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Gifford Pinchot is traveling in Alaska and believes their position is correct. It was a mistake to exclude the shore of Controller Bay from the National Forest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-11
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot provides President Theodore Roosevelt with a report on land office work after claims of possible fraud and of hardship. Pinchot recommends that Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock be given an additional $500,000 to “bring the public land business of the United States up to date.”
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1907-02-11
Gifford Pinchot has met with Senator La Follette who appears too ill to travel. La Follette will send a telegram if he can attend the conference on Tuesday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-05
Gifford Pinchot has heard that Senator Alfred B. Kittredge will no longer oppose the transfer, likely referring to the transfer of forest reserves in the Black Hills to the Department of Agriculture.
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1904-11-22
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in Wyoming during his western trip.
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1903-03-30
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in North Dakota during his western trip.
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1903-03-30
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in South Dakota during his western trip.
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1903-03-30
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in Montana during his western trip.
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1903-03-30
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in Minnesota during his western trip.
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1903-03-30
Gifford Pinchot requests the draft of the Mississippi statement prepared for Theodore Roosevelt.
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1912-06
Gifford Pinchot advises Theodore Roosevelt that “the man who wore gloves while swimming” may be able to help “allay executive opposition.” The man referred to by Pinchot may be Ambassador Jusserand who famously wore gloves while swimming across the Potomac River with Roosevelt and Pinchot.
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1910-1919
Gifford Pinchot expresses his concerns on public lands, land settlement, and land reclamation in this memorandum. He proposes “better administration” by reorganizing the Department of the Interior and “better law” by repealing the Timber and Stone Act, revising the Homestead Law, and improving agricultural prospects on desert land through several proposed measures by the Department of Agriculture.
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1901-1909
Gifford Pinchot reports that the Post Falls Lumber Company cut timber from government land and was instructed to pay $1000 for its release. He provides a list of men who should be interviewed on the matter.
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1903-1909
Gifford Pinchot agrees with Interior Secretary Ethan Allen Hitchcock that President Theodore Roosevelt should sign the proclamations for Cave Hills and Slim Buttes Forest Reserves. The boundaries as described are satisfactory.
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1904-03-04
Gifford Pinchot is looking forward to seeing William Loeb and going over “the whole forest situation” with Theodore Roosevelt.
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1904-09-12
Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt an invitation to speak at the Peoples Forum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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1918-01-11
Gifford Pinchot writes to Theodore Roosevelt about the passage of the Walsh Bill. Max W. Ball and his colleagues are opposed to the Bill because it does not give large enough units to private corporations for development. When opponents to the Walsh Bill mention Standard Oil, “they want to be in on the grabbing themselves,” says Pinchot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-01-25
Gifford Pinchot writes Theodore Roosevelt that Henry Wallace will not be able to meet Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. Pinchot sends Roosevelt the “very interesting letter” that Wallace sent.
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1918-01-29
Gifford Pinchot wrote to Theodore Roosevelt last month about Max W. Ball’s letter, so he returns the enclosures that Josephine M. Stricker has sent.
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1918-02-28
Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt an invitation from Mr. Kimble who was present at Pinchot’s house for a discussion with Roosevelt on the farm situation. Pinchot tells Roosevelt that if he has anything to say to the farmers of the country then “this would be a good place to say it.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-05-04