Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921

Theodore Roosevelt tells Professor Osborn that he is pleased with J. A. Allen’s comments and accepts his list of contents. He wonders whether Osborn’s statement about not being able to make any further corrections also means that the changes he mentioned to Frank M. Chapman last month, particularly the footnotes answering Abbott Handerson Thayer’s Popular Science article, can be adopted. He would be very sorry if the corrections to the galley could not be made and would like to know more. He is also writing to Chapman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt will be away the following week, so he chooses June 16 for his meeting with Henry Fairfield Osborn. Roosevelt is sending a corrected copy of his manuscript and wishes Osborn to return the other one. If Osborn is interested in the manuscript, then Roosevelt will illustrate it by drawing specimens from the American Museum of Natural History. Roosevelt asks if Osborn has gotten the white rhinoceros skin and praises William T. Hornaday’s mounted rhinoceros head.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary notifies Professor Osborn that he would like to have lunch with him and talk to him about his work on concealing coloration. If it is possible, he would like to talk with J. A. Allen as well that day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-25

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt is working on the article, but is not sure if Henry Fairfield Osborn would care to publish it. Roosevelt is not doing much research in other books, because he would like it to be based on what he has observed. Roosevelt also believes there have been facts on the cougar that have been overlooked.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Professor Kofoid of the University of California, Berkeley, regarding articles and pamphlets written by Henry Chester Tracy, Abbott Handerson Thayer, J. A. Allen, and Edward William Nelson on the topic of birds, plumage, and biological research.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt compliments Frank M. Chapman’s article, calling it “the best kind of answer” to J.A. Allen’s contentious article in The Auk. Although Roosevelt states that he does not care what Allen said about him and a letter from Witmer Stone had helped to cool off the situation, Roosevelt did not appreciate The Auk being used as a medium to attack him through.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Witmer Stone’s previous letter discussing a controversy surrounding an article Roosevelt had written about mammal and bird coloration. Roosevelt reiterates his willingness to discuss zoological topics, but not with individuals like J.A. Allen who are intent on misquoting him for the sake of political gain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Frank M. Chapman has received Theodore Roosevelt’s proof of his upcoming article, and is glad that he approved of his suggestion. Chapman points Roosevelt to an article he wrote in which he discusses the connection between coloration and habitat further.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-01

Creator(s)

Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

Responding to a letter from Frank Harper, Henry Fairfield Osborn explains to Theodore Roosevelt that he and J. A. Allen will be unavailable for lunch on June 2, but that both would be available the following week. He is keenly interested in seeing an article written by Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-29

Creator(s)

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

Frederic T. Lewis tells Theodore Roosevelt that the Massachusetts legislature is attempting to allow the shooting of certain ducks and geese from January until April 15. In 1909, a bill was passed prohibiting the shooting of all ducks and geese from January 1 through September 15. Lewis would like a statement from Roosevelt against the modified bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-10

Creator(s)

Lewis, Frederic T. (Frederic Thomas), 1875-1951

Paul Russell Cutright examines Theodore Roosevelt’s first two published works: lists of birds found in the Adirondack mountains and in Oyster Bay, New York. Cutright explores Roosevelt’s friendship with H.D. Minot who coauthored The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y., and he also looks at Roosevelt’s Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay, Long Island. Cutright reviews the field work that went into each pamphlet, discusses some of the birds found in each, and compares the information found in them to observations in Roosevelt’s natural history notebooks. He also highlights the publications in which the pamphlets have been reprinted, and he lists the museums, libraries, and institutions that have these rare works in their collections. Two pages of endnotes and a biography of Cutright supplement the text.

The first page of The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y. appears twice in the article along with a photograph of the Snow owl donated to the American Museum of Natural History by Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal