American bison

Colorized postcard showing a herd of buffalo grazing in Yellowstone National Park. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

A report on the major wildlife populations present in Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in North Dakota. The report also includes information about recreational facilities, wildlife management, and a brief history of the area.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1940-2019

A timeline of major milestones and events at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve from 1867 to 1995.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1995

The Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) presents five letters written by Theodore Roosevelt in 1894-1895 to Captain George S. Anderson, the superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. In the letters, Roosevelt asks Anderson to write an essay about game protection in Yellowstone for a volume to be published by the Boone and Crockett Club. Roosevelt also discusses the prospects of passing a bill to protect the wildlife of the park; notes the capture of the buffalo poacher Edgar Howell; and informs Anderson that the Boone and Crockett Club would like to reimburse him for his expenses incurred in arresting Howell.

TRAJ editor William N. Tilchin provides an introduction to the letters which are supplemented by a letter from Colleen E. Curry of Yellowstone National Park and by five notes written by Anderson about the letters from Roosevelt. A photograph of Roosevelt in Yellowstone in 1903 accompanies Tilchin’s introduction.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The front cover of this issue features a photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt in a dynamic speaking pose before a crowd in 1902 while the back cover photograph shows a detail of the North Room at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, focusing on the fireplace, its mantel, and the bison heads mounted on both sides.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2002

During his time as president, Theodore Roosevelt greatly advanced the cause of preservation of American wildlife through his establishment of federal bird preserves, national game preserves, and the establishment of several National Parks and Monuments. This brief notice emphasizes his administration’s efforts to preserve the American bison and it names some of the preserves and parks created during his tenure.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1987

Photograph showing four buffalo taxidermy mounts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-17

An application for the American Bison Society. The application is blank, and pre-addressed to treasurer Clark Williams. There is an option to pick associate member, member, or lifetime member.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

The American Bison Society argues for the United States government to take active measures in the preservation of the buffalo. They are beginning a campaign to bring this matter into the public eye.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

This draft of the Environmental Statement for the proposed Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park includes four parts: a summary and description of the proposal for Congress to designate 28,335 acres as wilderness, a description of the environment including geology and plant and animal life, an outline of environmental impact, and an outline of mitigating measures.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1972-09-10

Newspaper article recounting the disappearance of the American bison from the North Dakota Badlands.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt details the presence and demise of the buffalo in America. In his detailed timeline, Roosevelt discusses major innovations and events contributing to the buffalo’s decline, such as the railroad.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt details the presence and demise of the buffalo in America. In his detailed timeline Roosevelt discusses major innovations and events contributing to the buffalo’s decline, such as the railroad. Two copies of article: one handwritten, one typed with edits.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt reports from his Dakota territory hunting trip that on the ninth day his luck turned and he has shot a buffalo and two “superb stags.” He goes on to describe the hunt and says he plans to stay another week.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1883-09-20

Theodore Roosevelt writes his wife Alice from his Dakota territory hunting trip. The buffalo are very scarce and every day he scrambles over the rocky terrain of the Badlands on horseback. Roosevelt has killed a good deal of small game.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1883-09-17

Theodore Roosevelt describes his hunting trip in Dakota Territory to his wife Alice. He describes traveling over the badlands with his guide Joseph A. Ferris, how the water made him sick, chasing a herd of bison, being charged by a wounded bull, and being awakened by wolves. He still has not killed a bison.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1883-09-14

Chester L. Brooks responds to Carleton Putnam’s request for details related to Putnam’s biography of Theodore Roosevelt. Brooks is unable to confirm the exact dates of Roosevelt’s 1883 bison hunt and whether it coincided with a Sioux hunt that September. Brooks explains what he uses as the proper forms of the names of Bill Merrifield and George Meyers, based on his research. Brooks mentions that Ethel Roosevelt Derby and her family plan to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, the first of Theodore Roosevelt’s children to do so since the park was established in 1947.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1954-08-17