Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-12-06

Creator(s)

Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Caspar Whitney sends President Roosevelt a copy of the article “Fishing versus Shooting as a Remedy for Brain Fag,” which interviewed several English sportsmen and was published in The Outing Magazine. Whitney thinks doing a similar article in which American sportsmen were interviewed would be interesting, and asks Roosevelt to read the article and send him his thoughts. Whitney has also sent similar requests to several other prominent sportsmen.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-01

Caspar Whitney apologizes for being so persistent in his efforts to secure the publishing rights to the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

Caspar Whitney has several matters regarding the upcoming book, The Deer Family, that he would like to discuss with President Roosevelt. He compliments Roosevelt’s writing but is concerned about A. J. Stone’s contribution.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-29

Caspar Whitney thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the note regarding what items he considers luxuries. He assures Roosevelt he will not advertise, especially since any floss for teeth is considered dental floss. Whitney found Robert Haven Schauffler’s article in The Outlook shameful and considers writing a letter to the editor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-24

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-20

Creator(s)

Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Caspar Whitney asks to meet briefly with Theodore Roosevelt tomorrow or a week later if inconvenient.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-13

Caspar Whitney informs Theodore Roosevelt about a symposium of opinions he is planning on the relative value of recreational fishing versus recreational shooting, an inquires if Roosevelt would like to contribute an opinion. Whitney lists individuals he has already solicited opinions from, and requests to hear back from Roosevelt by the end of next week, as any symposium on the subject matter would be incomplete without a word from him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31

Caspar Whitney has enclosed a letter from W. Robert Foran because he thinks Theodore Roosevelt will find it interesting. Whitney believes there is “no question” to the matter that Foran has mentioned. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-22

Caspar Whitney sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter and photograph that he vetoed for publication in Outdoor America because he believes it is a fake. He wonders what Roosevelt thinks of it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-07

Creator(s)

Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Caspar Whitney asks Theodore Roosevelt to autograph his copy of African Game Trails.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-14

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10-17

Creator(s)

Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Caspar Whitney is sorry that President Roosevelt “shooed off” Alexander Lambert from writing a study of him in the field. Lambert gave Whitney a couple photographs of Roosevelt, one of which will be printed in Collier’s Weekly. The other one shows Roosevelt sitting in the door of a cabin with a dog on his lap, which is Whitney’s favorite photograph of Roosevelt, and he prizes it highly. Whitney will send Roosevelt the photographs by express, and asks that Roosevelt autograph and return them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-11

Caspar Whitney understands President Roosevelt’s decision to not write a feature about his upcoming safari, and resolved that he will not have anyone else write it. Whitney instead suggests that Collier’s publish an article on the guns Roosevelt will be taking with him to Africa and proposes Horace Kephart, an avid sportsman himself, to write it. However, if Roosevelt has another author in mind, Whitney will be glad for him to write it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-14

Caspar Whitney wants to publish an authoritative account of President Roosevelt’s plans for his safari in Collier’s magazine. He would like to feature a short article written by Roosevelt himself. If this is not possible, Whitney requests Roosevelt’s permission to contact his safari companion, Edgar Alexander Mearns, to ask the same. Whitney attaches a press release about his new column “Outdoor America” in Collier’s magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-06

Caspar Whitney sends the bill for the two Roorkee chairs that Major Roller purchased for President Roosevelt at the Army and Navy store.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-21

Caspar Whitney advises that if President Roosevelt follows his advice of his previous letter, to be sure to get protection in the case of making a contract–to get a guarantee that the company would be able to pay Roosevelt. Whitney says that the company he wrote to Roosevelt about is entirely solvent, but is carrying a big load, and the $100,000 that they offered is a lot of money. Whitney hopes he is not intruding too much, but he is interested in helping Roosevelt claim opportunities available to him, and offers Roosevelt his services in other areas as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-03

Caspar Whitney tells President Roosevelt that S. S. McClure hopes to get the rights to publish articles from Roosevelt’s African safari. Whitney suggested that McClure propose expanding Roosevelt’s trip to places like India and the Philippines, and offer to pay more. Whitney is not sure why McClure approached him to talk, but Whitney tells Roosevelt that in making this suggestion he hoped to help Roosevelt get the most out of his trip, and wanted to make sure the facts were straight when McClure approached Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-01

Caspar Whitney thinks that President Roosevelt, in causing William H. Taft to be the Republican candidate for president, has done a great service to the United States. Whitney asks if Roosevelt is really going to be going on safari in Africa, and if there is any chance that he can write anything for Outing. He suggests the possibility of publishing articles in Outing and then having Scribner’s publish the book, instead of having Scribner’s do both. Whitney has also been planning a trip to Africa in the near future. He also updates an opinion of a writer he had previously given.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-22

In response to a statement by Venezuelan president Cipriano Castro, Caspar Whitney offers to go to Caracas and “kidnap that son-of-a-gun.” He also tells President Roosevelt that he almost went to an event held for William Jennings Bryan by New York State Senator Patrick Henry McCarren, and comments that the convention is only two months away.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-15