Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to William Loeb

Gifford Pinchot explains to William Loeb what he witnessed in the Mrs. Minor Morris incident. Pinchot reports that Laura A. Hull Morris was gently but firmly escorted from the White House with one guard on each side. At no point was she dragged and he does not believe the matter could have been handled any other way. Pinchot saw no “unnecessary roughness” and he believes her quiet removal was the “right and kind thing” to do.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-18

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to John Campbell Greenway

Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot has considered the matter of President Roosevelt sending a personal representative to Minnesota. Pinchot believes it would be wiser to send someone with a knowledge of timber matters, especially lumber. Pinchot has J. B. White of Kansas City in mind. White is one of the greatest lumbermen in the country and has a wide practical knowledge of lumber.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-21

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot writes to President Roosevelt to provide information regarding controversial government appointed positions in Oregon, before Senator Fulton arrives in Washington, D.C., with an alternate view on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-23

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to William Loeb

Gifford Pinchot thanks President Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb, for sending Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn’s letter on forest reserves. Pinchot will tell Loeb more on the subject when they see each other.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-12

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot writes President Roosevelt that he approves of the President’s letter to the Colorado businessman, John W. Stewart. Gifford also reports that he has requested a statement from a Washington state newspaperman, William H. Cowles, to address the split in the Republican party there and hopefully sway voters to the President’s side.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-01

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot writes Theodore Roosevelt discussing the creation of forest reserves in northern Idaho. He finds that the miners and the lumber industry offer no opposition to it. He also states that he finds widespread support in Idaho for the Republican party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-30

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot discusses the results of a conference in Denver, noting that the “stockmen” are in favor of government control over the whole range. Pinchot suggests that President Roosevelt write to John W. Springer congratulating him on the outcome of the conference, since Springer “is feeling somewhat hurt” that Roosevelt did not support him when he was a candidate for mayor. Pinchot discusses forest reserves in the Northern and Southern Pacific. He believes Secretary Wilson’s visit to Denver was “a most pronounced success.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-08

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot informs President Roosevelt that Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Senator Alfred B. Kittredge will meet to discuss the possibility of transferring the forest reserves in the Black Hills to the Department of Agriculture. Kittredge is against the proposal but says he will support the bill if Wilson can convince him it is a good idea. Pinchot heard that Seth Bullock was behind the opposition and suggests to Roosevelt that it may be prudent to write Bullock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-15

Telegram from Gifford Pinchot to William Loeb

Chief of the Division of Forestry Pinchot asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that he is delighted to accept and will arrive at 5:43.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-19

Quote by Gifford Pinchot

The best thing that can be done for the American people, according to Gifford Pinchot, is to keep the ideals of Theodore Roosevelt “steadily before them.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

Unknown

Memorandum from Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot quotes an excerpt of a speech he gave at the National Conservation Congress last summer at St. Paul. Pinchot spoke about the importance of the work of the National Conservation Association, which secured conservation laws in Congress and prevented natural resources from “passing into the hands of uncontrolled monopolies.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-02

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to David Starr Jordan

Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot writes to Stanford University President Jordan, to follow up on a letter that Jordan wrote to Congressman James Carson Needham. In the letter, Jordan sent a petition from citizens of San Benito County, California, asking that the Pinnacles area be set aside as a National Park. While Pinchot has received reports that this area should be preserved, “its picturesque qualities alone would not warrant the Government in spending money to protect and administer it.” If it is of scientific interest, however, the government would be more justified in doing this, and Pinchot therefore asks Jordan to judge the area’s value to geological science.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1905-02-09

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. G. Steel

Gifford Pinchot writes to W. G. Steel, detailing the reasons why a national park should be established around Crater Lake. First, it is “one of the great natural wonders of this continent.” As a well-known resort, valued for recreation and scenery, Crater Lake can be managed and protected as a national park, rather than as a forest reserve, since there will not be any timber production. The chairman of the Public Lands Committee, Representative John F. Lacey, is in favor of passing the bill to create the park.

Collection

Crater Lake National Park

Creation Date

1902-02-18

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. G. Steel

Gifford Pinchot informs W. G. Steel that Representative John F. Lacey will be the best person to see about the creation of Crater Lake National Park, as they are both from Iowa. Pinchot hopes there will be no problems getting the bill passed. Any influence from Oregon will be looked upon favorably by President Roosevelt.

Collection

Crater Lake National Park

Creation Date

1902-03-04

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. G. Steel

Gifford Pinchot informs W. G. Steel that he will arrange to accompany Joseph Silas Diller to present Grace H. Russell Fountain’s picture to Theodore Roosevelt if he can arrange it. He thanks Steel for the invitation to the Crater Lake trip beginning August 6, 1902, but Pinchot does not know where he will be then and cannot accept on those grounds.

Collection

Crater Lake National Park

Creation Date

1902-04-02

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. G. Steel

Gifford Pinchot thanks W. G. Steel for the letter. Pinchot is glad the Crater Lake bill has gotten so far and is confident that President Roosevelt will sign it.

Collection

Crater Lake National Park

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. G. Steel

Gifford Pinchot appreciates the invitation to visit Crater Lake, but is sorry to decline the invitation because his schedule will not allow a visit.

Collection

Crater Lake National Park

Creation Date

1910-07-13

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot regrets missing wrestling yesterday but has found it the “greatest kind of fun.” He encloses a check for his share of the “little samurai sword.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-28

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Edmund B. Osborne

Gifford Pinchot wishes Edmund B. Osborne success in his campaign for governor of New Jersey as a Progressive Party candidate. Pinchot agrees that “privilege is the one great enemy” and the Progressive party’s most important task.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1913-07-23

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt two sets of “very hasty suggestions” to answer President Woodrow Wilson’s appeal. Though rough, Pinchot believes it best to get his thoughts to Roosevelt quickly so that they can be used.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-10-25