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Photograph shows Theodore Roosevelt sitting on large stone on mountain top at Glacier Point in California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
Four brief book reviews comprise the “Book Notes” column. John A. Gable reviews Michael Teague’s oral history of Alice Roosevelt Longworth and praises it for its use of 170 photographs, and he also examines Stephen Fox’s John Muir and His Legacy which not only looks at Muir’s life and work, but at many lesser known conservationists who comprise Muir’s legacy. Elizabeth E. Roosevelt reviews Thomas G. Dyer’s Theodore Roosevelt and the Idea of Race and finds its chapters on Native Americans and African Americans valuable while Janice Marino finds William L. DeAndrea’s novel The Lunatic Fringe worthless.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1981
In this chapter excerpt from his book John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement, Stephen Fox examines efforts to expand Yosemite National Park, the battle between preservationists and conservationists over the use of forests, and provides portraits of John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, John Burroughs, and Theodore Roosevelt. He looks at the work undertaken by the conservation movement to preserve Niagara Falls, the redwood forests of California, and Mount Desert Island in Maine. Fox concludes the chapter with a look at the battle over the city of San Francisco’s desire to build a dam at the southern end of Hetch Hetchy valley in Yosemite National Park. In addition to looking at the life and work of Muir, the chapter provides information on many lesser known figures in the turn of the twentieth-century conservation movement.
A listing of the officers and the members of the executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the excerpt.
Two quotations about the conservation of natural resources by Theodore Roosevelt, one from 1905 and the other from 1915. Both stress the need to preserve resources for future generations.
The quotations are followed by an advertisement for the Roosevelt Savings Bank of Garden City, New York, listing its various branch offices.
Six quotations and speech excerpts from Theodore Roosevelt on the topic of conservation. The excerpts highlight Roosevelt’s belief that the United States has been wasteful in its use of natural resources and that it must use better judgment in the future to ensure that the resources that have allowed the nation to grow and prosper will be available for future generations.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
John Muir congratulates President Roosevelt on his presidency and regrets that it is drawing to a close. He praises Roosevelt’s accomplishments and in particular expresses appreciation for his actions to preserve the Tamalpais redwoods.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01
President Nixon urges Congress to quickly approve of his endeavor to designate the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Nixon has been accelerating his efforts to preserve more lands as parks and he is not satisfied with the rate in which Congress has acted on these lands. Cooperating in this regard will result in a better-served public.
1972-09-21
This bill designates certain lands in various national parks and other national lands as wilderness areas. Theodore Roosevelt National park is among those included.
1972-10-04
Theodore Roosevelt has deeply enjoyed seeing California. He has liked seeing the citizens of California the most.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-18
Theodore Roosevelt begins by stating that he did not expect to speak today, and therefore he asks his listeners to excuse his “costume.” He is dressed for a visit to Yosemite National Park with John Muir. He then highlights the beauty and prosperity of California. Having visited the state for the first time, he now understands why it is important for the nation to invest in its development, even proportionately higher investment than in any other state. He ends by commenting on the people and the duties of citizenship, which are the same throughout the nation: leading lives with a spirit of decency, courage, and common sense.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-15
Theodore Roosevelt at Glacier Point, with Yosemite Falls in background.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1903-07-18
Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and others at the base of a giant sequoia. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 44.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1903
Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite. Both men are standing, mountains and waterfall in rear. Original is black and white; this is a photocopy of the original. Caption on verso: “Photographed from stereograph, copyright 1904, by Underwood & Underwood, New York, President Roosevelt and Mr. John Muir, the Naturalist taken last year on Glacier Point above the Yosemite Valley, California.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1903
Theodore Roosevelt at Glacier Point, with Yosemite Falls in background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903