Pitcher, John, 1854-1926

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Pitcher, John, 1854-1926

Language

English

President Roosevelt informs John Pitcher that Pitcher’s letter is satisfactory and he will send it to Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt introduces Major Pitcher, Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park to William H. Wright. Wright is interested in taking photographs in the park, and Roosevelt asks if he be allowed to do so.   

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt introduces Major Pitcher, Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, to Brooks Adams and his wife Evelyn Davis Adams. Roosevelt asks Pitcher to give them information about the park.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Major John Pitcher, Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, for recommendations for a good man to help plan an elk-hunting trip in Wyoming, as two of his nephews would like to make a trip there next fall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks John Pitcher if it is true that John B. Goff has been taken to a hospital after being mauled by a mountain lion, and to let him know about it. He is interested for Goff’s sake, but he also has a “zoological interest” and wants to know “how the job was done.” Roosevelt would like to see Pitcher in February if possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Major John Pitcher, Acting Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, that he should not let John B. Goff or anyone else take hunting parties into the park. Roosevelt feels that Goff is a good forest ranger and friend of conservation, but does not want Pitcher to do any special favors because of that. He will back Pitcher up, regardless of his decision.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt introduces Ernest Louis Leopold van Tuyll van Serooskerken, a diplomat and wildlife conservationist, to Yellowstone Superintendent Pitcher.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Superintendent Pitcher, of Yellowstone National Park, that he thinks it best to kill off mountain lions only where they interfere with deer and sheep wintering and to leave them alone in the rest of the park.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Major Pitcher to arrange for a camping outfit for Edward North Buxton and his daughter who plan to visit Yellowstone Park near the end of March or the beginning of April. Roosevelt informs Pitcher they would like to see the game and asks him to get a hold of Billy Hofer or George Whittaker to take care of the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt invites Major Pitcher and his wife, Matilda Catherine Jones Pitcher, to the White House if they visit Washington, D.C., this winter. Roosevelt has heard that Major Pitcher has some “remarkable pictures” of his daughter with mountain sheep, and asks to see copies of the photographs if this is true.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

No action needs to be taken regarding the elk for New Zealand as the animals can be acquired from the National Zoological Park.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks if John Pitcher could obtain some elk for the government of New Zealand.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A.L. Butler, the English game officer of the Sudan, will be visiting Yellowstone and President Roosevelt requests that Pitcher “give him every proper facility for observing matters.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks John Pitcher for the photographs and the amusing telegram.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt requests another set of photographs including the mountain sheep photograph. The Roosevelts visited John Burroughs at Slabsides and had a “delightful time.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is not interested in fishing but looks forward to “riding and tramping” in Yellowstone.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Major Pitcher for sending the pictures, and says he will give Denison any that he needs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt believes that untrained dogs are “worse than worthless” but has decided that bringing in John B. Goff’s dogs would cause too much controversy. Whatever happens, Roosevelt will be pleased to be out in the open at Yellowstone Park.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to hear about the dogs and doubts Senator Alger’s opinion that soft snow will prevent outdoor activities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919