Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks
Ray H. Mattison provides a daily account of his research travels from the East Coast to the Badlands to Allyn F. Hanks.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1950-04-19
Your TR Source
Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980
Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding a research trip to Helena, Montana, and the development of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Mattison interviewed Wallis Huidekoper, Ella Myers, E. A. Phillips, and Arnold D. Ferris. He also researched at the Montana Historical Library and Montana State College.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-11-02
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Nora E. Cordingley
Ray H. Mattison thanks Nora E. Cordingley for a copy of a diary and inquires about a map related to his Theodore Roosevelt research.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1950-05-02
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Zdena Irma Trinka
Ray H. Mattison writes to Zdena Trinka regarding her book The Theodore Roosevelt Saga of the Roosevelt National Memorial Park and his review of it for historical accuracy.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1950-04-27
Creator(s)
Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding the historical accuracy of Zdena Trinka’s book The Theodore Roosevelt Saga of the Roosevelt National Memorial Park and its endorsement.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1950-04-25
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Katherine Coleman
Ray H. Mattison writes to Katherine Coleman, inquiring about her relation to John Goodall and any memories of Theodore Roosevelt and early Medora, North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-11-12
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to E. A. Phillips
Ray H. Mattison writes to E. A. Phillips regarding the availability of two articles, Robert S. Fletcher’s, “The Hard Winter in Montana, 1886-1887” and “The End of the Open Range in Eastern Montana.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-11-11
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Merrill C. Burlingame
Ray H. Mattison writes to Merrill C. Burlingame about articles Mattison found regarding railroad land grants and the Northern Pacific Railroad. Mattison also thanks Burlingame for going over materials pertaining to the open range cattle industry.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-11-04
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Hermann Hagedorn
Ray H. Mattison writes to Hermann Hagedorn regarding a revision of Hagedorn’s book Roosevelt in the Badlands. Mattison offers help with the revision and provides a list of “old timers” with whom Hagedorn could talk.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-08-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Russell Reid
Ray H. Mattison writes to Russell Reid regarding a copy of the article “Roosevelt’s Ranches in North Dakota” and Mattison’s interviews with several men. Mattison gained a lot of information regarding Elkhorn Ranch and the Maltese Cross Cabin.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-08-12
Creator(s)
Errors in brochure on Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park produced and copyrighted by Greater North Dakota Association in connection with pageant presented at dedication
Ray H. Mattison reports on various historical inaccuracies for the brochure and pageant celebrating Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Louis Pfaller
Ray H. Mattison writes to Father Pfaller regarding information from the Indian Sentinel, which reported Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance in recovering stolen Indian horses. Mattison thanks Pfaller for the excerpt he sent.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-04-28
Creator(s)
Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding a manuscript believed to be a diary kept by Mrs. William Reid.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-04-27
Creator(s)
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Perl A. Brown Coombs
Ray H. Mattison writes to librarian Perl A. Brown Coombs, of the public library in Glendive, Montana, inquiring about papers related to Theodore Roosevelt’s ranching. Coombs’ response is included, stating the only materials she has are from the Glendive Independent.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-01-14
Creator(s)
Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding Olaf T. Hagen’s unfinished manuscript, Pyramid Park 1879-1883, Where Theodore Roosevelt Came to Hunt Buffalo. Mattison wishes to find some of Hagen’s sources from the Bismark Daily Tribune and the Bismark Weekly Tribune at the Minnesota State Historical Society to fact check the manuscript.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1950-02-27
Creator(s)
Roosevelt’s contemporaries along the Little Missouri River
Manuscript written by Ray H. Mattison about the people and activities, especially the open range cattle business, of the Dakota Badlands that shaped the area around the time Roosevelt was there.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1950