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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Bird Grinnell

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Bird Grinnell

Theodore Roosevelt tells George Bird Grinnell that the title of General A. W. Greely’s book is Three Years of Arctic Service. Roosevelt agrees with putting the moose head on the cover of the book and if Grinnell gets short of copy, Roosevelt can give him some writing. Another idea if they are short of copy is for Grinnell and Roosevelt to write a composite article on the distribution of “big game animals of temperate North America.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Ernest Thompson Seton to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ernest Thompson Seton to Theodore Roosevelt

Ernest Thompson Seton informs President Roosevelt that the “Seton Beam” apparatus has just arrived, and is a credit to the company. Since Seton must leave for England, his wife, Grace Seton-Tompson will take charge, and it should reach Roosevelt within a week. Seton would be proud to have added any “efficiency” to the African Expedition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-26

Creator(s)

Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

Letter from Harry Johnston to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Harry Johnston to Theodore Roosevelt

Harry Johnston takes great pleasure in corresponding with President Roosevelt, not just because it is an honor to have private letters from an important head of state, but also because Johnston is elated that Roosevelt shares his opinions about the treatment of Black people. Johnston outlines some of his beliefs, including the fact that better treatment of Africans in British colonies makes good economic sense. Johnston will be in the United States in the autumn, and hopes to meet with Roosevelt and discuss a number of matters he hopes to write about, including a history of African people in the Western Hemisphere, the problems of Liberia, and the preservation of big game. In a postscript, Johnston writes in “phonetic English,” saying if English spelling were simplified it would become the “universal medium of international relations.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-06

Creator(s)

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

Pyramid Park, 1879-1883, where Theodore Roosevelt came to hunt buffalo

Pyramid Park, 1879-1883, where Theodore Roosevelt came to hunt buffalo

Two versions of an article written for North Dakota History magazine. The first, by Olaf T. Hagen, focuses on the history of Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the Dakota Badlands. The latter, revised and expanded by Ray H. Mattison after Hagen’s death, describes the history of the region from Custer’s time through the 1890s. Mattison’s revision focuses more on the arrival of the railroad and its effects on the game in the region, which had been plentiful but declined rapidly as hunters and adventurers decimated the herds.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949

Creator(s)

Hagen, Olaf T. (Olaf Theodore), -1949; Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980

Favored by Roosevelt. Plan to transfer forest reserves to Agricultural Department.

Favored by Roosevelt. Plan to transfer forest reserves to Agricultural Department.

The Oregonian states that Theodore Roosevelt is in favor of Representative John F. Lacey’s bill to transfer “the management and control of forest reserves from the Interior to the Agricultural Department, and to create and maintain game preserves in the public land states.” The article concludes that Roosevelt will soon announce the addition of land that will double the area of Yellowstone Park and extend the Teton forest reserves in Wyoming in order to protect big game animals that live there.

Collection

Crater Lake National Park

Creation Date

1902-04-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

C. Hart Merriam encloses a leaflet that contains three additions to the “big game.” They have collected eight skins and skulls of the Mexican bighorn. Merriam requests that Roosevelt send the cougar skulls “uncleaned.” Roosevelt’s series of samples will help make determinations about the amount of individual variation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-04-06

Creator(s)

Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942