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Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

President Roosevelt tells Frank M. Chapman about a yellow-throated warbler he recently shot, and invites him to come visit next spring when the birds are here. Roosevelt appreciated Chapman’s editorial in Bird Lore regarding the nature fakers controversy and laments that people like The Outlook editor Lyman Abbott are accepting the stories of William J. Long and other fakers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Frank M. Chapman and acknowledges their agreement on the importance of both revealing and concealing aspects of conservation, as well as the necessity of uncovering and confronting facts. Roosevelt then requests that Chapman not arrange a public speech, he tries to avoid them and that night will be the last time he will be delivering one.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt reminds Frank M. Chapman that he sympathizes with Roosevelt because Roosevelt prioritizes the facts, unlike Thayer. Roosevelt is pleased that Chapman enjoyed his article on Panama and discusses the United States’ duty in Panama and Cuba and how it does not have that same duty in Russia or Turkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt assures Frank M. Chapman that he will look for the camera lens in Kermit Roosevelt’s possession. Roosevelt thinks Kermit may have brought the lens to New Brunswick. Roosevelt forwarded Chapman’s letter to Kermit at Harvard. Roosevelt asks Chapman what dates he will be traveling for, because Roosevelt hopes to see Chapman before he departs. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt writes Frank M. Chapman of his wish that he could work exclusively as a naturalist — or the more modern “biologist.” He will look at Camps and Cruises, page 235, to see how Chapman views the relationship between color and haunt and may include a few sentences if the galley proofs of Roosevelt’s article arrive. Roosevelt is “well aware that there are plenty of men who could have done this criticism much better” and he would rather do the work than have it left undone. He encloses a page to go in an appropriate place and will include a long footnote to address Thayer’s Popular Science Monthly criticism, even though Thayer’s opinion changes from one page to another.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank M. Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Frank M. Chapman about the Popular Science article and a criticism of Roosevelt’s “Appendix E” by Thayer, in a letter to the Tribune. He also finds Chapman’s Trinidad article very interesting and disagrees on several points about the birds of Trinidad, although he concedes that Chapman’s experience and training is greater than his own. Roosevelt further discusses his arguments about the coloration, cover, behavior, and habit of birds in the United States, Africa, and Latin America. He thanks Chapman for the interest in his article, thoroughly enjoyed his visit the other day, and will take his notes on the galley sheets into advisement. He returns The Awk and Osborn’s copy of Nature. In the addendum, Roosevelt answers Thayer’s criticism in the Popular Science magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-29