Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edmund Heller
Subject(s): Big game animals, Cuninghame, R. J., Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915, Museums--Collection management, Pamphlets, Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943, Scheduling, Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917, Tarlton, Leslie J. (Leslie Jefferis), 1877-1951, Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation
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Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edmund Heller that he and Kermit Roosevelt read everything with great interest, but he is concerned that the two pamphlets have not come. He worries that Richard Lydekker or someone else will use Frederick Courteney Selous’s specimens for a similar publication, which would allow the British Museum to publish first “simply because they worked it up and we did not.” He asks that the pamphlets be sent now. Roosevelt will begin working on the life histories of big game for Heller’s book and he may use or reject them at will. He will also send Heller the article on concealing coloration when it is completed. Roosevelt mentions that he has received an interesting letter from R. J. Cuninghame and one from Leslie J. Tarlton.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-27
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edmund Heller. [June 27, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o218604. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edmund Heller. [27 Jun. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o218604.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1911, June 27]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edmund Heller.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o218604.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
