American Museum of Natural History

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Aleš Hrdlička

Theodore Roosevelt is interested in Dr. Aleš Hrdlicka’s recent article on Neanderthals. Roosevelt talks about his visit to the La Plata Museum and public opinion on recent discoveries by the Argentinian anthropologist Florentino Ameghino and the specimens Dr. Moreno had given him. Roosevelt talks about geologic time scales and asks if Hrdlicka knows “the antiquity of human remains” that Moreno discovered; Roosevelt gave the specimens from Moreno to the American Museum of Natural History.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Herbert Sherwood

Theodore Roosevelt thanks George Herbert Sherwood for the check. He enjoyed giving the lecture. Roosevelt would like Sherwood to tell President Osborn that he has just received the skin, the fragments of a rib, and some of the dung of the Mylodon. Roosevelt thinks they should be in the American Museum of Natural History.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lucretia Thatcher Perry Osborn

Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to read the extracts from Frederick Sturges Osborn’s journal. The “Ed Mearns” mentioned in the journal was Edgar Alexander Mearns, who joined Roosevelt for the African trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter W. Lange

Theodore Roosevelt will be giving a lecture on December 10 at the American Museum of Natural History and therefore will not be able to attend the Annual Banquet of Matinecook Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Sheldon

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Charles Sheldon about an Alaska big game hunt that his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, would like to take in the summer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. A. Anderson

Theodore Roosevelt expresses to A. A. Anderson his sincere regret over missing the dinner for The Hunters Fraternity of America. It was only due to a prior engagement, that of a lecture at the American Museum of Natural History.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bailey Willis

Theodore Roosevelt is anxious to get the piece of Mylodon hide and will deposit it in the American Museum of Natural History.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. L. Swan

Theodore Roosevelt has to turn down a request because he is already scheduled to give a speech at the American Museum of Natural History.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Carl Ethan Akeley

President Roosevelt thanks Carl Ethan Akeley for letting him know that R. J. Cunninghame is alright. He is immensely pleased.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the New York City Century Club Admissions Committee

Theodore Roosevelt writes a letter of recommendation to the New York City Century Club Admissions Committee on behalf of John T. Nichols, Assistant Curator at the American Museum of Natural History, whose work would make Americans proud.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leo E. Miller

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Leo E. Miller expressing his pleasure at having a Saki monkey named after him. Roosevelt is also pleased that many specimens have been added to the mammal collection at the American Museum of Natural History and that Miller intends to have his stories published in a short volume.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Phillips

Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to hear about the maps and the specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, and wants to thank Judge Phillips for all he has done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-10-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Witmer Stone

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Witmer Stone, editor of The Auk, regarding a recent article that inaccurately criticized Roosevelt’s prior work on “concealing coloration” and “counter-shading” in response to Abbot Handerson Thayer, including in African Game Trails. Roosevelt also defends photographs he had taken of birds.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Fairfield Osborn

President Roosevelt asks Henry Fairfield Osborn to send The Book of Antelopes by Philip Lutley Sclater and Oldfield Thomas. He appreciates what Osborn said about Edgar Alexander Mearns and the interest Osborn is taking in Roosevelt’s safari planning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

President Roosevelt asks if Gifford Pinchot will write to Fairfield Osborn who is very anxious to talk over forestry matters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Burroughs

Theodore Roosevelt cut clover and saw two orchard orioles come and hunt over the clover for insects. Roosevelt shot a yellow-throated or Dominican warbler. The mutilated skin was given to the American Museum of Natural History so that they could be sure of the identification.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Fairfield Osborn

Vice President Roosevelt requests the presence of Professor Osborn for lunch on September 15. Roosevelt’s children have been ill and he is unsure if his wife will return from the Adirondacks by then. If Osborn would like to come on the 16th with his boys, Roosevelt could show him the mountain lion and he believes that Mrs. Roosevelt may consent by then to letting Osborn have it for the museum.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Letter from George Kruck Cherrie to Theodore Roosevelt

George Cherrie makes plans to see Theodore Roosevelt in New York City.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-21

Letter from J. Alden Loring to Frank Harper

J. Alden Loring knows little about Kermit Roosevelt’s camera, but Frank M. Chapman, Curator of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History, can tell Frank Harper, Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary, what he wants to know.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-22

Letter from James McKeen Cattell to Theodore Roosevelt

James McKeen Cattell invites Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the scientific results of Roosevelt’s African expedition. About 2,000 scientific men will be in attendance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13