Bobcat

President Roosevelt sits at his desk writing an extensive message as a young body turns a large wheel of paper. On the wall are mounts of a “black bear” and a “bob cat” and beside Roosevelt’s desk is his suitcase and his rifle.

comments and context

Comments and Context

President Roosevelt returned to Washington from a speaking tour of the Midwest and South, punctuated by a two-week bear hunt, on October 19, 1907. At the tail end of his railroad swing north, “short selling” by men who had hoped to corner the copper market resulted rather in their bankruptcy, and that of brokerage houses, other commodity firms, and banks.

Photograph of a bobcat in a tree.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit from Colorado to tell him about his successful hunting trip and a dog he wants to take home to Archie. He also says he has a touch of Cuban fever and cannot wait to get back to Mother. Roosevelt is sure that Kermit will enjoy his trip to Deadwood with Seth Bullock.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-05-02

A bobcat on top of a tree.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-09-12

A bobcat on top of a tree.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-09-12

Theodore Roosevelt tells C. Hart Merriam that the five bobcat skulls are Merriam’s to keep. Merriam has given Roosevelt the information he wanted about deer. Roosevelt wishes that he had known that Merriam wanted blacktail deer specimens. He could have gotten these from the Little Missouri.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-29

Maurice Francis Egan writes to President Roosevelt to discuss his pleasure over the peace treaty between Japan and Russia. Egan also discusses alcoholism on Native American reservations and sends a photograph of a bobcat for Ted Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-06

A timeline of major milestones and events at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve from 1867 to 1995.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1995

With Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, C. Hart Merriam has been able to reach a conclusion regarding the bobcats of the southern Rocky Mountain region. Merriam was interested in seeing large skulls from Colorado to see if they match specimens from the Uinta Mountains. Merriam thanks Roosevelt for his contribution to the Biological Survey, and asks to keep some of the skulls. Merriam also responds to Roosevelt’s request for information about deer. Merriam has not been able to obtain a white-tailed deer specimen from any location in the far west.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-18