Memorandum

Memorandum from W. W. Kimball to Theodore Roosevelt

W. W. Kimball recommends a plan for constructing a canal in Panama that will require the least amount of resources to protect and defend it from other countries. Kimball believes a canal in Nicaragua could be better because America would be able to have better control over it. He thinks it will be easier, diplomatically speaking, to build a canal there as well. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty has already made it easier to build a canal there than in Panama. He will always be available to give President Roosevelt opinions on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-02-19

Letter from Theodore Schwan to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Adjutant General Schwan orders Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry to go to San Antonio, Texas, and report to Colonel Leonard Wood, the commander of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Schwan does so on the orders of Secretary of War R. A. Alger and Major General Nelson Appleton Miles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-11

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison requests information on several names that were carved into rocks near Medora, North Dakota. Mattison believes that the names might have been carved by members of General Custer’s 1876 expedition.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-12-01

Memorandum from Edward S. Luce to Howard W. Baker

Superintendent Luce confirms that William C. Williams and Frank Neely were members of the 7th Cavalry’s 1876 expedition. Under the command of General Terry, they would have been near Medora, North Dakota, on May 29-30, 1876. The name Dudley was not found on the muster rolls but he could have been a teamster or part of a different unit.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-12-24

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Historian Ray H. Mattison summarizes research he has done at the State Historical Society of North Dakota, regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s cattle ranches, in order to collect materials to be used at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-03-21

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison writes Allyn F. Hanks detailing his research progress regarding Theodore Roosevelt and early ranching in North and South Dakota. Mattison mentions his sources, the Bad Lands Cow Boy, Black Hills Weekly Journal, and the Bismarck Tribune.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-01-25

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison provides a daily account of his research travels from the East Coast to the Badlands to Allyn F. Hanks.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-04-19

Memorandum from Allyn F. Hanks to Howard W. Baker

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks writes to Regional Director Baker regarding correspondence with Carleton Putnam. Putnam is writing a biography of Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1952-07-26

Memorandum from Chester L. Brooks to William R. Simmers

Chester L. Brooks is interested in the diary of William R. Simmers’s father for a Theodore Roosevelt research project. This document was attached to a memorandum from regional historian Olaf T. Hagen.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1954-02-12

Memorandum from Olaf T. Hagen to Allyn F. Hanks

Olaf T. Hagen writes to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks regarding research plans for Elkhorn Ranch site and Maltese Cross cabin. Hagen suggests Ray H. Mattison travel to Bismarck, North Dakota, for further research.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-08-04

Memorandum from Howard W. Baker to Allyn F. Hanks

Howard W. Baker writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding a book manuscript by Zdena Trinka, its accuracy, and the possibility of Ray H. Mattison writing a foreword for it.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-05-05

Memorandum from Allyn F. Hanks to Howard W. Baker

Allyn F. Hanks informs Howard W. Baker of Olaf T. Hagen’s request for a copy of Little Missouri Stockgrowers Association meeting minutes.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-06-24

Memorandum from Howard W. Baker to Allyn F. Hanks

Howard W. Baker writes to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks regarding a brochure and pageant in connection with the park. Baker says they appreciate Ray H. Mattison’s comments.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-07-18

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding a manuscript believed to be a diary kept by Mrs. William Reid.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-04-27

Memorandum from Olaf T. Hagen to Allyn F. Hanks

Olaf T. Hagen writes to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks regarding historian Ray H. Mattison’s research notes.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-01-06

Memorandum from William J. Briggle to Howard W. Baker

William J. Briggle writes to Howard W. Baker regarding Elkhorn Ranch research and photographs of John H. Reid. Briggle asks that six copies of the photographs be made.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-09-26

Memorandum from Allyn F. Hanks to Howard W. Baker

Allyn F. Hanks writes to Howard W. Baker regarding a typewritten copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s diary from 1886 and a letter from Nora Cordingley of the Harvard Library. Cordingley’s letter explains the omitted portion of the diary.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-05-01

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding Olaf T. Hagen’s unfinished manuscript, Pyramid Park 1879-1883, Where Theodore Roosevelt Came to Hunt Buffalo. Mattison wishes to find some of Hagen’s sources from the Bismark Daily Tribune and the Bismark Weekly Tribune at the Minnesota State Historical Society to fact check the manuscript.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-02-27

Memorandum from Herbert E. Kahler to Howard W. Baker

Herbert E. Kahler writes to Howard W. Baker regarding plans to microfilm three War Department records for Chester L. Brooks.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-03-09

Memorandum from John W. Jay to Howard W. Baker

John W. Jay, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, writes to Howard W. Baker, the Regional Director over the park, about a possible visit of the Roosevelt family.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-06-12