Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-07-12

Creator(s)

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Language

English

Edmund Heller spoke with Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian, and decided at the last minute to join Paul James Rainey’s expedition to Africa on behalf of the National Museum. He did not realize that Theodore Roosevelt had intended to write to Walcott requesting that Heller not go so that he could focus on writing reports on the specimens collected from his own African expedition. Heller explains that no other qualified man is available to go, and lists the ways that this expedition will assist him in finishing his work with Roosevelt’s collection. The paper on the white rhinoceros will be published before Heller goes, and he assures Roosevelt of his dedication to the work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-09

Edmund Heller sends Theodore Roosevelt sixty pages of the manuscript for Life Histories of African Game Animals. The chapters cover the topics of history, distribution, and flora. Heller started with the introductory chapters, because he finds it the most convenient. Roosevelt’s work will be of great help to Heller.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-03-17

Edmund Heller writes to C. M. Miller about the Paul James Rainey safari, as they just completed a two-month long hunt. Their journey in Africa turned into a lion hunt. Heller rarely took part in the hunts and devoted his time to taking care of the skins they collected and trapping carnivores. The amount the safari collected “duplicates the material” in Theodore Roosevelt’s collection, and adds new species. They are now moving north towards the desert and are traveling with camels. Heller sends the manuscript of the paper on the white rhinoceros. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-18

Edmund Heller greatly appreciated Theodore Roosevelt’s kind wishes for his latest safari in Africa, but Heller is sure that his experience will not be as good as the time he spent with Roosevelt during Roosevelt’s safari. Heller provides some thorough remarks about the physiological differences he has found between the giant eland and the common eland, as well as white rhinoceroses and black rhinoceroses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-27

Creator(s)

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Edmund Heller thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his patience while he took his time deciding whether or not to go on another hunting trip to Africa. He will be able to complete the giant eland publication that Roosevelt wants on the voyage over to Africa. Heller looks forward to returning because his principal focus is on working on specimens Roosevelt collected in Africa. However, he is optimistic about this upcoming trip because he has more fieldwork knowledge than he did the last time he went.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Edmund Heller did not receive Theodore Roosevelt’s telegram in time and asks if he could call on him at his office tomorrow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-03

Edmund Heller asks Theodore Roosevelt if he can call on him tomorrow morning at the Outlook office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-02

Edmund Heller discusses Paul James Rainey and his offer to collect specimens in British East Africa for the Smithsonian. Museum officials urge Heller to accompany Painey, but he feels responsible for completing the work on Roosevelt’s collection. He asks Roosevelt’s opinion on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-31

Edmund Heller regrets Theodore Roosevelt has not received information about his rhino horns. Taxidermist James L. Clark should have them now. Heller is trying to earn his title of “leisurely Bwana.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-18

Edmund Heller thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his reply. He regrets the oversight that delayed the rhinoceros horns’ shipment to James L. Clark. Heller discusses his current study of the specimens in the African collection, specifically the antelopes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-17

Edmund Heller thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his kind words. He shares that Charles D. Walcott, the secretary of the Smithsonian, plans to raise funds for illustrating the museum’s African collection. While studying the collection, Heller discovered eleven new forms and a new genus, which he has already named.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-09

Edmund Heller asks Theodore Roosevelt’s permission to lecture the various societies that have invited him to speak on his African safari work. He discusses describing the new species of small mammals collected in Sudan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-26

Edmund Heller looks forward to Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to the National Museum of Natural History and showing him the specimens collected during his safari.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-17

Edmund Heller hopes Theodore Roosevelt will visit the National Museum of Natural History during his visit to Washington D. C. He discusses the status of the specimens.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-12

Edmund Heller received a copy of African Game Trails and appreciates Philip R. Goodwin’s illustrations. The entire African collection is at the National Museum of Natural History. Heller discusses his work on the rhinoceroses based on the skulls.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-09-22

Edmund Heller informs Theodore Roosevelt the hunting trophies are ready to send to James L. Clark and includes a list of items. He had some of his African photographs enlarged and framed and will send some to Roosevelt. Newland Tarleton and Co. reports that Carl Ethan Akeley was in British East Africa as of six weeks ago.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-08

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-07-16

Creator(s)

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-07-12

Creator(s)

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-06-30

Creator(s)

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919