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Cartoon depicts a grinning bear wearing spectacles as President Roosevelt walks out of the forest carrying his suitcase. Item is regarding Roosevelt’s famous hunting trip to Mississippi which inspired the creation of the teddy bear.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-19
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear being held tied up. Detail from larger Berryman cartoon. Item was drawn after Roosevelt’s famous hunting trip to Mississippi and inspired the creation of the teddy bear.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-16
President Roosevelt pulls a cart labeled “For Bear” as bear footprints walk away from where he stands in all directions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-20
President Roosevelt returns from his hunt, followed by his companions carrying tired dogs and an army of reporters and photographers as the captured bear is dragged before Roosevelt.
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1902-11-19
President Roosevelt and his hunting dog leave the woods dejected as bears look on and a sign proclaims a dance in the deserted hunting camp. Caption: Chorus – Good Bye, Teddy, Come Again!
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1902-11-19
Cartoon depicts a crying Uncle Sam and hunting dog as President Roosevelt stands aloof and bears call from the woods that Roosevelt will have no bear rugs this trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-20
Various scenes of President Roosevelt hunting bears, many regarding Roosevelt’s chances for the 1904 Republican presidential nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-16
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt holding hands with a lookalike bear in Mississippi.
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1902-11-21
Bears celebrate around a sign in the woods proclaiming the exit of President Roosevelt without shooting a bear.
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1902-11-19
President Roosevelt holds a gun while bear cubs play around him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks C. Fort Andrews for the invitation for Roosevelt to go on a bear hunt in the Okefenokee Swamp. Roosevelt is too busy with the political campaign to accept the invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-27
If Theodore Roosevelt goes to Boston, he will visit William Sturgis Bigelow’s house. Roosevelt is happy that Austin is to go after bears, which he considers a fine sport for elderly men. Roosevelt concludes by giving his love to Mrs. Bigelow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-16
Theodore Roosevelt tells T. D. McMillan he appreciates the Greenwood Hunting Club’s invitation to hunt black bear in Alabama, but it is not possible for him to accept.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-17
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates George B. Clark’s kind letter. He was pleased to hear Kermit Roosevelt has been hunting well on his trip. Roosevelt congratulates Clark on his moose and bear kills. Roosevelt hopes to see Clark when he is next in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-29
Theodore Roosevelt regrets having to reject Clifford I. Michael’s invitation to bear hunt. He has recently rejected two other bear hunting invitations.
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1911-09-15
Theodore Roosevelt expresses to Frederick E. Sullens that he cannot accept an invitation due to public attention and prior obligations. He regrets having to decline an offer to hunt bear in Louisiana and thanks Sullens for his kind letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-12
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Arkansas City and the board, but he declines the invitation for the bear hunt.
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1911-07-18
Theodore Roosevelt cannot attend a bear hunt but agrees to meet with E. A. Montgomery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-28
Theodore Roosevelt would like to take a trip to Alaska with his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt. Roosevelt would like to give the younger Roosevelt a chance to kill giant moose, big bear, white sheep, and caribou, and asks E. Marshall Scull for his advice on whom Roosevelt should contact to help set up the trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-08
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-08