Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Roscoe C. Bulmer
President Roosevelt thanks Captain Bulmer for the delicious ducks and invites him to play tennis.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-26
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“The ugly duckling!”
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon — all depicted like chickens — and a large mother hen labeled “Roosevelt’s policies” squawk at a duck depicting Philander C. Knox in the pool of “states’ rights.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-06-27
Ducks swimming in the North Unit
Photograph of ducks swimming in the Little Missouri River. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
Ducks swimming in the North Unit
Photograph of ducks swimming in the Little Missouri River near the old Roosevelt bridge. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
Ducks swimming in the North Unit
Photograph of ducks swimming in the Little Missouri River. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
The ugly duckling
A duck with clawed feet, wearing a medal labeled “The Senate,” carries peacock feathers labeled “Probity, Incorruptibility, Statesmanship, Patriotism, [and] Highmindedness.” Caption: The Senate is indignant over the attacks on it in American magazines. A suggestion under consideration is that some able expounder be selected to deliver a response to the criticisms.–Daily Press.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1906-02-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles A. Kofoid
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Professor Kofoid of the University of California, Berkeley, regarding articles and pamphlets written by Henry Chester Tracy, Abbott Handerson Thayer, J. A. Allen, and Edward William Nelson on the topic of birds, plumage, and biological research.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-02
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George H. H. Moore
President Roosevelt thanks George H. H. Moore for sending the canvasback ducks.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Tracy Scott Townsend
President Roosevelt thanks Mary Tracy Scott Townsend for the ducks. He is sure they will be delicious.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Tracy Scott Townsend
President Roosevelt thanks Mary Tracy Scott Townsend for the ducks, which he “greedily” looks forward to eating. He asks her to bring Mr. and Mrs. Ronalds to lunch on March 14.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-03-05
Creator(s)
Letter from William T. Hornaday to Theodore Roosevelt
William T. Hornaday writes to inform Theodore Roosevelt of his opposition to the proposed lease of Stinking Lake, New Mexico, to a sportsman’s club looking to “turn the finest wild-fowl bredding ground in New Mexico into a duck “preserve.”” Hornaday believes that Stinking lake should be designated as a national bird preserve.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-12-10
Creator(s)
Letter from William T. Hornaday to Theodore Roosevelt
William T. Hornaday will support E. H. Grubb’s scheme for Stinking Lake if Grubb can secure the approval of the New Mexico Game Protective Association. In a handwritten postscript, Hornaday celebrates the New York Board of Education’s dismissal of three “disloyal teachers.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-12-20
Creator(s)
Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt
Postmaster General Meyer had “great sport,” and sends President Roosevelt two geese and six ducks. He notes that this must seem tame to Roosevelt, who is going to Africa.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-22
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer
Theodore Roosevelt is thankful for the geese and ducks that George von Lengerke Meyer sent him. Roosevelt is also envious of Meyer’s “bag.”
Collection
Massachusetts Historical Society
Creation Date
1908-11-22
Creator(s)
Sou’ – Sou’ – Southerly
Essay describing a December duck-hunting outing on Long Island Sound by Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Elliott. The brothers were caught in a snowstorm before returning home from the hunt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1881-03