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President Roosevelt has nominated his son Ted Roosevelt for membership in the Boone and Crockett Club, and he asks if C. Grant La Farge can write the admissions committee on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-08
President Roosevelt has nominated his son Ted Roosevelt for membership in the Boone and Crockett Club, and asks Alexander Lambert to write a letter to the admissions committee on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-08
President Roosevelt asks William Austin Wadsworth to write a letter to the Boone and Crockett Club admissions committee seconding his nomination of his son Ted Roosevelt for membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-08
President Roosevelt nominates his son Ted Roosevelt for admission to the Boone and Crockett Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-07
President Roosevelt wonders if he can make an arrangement with Caspar Whitney so that he can use the material he gave Whitney for his deer and antelope volume. In a couple years, Roosevelt wants to compile material he has contributed to the Boone and Crockett Club and some other articles into a single volume. Roosevelt is displeased he has his writings combined in anthology works with other authors and says, “never again shall I consent to write under these conditions.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to hear about William T. Hornaday’s success, although he was sorry to also hear his comments about the Boone and Crockett Club. Roosevelt compliments Hornaday’s work, and offers his support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-25
President Roosevelt writes to the George Bird Grinnell care of the Committee on Admissions, Boone and Crocket Club, recommending Charles Arthur Moore as a new member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-19
President Roosevelt compliments George Bird Grinnell on his new volume, American Big Game in Its Haunts: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club, Volume 1904, and thanks him for the foreword.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-06
President Roosevelt writes regarding a letter from Catherine Winthrop Sargent on protecting game in Wyoming. After consulting Gifford Pinchot, Roosevelt believes that the matter should be turned over to the Boone and Crockett Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-20
The writing must be strictly controlled in the latest publishing venture of Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. There cannot be a repeat of the controversy A. G. Wallihan’s book had with the fake pictures. Roosevelt and Grinnell must have a definitive understanding from Wallihan as to the publication of the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-23
Theodore Roosevelt believes that “wise discretion” should be used in the selection of members for the Boone and Crockett Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-02-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will see if he can find anything out about the monograph of the deer of North America. Roosevelt is critical of authors Percy Selous and Colonel Pollock, and wonders if Frederick Courteney Selous is familiar with them. Although Roosevelt is happy with his work and family life, he does envy Selous’ life, “spent going through the waste places, in all parts of the world, after big game.” In a postscript, Roosevelt thanks Selous for thinking of sending him a book, but says that if he has not sent it yet he would prefer to get the next book Selous himself publishes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-01-17
Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that he missed the annual meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club, but Edith Roosevelt had the grippe. Roosevelt would like to know when George Bird Grinnell will visit so that they can discuss A. G. Wallihan’s book and Yellowstone Park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-01-08
Colonel Young wishes the Boone and Crockett Club annual dinner could be held in Washington. Theodore Roosevelt thinks Yellowstone Park should be extended to the south.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with having the Boone and Crockett Club dinner in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt received Trail and Campfire. He believes it is the best volume that the Boone and Crockett Club has put out. Roosevelt would like to give Frederick Selous honorary membership in the Boone and Crockett Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt asks if the location and time of the Boone and Crockett Club dinner has been decided.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is glad that Frederick Courteney Selous enjoyed his hunting trip, but is melancholy to realize that the United States has lost so much of its hunting grounds. Roosevelt recalls a few of his own hunting experiences: “I was just in time to see the last of the real wilderness life and real wilderness hunting.” Roosevelt also recommends several books to Selous and provides information about his experience ranching in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-30
Theodore Roosevelt writes George Bird Grinnell that the copyright for the articles Roosevelt publishes lies with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-03
Theodore Roosevelt asks George Bird Grinnell not to tell him anything more about the book. He will receive a copy when it comes out.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-06