In English and French]
The text of the Treaty of Versailles as presented by the Allied and Associated Powers at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Signed by Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuale Orlando, Gordon Auchincloss and Georges Clemenceau. Uncut...
GLC04472
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