Letter from Edmund Heller to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Africa, Big game hunting--Research, Books and reading, Great Britain, Publications, Uganda, Writing, Zoology

Edmund Heller sends Theodore Roosevelt sixty pages of the manuscript for Life Histories of African Game Animals. The chapters cover the topics of history, distribution, and flora. Heller started with the introductory chapters, because he finds it the most convenient. Roosevelt’s work will be of great help to Heller.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-03-17

Creator(s)

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

3

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Edmund Heller to Theodore Roosevelt. [March 17, 1913]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o97049. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Letter from Edmund Heller to Theodore Roosevelt. [17 Mar. 1913]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o97049.

APA:

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939., [1913, March 17]. Letter from Edmund Heller to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o97049.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

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. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.