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Conservation in the TRAJ

Duane Jundt, cataloger of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, has compiled this extensive bibliography of writings both primary and secondary found in the TRAJ on topics related to conservation of the environment. The hyperlinks will take you directly to the records in our digital library.

Quotations, Passages, and Excerpts from the Work of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt on Conservation”, Vol. 3/2, 1977, p. 11

The Joy of Living Is His Who Has the Heart to Demand It”, Vol. 8/4, 1982, pp. 2-3

Theodore Roosevelt on the Bad Lands”, Vol. 9/2, 1983, p. 9.

Theodore Roosevelt On…”, Vol. 10/3, 1984, p. 19.

The American Mocking-Bird”, Vol. 13/1, 1987, p. 11.

President Theodore Roosevelt Speaks at the Grand Canyon 1903”, Vol. 26/1, 2004, p. 23.

Book Review Essays

Anonymous, “Char Miller on Gifford Pinchot” (Reviews of Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism), Vol. 25/3, 2003, p. 28.

Debby Applegate, “Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Akeley, and the American Museum of Natural History” (Review of Penelope Bodry-Sanders, Carl Akeley: Africa’s Collector, Africa’s Savior), Vol. 18/1, 1992, pp. 7-11.

Lowell E. Baier, Review of Darrin Lunde, The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, a Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History, Vol. 37/4, 2016, pp. 9-14.

Paul Russell Cutright and Philip J. Roosevelt II, “American Bears” (Review of Paul Schullery, editor, American Bears: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt), Vol. 9/2, 1983, pp. 17-21.

John A. Gable, “The Roots of Environmentalism” (Review of Stephen Fox, John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement), Vol. 7/4, 1981, pp. 21-22.

John A. Gable, “North to Alaska” (Review of William H. Goetzmann and Kay Sloan, Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899), Vol. 9/4, 1983, pp. 15-16.

John A. Gable, “TR’s Writings on the Wilderness” (Review of Paul Schullery, editor, Theodore Roosevelt: Wilderness Writings), Vol. 12/3, 1986, p. 15.

John A. Gable, “Gifford Pinchot and Environmentalism” (Review of Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism), Vol. 25/2, 2002, pp. 18-19.

Lewis L. Gould, “TR: The Making of a Conservationist” (Review of Paul Russell Cutright, Theodore Roosevelt: The Making of a Conservationist), Vol. 12/1, 1986, pp. 17-18.

Scott Gurney, “Our Conservation Heritage” (Review of Char Miller and Rebecca Staebler, The Greatest Good: 100 Years of Forestry in America), Vol. 23/4, 2000, p. 25.

Mark Harvey, “A Massive and Valuable Study of Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation” (Review of Douglas Brinkley, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America), Vol. 32/1-2, 2011, pp. 35-49.

Duane G. Jundt “An Outdoor Life Well-Considered” (Review of Michael R. Canfield, Theodore Roosevelt in the Field), Vol. 39/1-3, 2018, pp. 82-89.

Duane G. Jundt “He Was a Cowboy Once—and Young” (Review of Michael F. Blake, The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt and Christopher Knowlton, Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West), Vol. 41/1-2, 2020, pp. 49-53.

Donald F. Kirkpatrick, “The Nature Faker Controversy Revisited” (Review of Ralph H. Lutts, The Nature Fakers: Wildlife, Science & Sentiment), Vol. 17/1, 1991, pp. 16-17.

William J. Kolodnicki, “Theodore Roosevelt’s Boyhood Hero” (Review of Paul Russell Cutright and Michael J. Brodhead, Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian), Vol. 8/3, 1982, pp. 9-10.

James G. Lewis, “Gifford Pinchot and Conservation” (Review of Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot: The Evolution of an American Conservationist, Two Essays), Vol. 19/4, 1993-1994, pp. 8-9.

Michael L. Manson, “TR’s Last Chance to Be a Boy” (Review of Joseph R. Ornig, My Last Chance to Be a Boy: Theodore Roosevelt’s South American Expedition of 1913-1914), Vol. 20/1-2, 1994-1995, pp. 17-18.

Michael L. Manson, Review of R.L. Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt: Hunter-Conservationist, Vol. 31/1-2, 2010, pp. 63-64.

Marvin R. Morrison, “The End of the Game” (Review of Peter H. Beard, The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise), Vol. 5/3, 1979, pp. 12-13.

Edward J. Renehan, Jr., “Words and the Conservation Movement” (Review of Daniel J. Philippon, Conserving Words: How American Nature Writers Shaped the Environmental Movement), Vol. 26/2, 2004, pp. 27-28.

Elizabeth E. Roosevelt, Review of Andrew Vietze, Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America’s 26th President, Vol. 31/1-2, 2010, p. 65.

Tweed Roosevelt, “Sportsmen in Africa” (Review of Bartle Bull, Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure), Vol. 15/1, 1989, pp. 15-17.

William N. Tilchin, Review of Candice Millard, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, Vol. 28/3, 2007, pp. 26-28.

William N. Tilchin, “George P. McLean: A Rooseveltian Senator in the 1910s and 1920s” (Review of Will McLean Greeley, A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate), Vol. 44/4, 2023, pp. 18-27.

Christopher Volpe, “The Universe at Your Very Door: The American Naturalist John Burroughs” (Review of Edward J. Renehan, Jr., John Burroughs: An American Naturalist), Vol. 19/4, 1993-1994, pp. 4-6.

Robert Wexelblatt, Review of J. Lee Thompson, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad: Nature, Empire, and the Journey of an American President, Vol. 31/4, 2010, pp. 35-37.

Robert Wexelblatt, Review of Margaret Porter Griffin, The Amazing Bird Collection of Young Mr. Roosevelt, Vol. 36/1-3, 2015, pp. 20-23.

Dennis Wood, “The Grand Canyon and the Yellowstone” (Review of Paul Schullery, The Grand Canyon: Early Impressions and Old Yellowstone Days), Vol. 8/1, 1982, pp. 12-14.

Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation

Anonymous, “Wildlife Preservation”, Vol. 13/1, 1987, p. 18.

Anonymous, “TR and the ‘National Monuments’”, Vol. 14/1, 1988, p. 3.

Anonymous, “National Parks Established by Theodore Roosevelt”, Vol. 14/1, 1988, p. 6.

Anonymous, “TR Nature Center Opened at Jones Beach, NY”, Vol. 24/1, 2000, p. 21-22.

John Burroughs, “Roosevelt Was a Many-Sided Man and Every Side Was Like an Electric Battery”, Vol. 19-4, 1993-1994, pp. 2-3.

Edward P. Cliff, “Heroic Dimensions”, Vol. 9/3, 1983, pp. 6-8.

Ethan Fishman, “’Applied Idealism’: Theodore Roosevelt’s Prudent Approach to Conservation”, Vol. 22/3, 1998, pp. 3-7.

Stephen Fox, “A Chapter in the History of The American Conservation Movement: Land, Trees, and Water, 1890-1915”, Vol. 7/2, 1981, pp. 2-8, 10-21.

John A. Gable, “Theodore Roosevelt and the American Museum of Natural History”, Vol. 8/3, 1982, pp. 2-6.

John A. Gable, “President Theodore Roosevelt’s Record on Conservation”, Vol. 10/3, 1984, pp. 2-11.

James G. Lewis, “Deforestation in China: Theodore Roosevelt’s Cautionary Tale”, Vol. 30/4, 2009, pp. 7-14.

Francis P. McManamon, “Theodore Roosevelt and the Antiquities Act of 1906: Timely Action and an Enduring Legacy”, Vol. 32/3, 2011, pp. 24-38.

Char Miller, “Landmark Decision: The Antiquities Act, Big-Stick Conservation, and the Modern State”, Vol. 27/2, 2006, pp. 5-14.

Char Miller, “Neither Crooked Nor Shady: The Weeks Act, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Virtue of Eastern National Forests, 1899-1911”, Vol. 33/4, 2012, pp. 15-24.

John F. Reiger, “Lessons from History: The Conservation Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt”, Vol. 25/4, 2003, pp. 10-15.

Theodore Roosevelt IV, “Conservation Then and Now”, Vol. 9/3, 1983, pp. 5-6.

Tweed Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt: The Mystery of the Unrecorded Environmentalist”, Vol. 25/2, 2002, pp. 3-9.

Tweed Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt: Halfhearted Fisherman, Wholehearted Hunter”, Vol. 35/4, 2014, pp. 38-43.

William N. Tilchin, “Unveiling the ‘Yellowstone Letters’ Written by U.S. Civil Service Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, March 1894 – January 1895”, Vol. 39/4, 2018, pp. 22-31.

The Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Anonymous, “Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota”, Vol. 9/2, 1983, pp. 6-7.

Lowell E. Baier, “The Cradle of Conservation: Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch, an Icon of America’s National Identity”, Vol. 28/1, 2007, pp. 12-24.

Darrin Lunde, “On the Origin of ‘Elkhorn’”, Vol. 44/4, 2023, pp. 9-16.

Theodore Roosevelt IV, “The Greatness of This Land Will Endure: The 50th Anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt National Park”, Vol. 22/3, 1998, pp. 8-13.

Tweed Roosevelt, “Save the Elkhorn Ranch”, Vol. 33/1-3, 2012, pp. 48-53.

Birds and Ornithology

Anonymous, “The National Wildlife Refuge System, 1903-1978”, Vol. 4/3, 1978, p. 15.

Paul Russell Cutright, “The Boyhood Natural History Notebooks of Theodore Roosevelt”, Vol. 8/2, 1982, pp. 2-15.

Paul Russell Cutright, “Theodore Roosevelt Disposes of His Boyhood Bird Specimens”, Vol. 9/4, 1983, pp. 2-8.

Paul Russell Cutright, “Twin Literary Rarities of TR”, Vol. 11/2, 1985, pp. 5-12.

Paul Russell Cutright, “TR Listens to the Music of British Birds”, Vol. 13/1, 1987, pp. 6-11.

Margaret Porter Griffin, “The Determined Independent Study of a Young Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, 1874-1875”, Vol. 35/3, 2014, pp. 6-13.

Duane G. Jundt, “Birdwatcher-in-Chief: Theodore Roosevelt and America’s Birds”, Vol. 38/1-3, 2017, pp. 6-13.

Alton A. Lindsay, “The Sighting at Pine Knot, Virginia”, Vol. 4/2, 1978, pp. 12-15.

Gregory A. Wynn, “Roosevelt’s Birds”, Vol. 31/3, 2010, pp. 16-20.

Gifford Pinchot

Anonymous, “Gifford Pinchot 1865-1946”, Vol. 13/3, 1987, pp. 2-3.

Stephen Fox, “Gifford Pinchot and His Place in the American Conservation Movement”, Vol. 13/3, 1987, pp. 7-10.

John W. Furlow, Jr, “Gifford Pinchot: Public Service and the Meaning of Conservation”, Vol. 13/3, 1987, pp. 11-17.

Char Miller, “When Elephants Were Green: Gifford Pinchot, the GOP, and the Conservation Movement”, Vol. 28/4, 2007, pp. 12-24.

Char Miller, “Kindred Spirits: Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and a Fitting Eulogy”, Vol. 38/4, 2017, pp. 8-12.

Gifford B. Pinchot and Stephen Fox, “Gifford Pinchot: An Exchange of Views”, Vol. 14/1, 1988, pp. 7-9.

Barry Walden Walsh, “Gifford Pinchot, Conservationist”, Vol. 13/3, 1987, pp. 3-7.

Barry Walden Walsh, “Notes on Gifford Pinchot as a Writer”, Vol. 14/2, 1988, pp. 15-16.

Figures associated with Roosevelt and Conservation

Anonymous, “Lowell E. Baier Wins Conservationist of the Year Award”, Vol. 29/2, 2008, pp. 40-41.

David E. Conrad, “Roosevelt and Emmons”, Vol. 3/3, 1977, pp. 15-16.

John A. Gable, “Paul Russell Cutright”, Vol. 12/1, 1986, p. 18.

John A. Gable, “Robert B. Roosevelt”, Vol. 14/3, 1988, p. 9.

Richard P. Harmond, “Robert Barnwall Roosevelt and the Early Conservation Movement”, Vol. 14/3, 1988, pp. 2-11.

Paul Schullery, “Robert B. Roosevelt and Fly Fishing”, Vol. 9/4, 1983, pp. 9-13.

Christopher Volpe, “An American Original: John Burroughs’ Forgotten Portrait of a President”, Vol. 19/2, 1993, pp. 3-7.