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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-01
Theodore Roosevelt wrote Charles Simon Barrett per Gifford Pinchot’s suggestion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-12
President Roosevelt writes to tell Chief Forester Pinchot how helpful G. W. Woodruff has been in the Department of the Interior.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-09
President Roosevelt sends Mr. Flunkett’s letter and speech and suggests that Gifford Pinchot write to Flunkett himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
President Theodore Roosevelt thinks it is important that they get a “real southern man” and that he be a farmer rather than a university president. Roosevelt thinks Colonel Cameron is a suitable candidate and asks Gifford Pinchot to report back to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-01
President Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter for Gifford Pinchot’s attention. There is some discontent with Walter Hines Page in the South and Roosevelt does not think any harm will come of adding Chapman’s name.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-15
Although President Theodore Roosevelt believes that farmers are better off than before, the increase in their well-being has not kept pace with the nation as a whole. The government has successfully focused resources on crop production but “good crops are of little value to the farmer unless they open the door to a good kind of life on the farm.” To this end, Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot if he will serve on a “Commission on Country Life.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Theodore Roosevelt thanks Gifford Pinchot for the suggestions he sent and will use Pinchot’s speech to the National Irrigation Congress in his message. Roosevelt wonders how the press would have reacted if he, rather than Pinchot, had made the remarks about a tariff on lumber.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-16
President Roosevelt has received Gifford Pinchot’s telegram but not the memoranda. All the speeches are already in print so, even if they do arrive, he will only be able to use parts of them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-13
President Roosevelt recommends the artist Howard Pyle to Chief of the United States Forest Service Pinchot. Roosevelt explains that he has given Pyle a letter of introduction to Pinchot for one of Pyle’s sons, who is interested in a career in forestry. Roosevelt will send the Pyles to have lunch with Pinchot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-09
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from John Riis, son of his dear friend Jacob A. Riis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-29
President Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot to pass on his best wishes for the success of the National Irrigation Congress and his belief in the important work of their movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-27
President Theodore Roosevelt will try to make Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield take a vacation. Assistant Secretary Robert Bacon is off for five weeks and Roosevelt is not happy about Secretary of State Elihu Root’s health either.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-21
President Theodore Roosevelt encloses letters from Senator Philander C. Knox. Roosevelt would like a full report on the matter and suggests that Gifford Pinchot may want to go there in person.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-15
President Theodore Roosevelt congratulates and thanks Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot and acknowledges receipt of his telegram.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-23
On the recommendation of Commissioner of Corporations Garfield, President Roosevelt will offer the position of Commissioner of the Land Office to Richard Achilles Ballinger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-11
President Roosevelt assures Gifford Pinchot that he will have a completely “free hand” in the Bureau of Forestry in terms of policies pursued and persons appointed. There will be no difference than if he was the “independent head of the bureau.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-18
Calvin Cobb appeals to Gifford Pinchot to ask President Roosevelt to remove a troublesome co-worker.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-13
William Loeb sends to Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot a letter from Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock concerning the withdrawal of coal lands. Loeb asks Pinchot to give President Roosevelt a report on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary encloses a letter and clippings from Mr. Edgcumbe.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-29