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President Roosevelt informs Ambassador Leishman that Oric Bates is an archaeologist from Harvard University, and asks that he be given any proper help in his present archaeological work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-14
Acting Regional Director Baggley responds to a request regarding the status of the report on the archaeological investigations undertaken at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Baggley relays a letter from Professor Dee Calderwood Taylor who oversaw the excavations. Taylor states that while he had been busy teaching classes recently, he plans to finish the report by September.
1961-07-26
Professor Taylor writes to Regional Archeologist Beaubien of the National Park Service describing the progress of excavations on the Elkhorn Ranch site. Taylor includes a drawing of the layout of the blacksmith’s shop that was excavated.
1959-07-29
Acting Regional Director M. H. Harvey acknowledges receipt of a memorandum related to purchasing items for the archaeological expedition to the Elkhorn Ranch site. Harvey advises issuing a work order detailing the anticipated expenditures. An account will be established once such a work order is received.
1959-07-15
Regional Archeologist Beaubien writes to Russell Reid, Superintendent of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, to tell him of the discoveries that his archaeological dig made at the Elkhorn Ranch site, including evidence of several of the buildings. Beaubien is working on a preliminary report of his findings, and would like to include a picture of a painting of the Elkhorn Ranch. He wonders if Reid would be able to get him prints of this photograph, and if he knows the history of the painting.
1958-06-19