Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-05-10

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt/Sec,

Recipient

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Publication Date

2025-03-27

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-09

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt/Sec,

Recipient

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Publication Date

2025-04-03

Theodore Roosevelt expresses to Edmund Heller the need to quickly document big game specimens from Africa and urges him to return to Washington to finish his reports, sharing news from Frederick Selous and sending regards to friends.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt is obliged to Edmund Heller for the interesting letter. Roosevelt discusses the hunting abilities and experience of Charles Jesse Jones, Paul James Rainey, and R. J. Cunninghame. Roosevelt also discusses his article Concealing and Revealing Coloration in Birds and Mammals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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

Theodore Roosevelt was very interested in Edmund Heller’s letter, as was Kermit Roosevelt who happened to be visiting when Heller’s letter arrived. Roosevelt wishes that the three of them could take another trip together, but he cannot foresee any such opportunity. The information Heller relayed about the eland and its similarity to the bongo was particularly interesting to Roosevelt, and he is happy that Heller’s pamphlet on the species will soon be published.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt assures Edmund Heller of the regard he and Kermit Roosevelt have for Heller. Roosevelt is glad that Heller will be able to write the piece about the giant eland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt gives Edmund Heller his blessing to go on another hunting expedition to Africa with Paul James Rainey. He strongly wishes that Heller could publish a pamphlet on the giant eland before he goes because he is worried that another naturalist will end up being first to publish about it. However, he wishes Heller luck on the trip and asks him to send his regards to Rainey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt was glad to see Edmund Heller on Sunday. He hopes that after Heller finishes the pamphlet on the rhinoceros, he will write one on the giant eland next. Frederick Courteney Selous is procuring eland for the British Museum, and Roosevelt would like Heller’s pamphlet to come out before any others. He lists other pamphlets he hopes Heller will write after that.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt believes that Edmund Heller should go on the hunting trip to northern British East Africa, unless he feels strongly that he should not. (Heller had been reluctant to go because it would delay a report on mammals that he is writing following Roosevelt’s 1909 safari.)

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt asks Edmund Heller to come to Oyster Bay for lunch or dinner tomorrow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Frank Harper, secretary to Theodore Roosevelt, schedules a meeting between Edmund Heller of the Smithsonian Institution and Roosevelt at The Outlook office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-02

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edmund Heller to discuss big game hunting in Africa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt tells Edmund Heller that he was the man on the expedition responsible for the most valuable contributions to the collection. Roosevelt and his son Kermit grew very fond of him as well. It was a shame Heller could not join another expedition, as the big game was taken care of but nothing could be done about the smaller animals. Heller’s pamphlet on insectivores is interesting and Roosevelt is honored to have a new genus named after him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that Edmund Heller named the new species after him. He and Kermit Roosevelt not only admire Heller but regard him as a friend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt permits Edmund Heller to lecture but wishes he would be paid for his efforts. He is pleased with Heller’s progress on the African zoological collection.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Edmund Heller that Roosevelt will call on him at the Smithsonian Museum next Saturday at ten o’clock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-16

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was very interested to hear what Edmund Heller had to say of the square nosed rhinoceroses, and agrees that sometimes pamphlets should be published before larger works come out. He grants Heller permission to use information from his works about the habits of rhinos, and makes suggestions about where the rhino skins from his safari should be sent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-09-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Theodore Roosevelt tells Edmund Heller that he is “a perfect trump,” and is very much obliged to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-07-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Publication Date

2025-10-02