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Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran he has received the cables. Roosevelt provides a statement in support of Robert E. Peary’s expedition success to be published if the reports of his success in the North Pole is true. Roosevelt is confused by the cable about Frederick Albert Cook because he is unaware of who the man is or what he has accomplished. He informs Foran he and Kermit Roosevelt have had success hunting elephants and rhinoceros together, but they will soon separate to travel and hunt separately.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran he has received the cables. Roosevelt provides a statement in support of Robert E. Peary’s expedition success to be published if the reports of his success in the North Pole is true. Roosevelt is confused by the cable about Frederick Albert Cook because he is unaware of who the man is or what he has accomplished. He informs Foran he and Kermit Roosevelt have had success hunting elephants and rhinoceros together, but they will soon separate to travel and hunt separately.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from R. B. Taggart to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from R. B. Taggart to Theodore Roosevelt

R. B. Taggart informs Theodore Roosevelt of the secession he attended at the Water Way Convention where he heard a lecture from Robert E. Peary and follows it with his opinions on the upcoming presidential election. Taggart feels that Roosevelt must run for the presidential nomination the people feel he is the better man for the job than the proposed candidates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-21

Creator(s)

Taggart, R. B.

President Roosevelt bidding Peary God speed

President Roosevelt bidding Peary God speed

President Roosevelt shakes hands with Commander Peary before Peary sets sail from Oyster Bay, New York, for his Arctic expedition in July 1908. The edges of the postcard are decorated with illustrations of Arctic scenes. The description printed on the back of the postcard says Peary successfully completed his “dash for the pole” on April 8, 1909. Frederick A. Cook announced on September 1, 1909, that he had reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Unknown

“Take the belt, old sport! We can’t any of us talk in your class”

“Take the belt, old sport! We can’t any of us talk in your class”

A group of boxers stands behind a large boxer who is giving Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary a jeweled belt labeled “Championship.” Papers, probably from Peary’s lectures, extend from a pocket of his fur coat. They state “Cook’s a faker,” “I’ll show him up,” and “Bluff.” (Cartoon probably refers to boxers being known for their pre-fight taunting bluster.)

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-10-06

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Loeb

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Loeb

Theodore Roosevelt wishes William Loeb a merry Christmas and will have much to tell him on his return to the United States. Roosevelt has killed around two hundred animals on safari, from an elephant to a dik-dik. Kermit Roosevelt has grown to become a better hunter than his father. Roosevelt refused Herbert Parsons’s request to publicly support Otto T. Bannard. He supports Bannard, but is not fully informed of the issues and thinks it would look foolish to try and advise voters from Africa. In the Peary-Cook controversy, Roosevelt believes that Frederick Albert Cook “has all the earmarks of a fake” and that Robert E. Peary reached the North Pole.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1909-11-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919