Bear hunting

John Burroughs thanks President Roosevelt for his letter and is delighted that Roosevelt spoke candidly to William J. Long’s publisher. He wishes the general public and especially Long’s readers could see these remarks. Criticizing Long’s ideas on wolves, Burroughs notes that he will not read Long’s “preposterous book” and remarks that others view Long as “a notorious liar,” too. Burroughs’ book, Ways of Nature, will be out in October and he will send a copy to Roosevelt. Burroughs read the recently published account of Roosevelt’s bear hunt and found it “full of meat for the naturalist as well as for the sportsman.” In particular, Roosevelt’s description of human traits in animals resonated with Burroughs’ own observations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-30

Francis Lee Higginson writes to “T.R. & not to the President.” Higginson is sending a salmon that he caught and suggests Roosevelt give it to his children if he does not care for phosphoric food.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-26

In this New York Times article, businessman Philip B. Stewart reveals President Roosevelt’s plans to write two articles about hunting and wild animals. Stewart mentions that Roosevelt’s articles will be based on his and Roosevelt’s hunting trip together, and the articles will be featured in a magazine and book. The article also notes that Roosevelt’s hunting spoils such as animal skulls were contributed to the Smithsonian Institution’s museum collection.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-17

Dr. Lambert forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Dr. William Crawford Gorgas which might interest him. Lambert notes that Anna Roosevelt Cowles saw his wolf pictures and spoke to Whitelaw Reid about them. Reid is anxious to show them to King Edward and the Prince of Wales. Lambert has not seen his own bear pictures yet, which were less successful, but will have them some day this week. He asks if Roosevelt, when he comes to Brooklyn, would like Lambert to meet him somewhere and bring some of his bear hunt pictures.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-22

Caspar Whitney, editor of Outing magazine, tells President Roosevelt that he believes special envoy to Venezuela Herbert Wolcott Bowen to be innocent of accusations of slandering Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis in the newspapers. The scandal involved Bowen blaming Loomis for misrepresenting or compromising American commitments to defend the administration of Cipriano Castro from European intervention. Whitney warns Roosevelt against believing “the Asphalt people,” i.e. the oil interests, in the matter. Whitney also requests that Roosevelt contribute to the Outing magazine a book, article, or papers on deer or bear hunting. Whitney claims his magazine is the only one to preach Roosevelt’s doctrine regarding outdoorsmanship.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-23

William Loeb telegraphed a response to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, telling her that President Roosevelt was better. At camp, Roosevelt had hunted a few days and rested a few days.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-29

Mrs. Edith Roosevelt telegraphed the Secretary to the President William Loeb to ask how the President was doing the next time he communicates with the Colorado camp.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-29

Transcript of a telegram written by Dr. Lambert to Edith Roosevelt saying that President Roosevelt had an attack of Cuban fever, but was feeling better and continued to hunt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-02

In this edition of the “Book Reviews” section, Paul Russell Cutright and Philip J. Roosevelt provide separate but equally laudatory reviews of American Bears, a collection of writings about bears and bear hunting by Theodore Roosevelt edited by Paul Schullery. Kenneth D. Crews finds that Roosevelt plays a minor, but important, role in Carlton Jackson’s The Dreadful Month about the awful death toll in American coal mines in December 1907. John A. Gable examines Paul D. Casdorph’s Republicans, Negroes, and Progressives in the South, 1912-1916 and compares some its findings to his own work on the Progressive Party.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1983

Article about the donation of two of Theodore Roosevelt’s Winchester hunting rifles to Theodore Roosevelt National Park by Stanford P. Stevens. The article relays Roosevelt’s purchase and use of the rifles as well as his giving one of them to his friend and hunting guide Arthur William Merrifield. The article concludes with a brief biography of Merrifield.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1983

Theodore Roosevelt poses atop his horse while returning to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after completing his bear hunt.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-12-09

Stereograph image of Theodore Roosevelt posing atop his horse while returning to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after completing his bear hunt.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-12-09

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt and party hunting a bear in the woods.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt hunting a bear in the woods.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Photograph showing Dr. Lambert, a member of Theodore Roosevelt hunting party, skinning a bear cub.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

• President Roosevelt shooting rifle.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing a bear in a tree labeled “Wheat Market” attacking a figure composed of a bag of wheat. The figure cries out, “Teddy help! Here’s a bear for you!” In the background Theodore Roosevelt holds a blunderbuss in front of the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Capitol. A sign on the right points to “Louisiana.” The cartoon probably refers to a bear hunt Roosevelt attended in Louisiana in 1907 and government wheat policies.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Andrew Carnegie carrying a gun with a barrel shaped like a dollar sign talking to Theodore Roosevelt who is carrying “The Big Stick.” Carnegie offers Roosevelt the use of his gun to shoot a bear “Wall Street” on “Nomination Trail.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912

In a fragment of a letter from German Ambassador Sternburg, he informs President Roosevelt that a young German visited the embassy with a letter of introduction from Prince Henry to Roosevelt. He is excited to hear about Roosevelt’s successful bear and wolf hunting.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-25

Emperor Meiji thanks President Roosevelt for his gift of a bear skin and was happy to receive Alice Roosevelt and Secretary of War William H. Taft during their visit to Japan. Record includes original in Japanese and translation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-11