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William T. Hornaday telegrams Theodore Roosevelt to advise that Iowa state game warden Elmer Calvin Hinshaw is fighting against bills to give Iowa prairie chickens and quail five year close seasons. It has been reported in the press that Roosevelt is supporting Hinshaw.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-03-15
William T. Hornaday sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the latest issue of “The Pine Cone” newsletter. Hornaday commends the work of the Albuquerque Game Protective Association and encourages Roosevelt to send a letter of appreciation to its secretary, Aldo Leopold.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-01-13
William T. Hornaday very much liked Theodore Roosevelt’s article on the League to Enforce Peace. Hornaday wanted to tell the Women’s Press Club in his speech that the organization is a “conspicuous case of wasted effort” but did not have enough time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-01-12
William T. Hornaday is having trouble finding support in Congress for the Game Sanctuary Bill due to a number of legislators who oppose federally established game reserves. Hornaday would like Theodore Roosevelt to write to “as many senators as possible” urging them to support the bill. He also hopes that Roosevelt can write an article, for widespread publication, which is critical of the current system of game preservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-12-26
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter which was sent to William Beebe. Hornaday believes Beebe is the world’s greatest ornithologist in part because, like Hornaday, he is committed to “making interesting zoological knowledge available to the millions who are interested in birds.” Hornaday would like Roosevelt to attend the opening of the Heads and Horns Collection in the Spring of 1918.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-10-10
Writing shortly after the 1916 Republican National Convention, William T. Hornaday expresses his dismay and disgust at the current state of the Republican Party which he feels is led by “pacifists, slackers and hyphenates, who are neither patriotic nor intelligent.” Hornaday believes that the nation as a whole has become “soft” and “rotten” and deserving of a “good licking.” He praises Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership ability and wishes that the Republican Party had nominated him for another term.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-12
William T. Hornaday is certain that Theodore Roosevelt will be the successor to President Wilson, and he expects that Americans will be disgusted by Congress’s meager preparedness plan. Hornaday hopes that Roosevelt can help him prevent the re-election of Congressman Bennet who Hornaday considers to be a traitor. Hornaday also encloses a piece he wrote about the guacharo bird.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-01
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for writing to Aldo Leopold.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-01-30
William T. Hornaday agrees with James E. West’s newspaper comments about former Chief Scout Ernest Thompson Seton. Hornaday believes that someone who holds such negative opinions of the United States should not lead an organization of American children, and he regrets that Seton is reviving the Woodcraft League of America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-08
William T. Hornaday asks if Theodore Roosevelt will write a few lines of support for Hornaday’s game preservation plan which he will shortly take to Congress. Hornaday also hopes that Roosevelt will help him secure the support of Governor Johnson of California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-29
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter and for securing the support of The Outlook for Hornaday’s game preservation efforts. After a successful speaking tour in the West, Hornaday is confident that legislation can be passed in the next session of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-20
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for endorsing his latest book and commends Roosevelt for his own writing about wildlife conservation. Hornaday was extremely disappointed that the book about Alaskan birds published by the Audubon Society did not give adequate coverage to conservation issues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-01
If Theodore Roosevelt wishes to donate funds to a public cause, William T. Hornaday recommends the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-21
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his endorsement of preserving game in the National Reserved Forests.
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1915-01-15
William T. Hornaday will visit Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay. Hornaday relays some remarks made in the Senate last Saturday regarding his work as a hunter-naturalist. Hornaday gives a thousand thanks for Roosevelt’s generous reference to his work in Life Histories.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-05-29
William T. Hornaday acknowledges Theodore Roosevelt’s return from South America, a place he regards as most unsatisfactory. Hornaday compliments Roosevelt on his monumental work, Life Histories of African Game Animals, which present the fullest knowledge available on these animals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-05-18
William T. Hornaday clarifies the circumstances regarding the divorce of Curator of Birds William Beebe. Rather than a marriage of cruelty as reported, it appears that his wife fell in love with another man.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-09-04
William T. Hornaday reports that Congress will be called upon to appropriate money for the McLean Law. Hornaday also requests that Theodore Roosevelt support a tax on cartridges.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-04-24
William T. Hornaday has replied to Mr. Prescott of Portland, Oregon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-03-21
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his review of “Our Vanishing Wild Life” in The Outlook. The New York Zoological Society lobbied for the suppression of traffic of wild birds’ plumage. Hornaday is also optimistic that the Federal Migratory Bird Bill will pass.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-02-03