World War I Letters
Title
World War I Letters
Creator
Woodrow Wilson
Identifier
MS100001
Date
1917-1918
Description
Letters from the White House to various individuals
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957
Publisher
Library of Congress
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Contributor
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Language
English
Collection Items
Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson
The French want Samuel Gompers to come to France for the peace negotiations.
Woodrow Wilson to Agnes B. Tedcastle
President Wilson asks Mrs. Arthur Tedcastle to send along his sympathies to her friend who lost a son in the war.
Agnes B. Tedcastle to Woodrow Wilson
Wife of a good friend tells President Wilson about her friend who lost a son in the war.
Jean-Jules Jusserand to Newton D. Baker
Planning for accompanying President Wilson on the trip to France.
Josephine Whiting Smith to Woodrow Wilson
Washington Animal Rescue League requests that the research labs in town end their testing of poison gas on animals.
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
Send word to Colonel House that the Kaiser should not be allowed to interfere in the peace.
Woodrow Wilson to Grant Squires
Because of the peace, President Wilson will not be able to advance the issue of the Squires' commission.
Woodrow Wilson to Gavin McNab
President Wilson writes there is no way that he can avoid going to France.
Woodrow Wilson to Gavin McNab
Democratic politician argues that President Wilson should not go to France.
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
Pass on to Colonel House the message that President Wilson will not be able to go to England before going to France.
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
President Wilson asks the Secretary of State to pass on the message to Colonel House that the French should stop their censorship of the press now.
John H. Clarke to Woodrow Wilson
Supreme Court Justice advises President Wilson to pay no attention to the opposition.
Hardly Root
If President Wilson is going to pick any Republican to go to France, it should be McCall of Massachusetts.
Paul F. Mueller to William B. McAdoo
Request that the US follow through on its pledges for food relief for Germany.
William G. McAdoo to Woodrow Wilson
The Secretary of the Treasury passes along an appeal from a German editor for food aid.
Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson's shorthand transcription of cable about when to go to France from Colonel House as translated by Ray Stannard Baker.
Woodrow Wilson to the Archbishop of Baltimore
President Wilson thanks the cardinal for the letter about the dire situation in Europe.
Archbishop of Baltimore to Woodrow Wilson
Cardinal Gibbons passes on word from the pope that Germany faces starvation.
Woodrow Wilson to Newton D. Baker
President Wilson asks the Secretary of War about the politics of the State Councils of Defense.
Key Pittman to Woodrow Wilson
Informal discussions at a political dinner seem to indicate that the people support President Wilson in going to France.
Gabrielle S. Mulliner to Woodrow Wilson
Request for President Wilson's approval for the war program of the Camp Fire Girls.
Legislative Resolutions
List of resolutions in state legislatures in support of the League of Nations.
Resolution Passed at the Executive Committee Meeting of the League to Enforce Peace
League to Enforce Peace supports President Wilson in calling for the establishment of the League of Nations.
Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Enclosed information on the political situation encourages the Secretary of War to suggest that Key Pittman go ahead with his support for the League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson to Joseph E. Randall
President Wilson cannot go ahead with the advice from Senator Randall.
Joseph E. Randall to Woodrow Wilson
Senator Randall recommends that President Wilson include President Roosevelt in the Paris Peace Conference.
A. Mitchell Palmer to Woodrow Wilson
Accounting of enemy property after the war needs to include patents.
Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Cotton
Americans need to be in charge of the food aid they will distribute in Europe.
Woodrow Wilson to Edward G. Hoffman
President Wilson thanks a member of the Democratic National Committee for his words of advice.
Edward G. Hoffman to Woodrow Wilson
Americans will come to view President Wilson as a great American.
Woodrow Wilson to J. Thomas Heflin
President Wilson reassures Congressman Heflin that he is not upset about the election.
J. Thomas Heflin to Woodrow Wilson
Congressman Heflin assures President Wilson that the election losses are understandable and a good thing.
Woodrow Wilson to Key Pittman
President Wilson needs Senator Pittman to stay in place working in the Senate.
Statement from Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, member of the Foreign Relations Committee
No one could represent President Wilson in Paris. He must go.
Key Pittman to Woodrow Wilson
Senator Pittman asks if he would be more valuable at home or in Paris.
State versus Private Control of Industry
Calls for Germans to work for the shift to a peacetime economy.
Bernard M. Baruch to Woodrow Wilson
Thinks President Wilson will find the enclosed German article on state control of industry interesting.
Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Oxford wants to give President Wilson a degree and asks if he will give the Romanes Lecture.
Anglo-French Declaration
British and French seek to free people who had been oppressed by the Turks and establish national governments.
Woodrow Wilson to Edward A. Woods
Woodrow Wilson tells his friend that they will just have to soldier on after disappointing election results.
Woodrow Wilson to William C. Redfield
President Wilson thanks the Secretary of Commerce for his concern about employment.
Woodrow Wilson to John R. Mott
President Wilson gives his support to the agencies in the United War Campaign.
Julius Koettgen to George Edward Creel
New leader of Austria is a German Socialist and a great admirer of Woodrow Wilson.
George Edward Creel to Woodrow Wilson
George Creel thinks that President Wilson will be interested in information about the new leader of Austria.
Homer S. Cummings to Woodrow Wilson
Homer S. Cummings has written an analysis of the recent elections.
Paris Naval Staff Representative To Navintel
Austria-Hungarian fleet may sail to Corfu under a white flag.
Woodrow Wilson to Edward Bok
President Wilson writes a letter of thanks to a journalist who has returned from a long visit to the front lines in France.
Edward Bok to Woodrow Wilson
Journalist writes to President Wilson about his trip touring the front lines.
Newton D. Baker to General Pershing
President Wilson's responses to a draft of the proposed armistice.
Woodrow Wilson to Carter Glass
President Wilson writes to the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency that they ought to help the United War Campaign by removing prohibitions on contributions from the national banks.
Report (To accompany S. J. Res. 179)
Support for national banks contributing to the United War Work Campaign.
Samuel McCune Lindsay to Woodrow Wilson
Charities of the United War Work Campaign need to be able to get donations from national banks.
Woodrow Wilson to the Archbishop of Baltimore
President Wilson appreciates the message from the pope.
Paraphrase of Telegram from Mr. Balfour to Mr. Barclay
British government agrees with President Wilson's fourteen points but want to propose changes.
Paraphrase of Telegram from Mr. Balfour to Mr. Barclay
Germans do not seem to understand the Allied position.
Paraphrase of Telegram from Mr. Balfour to Mr. Barclay
Germans do not want to give up Poland or Alsace-Lorraine.
Tasker Howard Bliss to Newton D. Baker
General Bliss supports limits on arms in Europe to prevent further war.
Woodrow Wilson to Jessie K. Dyer
President Wilson supports his niece giving a speech for the war campaign but does not have time to write it for her.
Pocket Testament League to Woodrow Wilson
Encouraging telegram on the good effects of President Wilson's support.
Franklin P. Glass to Woodrow Wilson
An old friend of President Wilson asks for advice on what he should say on his trip to Europe.
Production, Says Roosevelt, More Important than Saving
President Roosevelt urges an increase in food production.
Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Will not be possible to streamline the clearance procedure for YMCA volunteers who want to go to France.
Woodrow Wilson to Newton D. Baker
YMCA volunteers are kept from service in Europe because of the complications of giving them security clearance.
Memorandum for the President
Question about whether a story about President Wilson visiting England should be released.
Statement for the Press in re American-Japanese Action in Siberia.
American involvement in the conflict in Siberia.
Elizabeth Bass to Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. George Bass writes to President Wilson that she does not wish to go with him to the Paris Peace Conference.
Woodrow Wilson to Elizabeth Bass
President Wilson thinks it might be too late to add women delegates to the US group attending the Paris Peace Commission.
Elizabeth Bass to Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. George Bass of the Democratic National Committee advises President Wilson on how to pick women for the Paris Peace Commission.
George W. Anderson to Woodrow Wilson
A trustee of the World Peace Foundation reports to President Wilson on the views of Democrats in New England.
Woodrow Wilson to George W. Anderson
President Wilson writes to a US judge in Boston about his shared fear of Henry Cabot Lodge being on the Foreign Relations Committee.
Charles W. Eliot to Woodrow Wilson
Former president of Harvard has some advice on what the League of Nations should do.
TW Bickett to William Taft
Governor of North Carolina complains about Roosevelt to President Taft, head of the League to Enforce Peace.
AS Burleson to Woodrow Wilson
US Postmaster sends along angry discussion about the League to Enforce Peace.
Woodrow Wilson to Colonel House
Coded message threatening British with build up of an American navy.
Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of State told the Russian ambassador that he would tell President Wilson about the massacre by Bolsheviks.
ORIGINAL TEXT of a Communication from the German Government
New German government asks about how the peace would be settled.
Archbishop of Baltimore to Woodrow Wilson
Pope asks President Wilson to grant Austria the peace they request.
Michael S. Farbman to the Manchester Guardian
Journalist's dispatch on President Wilson to a British newspaper.
Michael S. Farbman to the Manchester Guardian
Journalist's dispatch on President Wilson to a British newspaper.
Michael S. Farbman to Colonel House
Journalist asks for help in bringing people in England around to support of President Wilson.
Draft of Reply to Germany
President Wilson works through the official response to Germany suing for peace.
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
President Wilson decides to go with the original plan of landing at Brest.
Note from Woodrow Wilson
Short note, probably to the Secretary of State, from President Wilson about his concerns that the French and British governments will steal his thunder.
Woodrow Wilson to Bernard M. Baruch
President Wilson tells the chairman of the War Industries Board that he does not want to leave the remaining work to inexperienced hands.
Legation of Sweden at Washington, DC Memorandum
German government has told Swedish government that providing food would help prevent Bolshevism.
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
President Wilson asks the State Department to tell the mayor of Carlisle that he won't be able to visit.
Woodrow Wilson to Grenville S. MacFarland
President Wilson agrees about Governor McCall, but cannot appoint him to go to Paris.
Grenville S. MacFarland to Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson is encouraged to appoint Governor MacCall to the Peace Commission.
Graves to Newton D. Baker
Section of a cablegram from Siberia that describes executions by Russian general.
Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of War sends President Wilson news of atrocities in Siberia.
Woodrow Wilson to Newton D. Baker
President Wilson writes to the Secretary of War that they will have to take the Italian ambassador to Paris.
Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Italian ambassador wants to ride on the ship with President Wilson.
Newton D. Baker to Colonel House
Secretary of War sends message to House about the issuing of transporting prisoners of war.
Memorandum for Mr. Tumulty
Secretary of War's reply to Colonel House sent along to President Wilson's secretary.
Woodrow Wilson to William G. McAdoo
President Wilson accepts the resignation of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Woodrow Wilson to Richard Hooker
President Wilson rejects the advice to bring President Taft to Paris with him.
Edward N. Hurley to Woodrow Wilson
Chairman of the Shipping Board passes along a letter from Charles Day.
Telegram from Admiral Knight
Knight reports on developments at Lake Baikal and public sentiment toward Bolsheviks.
Walter Hines Page to Woodrow Wilson
Page writes to President Wilson about his need to take medical leave.
Tasker H. Bliss to Newton D. Baker
Report from the Supreme War Council on conditions on the frontlines.
Vice Admiral Sims to Woodrow Wilson
Sims writes to President Wilson about the situation of the Navy in Europe.
Helen Bones to Woodrow Wilson
Helen Bones writes a short letter about a letter she received from Dr. Yarros.
Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of State reports to President Wilson on his conversation with allied diplomats.
Report of Shipbuilding Program as of July 9, 1918
Success of US in building ships for the war effort.
Edward N. Hurley to Woodrow Wilson
Letter to President Wilson from the chairman of the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation
Memorandum of Conference with Japanese Ambassador Concerning a Siberian Program
Memo on the conference with Japan about the situation in Siberia.
Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of State sends along the memo from his conference with Japan on the situation in Siberia.
Vice Admiral Sims to Secretary of the Navy
Secret message relaying information about the German troops turning to the East.
Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Baker passes along a letter from General Bliss to President Wilson.
Coordination of the Activities of the Government of the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy
Memorandum by McCormick, Hoover, and Baruch after President Wilson's revisions.