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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-02-27
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Corwin, A. M. (Arthur Mills), 1864-1933
English
Theodore Roosevelt shares A. M. Corwin’s concerns about Carl Ethan Akeley, particularly as he has heard reports that Akeley was injured by an elephant and has been suffering from a fever. When he saw Akeley in Africa, Roosevelt tried to convince him to be satisfied with taking an elephant with tusks weighing sixty pounds each and to return home and have his specimen mounted. Akeley, however, would not consent to do so, wishing to travel on to Uganda to pursue gorilla.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-21