Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-09

Creator(s)

Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends Kermit a “picture letter” of things he has done and seen on his western trip with John Burroughs. There is a sketch of them chasing elk, a sketch of an owl, and of mountain goats. Roosevelt says he has enjoyed the trip.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-04-16

President Roosevelt writes Mark Sullivan, of Collier’s, in response to Jack London’s article recently published in the magazine. London’s article incorrectly quotes Roosevelt on multiple accounts. Although Roosevelt thoroughly disagrees with London, his disappointment lies with Collier’s for publishing such a poorly constructed and argued piece.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-09

President Roosevelt comments on the latest episode in the “nature fakers controversy” and asks George Shiras to write an article on it. He invites Shiras to spend a night at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-22

President Roosevelt’s mind was relieved by the information John Childs Lewis provided about long-eared owls. Roosevelt discusses the breeding and nesting habits of sandpipers and brown thrashers. Roosevelt is disappointed he found a song sparrow rather than a grasshopper sparrow near his home, Sagamore Hill, but pleased a black-throated green warbler showed up in time for him to show it to Childs and John Burroughs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-22

President Roosevelt enjoys the nature writing of Ernest McGaffey and sends his book to Charles Scribner’s Sons with the hopes that it will be published.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-22

Charles N. Elliot expresses great appreciation to Theodore Roosevelt for writing a note in John Burrough’s book and in Roosevelt’s own book, “Outdoor Pastimes”.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-01

F. B. Conley lauds Henry David Thoreau’s Autumnal Tints and compares the recent Borroughs publication. He wonders if critics can accurately critique modern work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-16

Charles N. Elliot sends Theodore Roosevelt John Burroughs’ book about his Western trip with Roosevelt and requests that Roosevelt write a brief appreciation of the author for inclusion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-14

President Roosevelt walks into a clearing of animals with his rifle where a snake, bear, cougar, and rabbit holding signs that read “Immune. I’m a ‘practical’ varmint,” “Immune. Grandfather of the teddy-bear,” “Immune. Testified against fakirs,” and “Immune. A friend of John Burroughs.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

W. A. Rogers, a nationally celebrated cartoonist of thirty years’ work, was not above falling back on tired themes. Theodore Roosevelt’s passion for hunting, the apparent contradiction of his fervent conservation work with that passion, and the comic possibilities inherent in anthropomorphic creatures made cartoons like this virtually inevitable, and frequent.

President Roosevelt walks into a clearing of animals with his rifle where a snake, bear, cougar, and rabbit holding signs that read “Immune. I’m a ‘practical’ varmint,” “Immune. Grandfather of the teddy-bear,” “Immune. Testified against fakirs,” and “Immune. A friend of John Burroughs.” Caption: Prepared.

comments and context

Comments and Context

President Roosevelt went on an extended bear hunt near Stamboul, Louisiana, between October 6 and October 19, a rather long vacation away from the public in the middle of an extended speaking tour. It was in a part of the country, the canebrakes stretching between Mississippi and Louisiana, where a bear hunt early in his presidency, where the incident leading to the legend of the teddy bear arose.

Viewing the famous “Old Faithful” geyser in Yellowstone Park with naturalist John Burroughs, Theodore Roosevelt comments, “That beats me!” in response to the sign that reads, “This geyser spouts every minute.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-10

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit, saying that he and Edith along with John Burroughs just returned from their cottage, Pine Knot. Roosevelt is in busy correspondence over the Africa trip but has no definite plans yet. He closes by saying Congress will end in an ugly fight with him.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-05-10

The photograph depicts John Burroughs with his granddaughter Betty on his shoulder.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07

Photograph showing Roosevelt and Burroughs standing on porch with other men including Yellowstone’s superintendent, John Pitcher.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-06-11

Theodore Roosevelt and John Burroughs on the porch of an unidentified building in Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1903

John Burroughs holds the door open for President Roosevelt as the finished Cuban and Reciprocity treaties hang on the wall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-18

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edwin S. Williams for his kind words and found his experience interesting. He includes John Burroughs’s address.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-16

Theodore Roosevelt is unable to comply with Charles N. Elliot’s request that he write an appreciation of John Burroughs in his copy of “Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt.” However, Roosevelt is willing to autograph Elliot’s copy of “Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter” if he will send it to him. Roosevelt has written a short paragraph about Oom John in the volume Elliot sent him.

Comments and Context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Theodore Roosevelt accepts Meyer Lissner’s invitation and discusses the schedule for Roosevelt’s visit to Los Angeles, California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-20