Letter from Abbott Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Animals--Color
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Abbott Handerson Thayer rebukes Theodore Roosevelt and his other opponents for failing to study animal coloration from the level at which the animal “needs not to be seen.” If Roosevelt saw Thayer’s artificial zebra from a lion’s height, he could not deny this.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-28
Creator(s)
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Abbott Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt. [August 28, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o70175. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921. Letter from Abbott Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt. [28 Aug. 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/o70175.
APA:
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921., [1911, August 28]. Letter from Abbott Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o70175.
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.
