Abernathy, John R., 1876-1941

President Roosevelt posing with men, one of whom is holding a dead coyote by its jaw.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-09-12

A hunter holding a dead coyote (mislabeled in the photograph caption as a wolf) by its jaw as President Roosevelt and men stand beside.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-09-12

John R. Abernathy is pictured on a horse with a live coyote saddled before him and a dead one hanging behind him.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-09-12

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Herman O. Fjelde that his letter to Kermit Roosevelt was received. While he was unable to obtain a picture of Kermit on horseback, he recommends contacting Underwood & Underwood, photographers in New York City. For the requested moving pictures, he suggests writing to John R. Abernathy of The Brostell in New York, as Kermit and the Abernathy boys were filmed on horseback a short time ago.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-12

Theodore Roosevelt attests to John R. Abernathy’s trustworthy character to Mary Fidelis and believes his daughter would be a credit to any establishment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-19

President Roosevelt is very pleased by Billy McGinty’s letter and is glad to hear he is doing well. Roosevelt tells McGinty that Franc C. Frantz is all right and asks if he has met John R. Abernathy yet, who is the United States Marshal for the western district of Oklahoma Territory. Roosevelt says that Abernathy “is a crackajack and ought to have been in the regiment.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-01

President Roosevelt tells Judge Burford that John R. Abernathy’s name has already been put before the Senate for U.S. Marshal in Oklahoma. Roosevelt believes the complaints that Abernathy will appoint outlaws to government positions are unjust.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-07

President Roosevelt informs Governor Frantz of Oklahoma Territory that he is committed to John R. Abernathy’s appointment as United States marshal and cannot go back on it. He will ask Abernathy to consult with Frantz on all political matters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

In the preface to her book Behind the Scenes with Wild Animals, Ellen Velvin “makes no pretension” that its contents are “wonderful or unknown”; they are merely her personal experiences. She thanks those who helped her in the book’s preparation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08

Mother Mary Fidelis of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula asks Theodore Roosevelt for information on John R. Abernathy, who provided Roosevelt as a reference upon applying his daughter to their school.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-15

John D. Rhoades requests Theodore Roosevelt help him secure the vacancy for United States Marshal in Oklahoma and discusses his qualifications for the position.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-01

Judge Burford writes to President Roosevelt regarding the appointment of John R. Abernathy to United States Marshal for Oklahoma. Burford explains why Roosevelt should not appoint Abernathy and suggests instead the appointment of Cassius M. Cade.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-03

Governor Frantz writes to President Roosevelt regarding the appointment of John R. Abernathy as United States Marshal of Oklahoma Territory. Frantz states that Abernathy is an honorable and good man but lacks the political knowledge that Frantz believes is a necessity for the success of his administration and the Republican Party in Oklahoma.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-13

Four titles, two books for children and two for adults, come under scrutiny in this edition of the “Book Reviews” section. Linda E. Milano praises Cheryl Harness’s biography Young Teddy Roosevelt, especially its illustrations, and she finds that A Christmas Tree in the White House, though fiction, still teaches important lessons about conservation. Randall Holdridge highlights the five journeys undertaken by Louis Abernathy and Temple Abernathy, the sons of John R. Abernathy, a friend of Theodore Roosevelt and United States Marshal for Oklahoma. Holdridge asserts that Bud & Me: The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys demonstrates the inspirational value of Roosevelt’s character. 

 

Grace Frisone says that The Birth of American Imperialism does not break much new ground, but that it does acknowledge the importance of Roosevelt to turn of the twentieth-century American foreign policy. Frisone also says that this work, written in Italian, brings a European perspective to the study of American history. A photograph from the 1998 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears in the section.

 

Photograph showing President Roosevelt with his “Tennis Cabinet” on the White House lawn on March 1, 1909, when a farewell luncheon was held for the group. Shown from left to right behind Theodore Roosevelt are military aide Archie Butt, Third Assistant Secretary of State William Phillips, Commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop, Chief of U.S. Forest Service Gifford Pinchot, Comptroller of Currency Lawrence O. Murray, U.S. District Attorney Henry L. Stimson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Associate Justice William H. Moody, U.S. District Attorney John Carter Rose, Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry, G. W. Woodruff, French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, William Walter Heffelfinger, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Commission of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp, John Avery McIlhenny, Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, U.S. Marshal Seth Bullock, Solicitor General Henry Martyn Hoyt, U.S. Marshal John R. Abernathy, Luther S. Kelly, Secretary of State Robert Bacon, Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill, William Wingate Sewall, Commissioner General of Immigration Daniel J. Keefe, First Assistant Secretary of State James Callan O’Laughlin, James Bronson Reynolds, Henry S. Pritchett, and secretary William Loeb. In the foreground is the Alexander Phimster Proctor sculpture, “Stalking Panther,” which was presented to Roosevelt by his “Tennis Cabinet” at the luncheon.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs H. O. Fjelde that John R. Abernathy is no longer in New York City and has likely returned to his home. He suggests Fjelde contact Abernathy there and apologizes he cannot help. Abernathy is the only one who has the film.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-16