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Charles Sheldon thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter. Sheldon describes his second book Scribner will publish next spring including several hunting experiences on Pacific Coast Islands and Alaska. Sheldon shares his opinions on Roosevelt’s Concealing Coloration pamphlet and what other’s have written to him about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-03
Alexander Lambert sends President Roosevelt an editorial. Lambert notes that his father-in-law, Knight D. Cheney, is mending after a serious illness. Lambert has contacted William H. Wright, author of a recent article on elk, to plan a grizzly bear hunt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-17
Theodore Roosevelt relates hunting stories from his time in the American West.
1888-06
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Theodore Roosevelt commends Frank H. DeSouza, the Exalted Ruler of Phoenix Lodge No. 335 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, for his efforts to properly care for the elk in and around Yellowstone Park. Roosevelt discusses the importance of preserving elk and protecting them from “butchers” who kill them for their canine teeth. While he feels that elk populations have recovered enough to authorize hunting, strict regulations against improper harvesting are needed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-25
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Governor Carey for his action regarding the game refuge. He agrees that it is a mistake to let the elk become too plentiful and that the locals should be able to hunt more of them than visitors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes to George Bird Grinnell to support the admission of Hamilton Fish Jr. to the Boone and Crockett Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-01
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with the sentiments expressed by James Herrick Gipson. Roosevelt does not know what should be done about an unspecified matter, but he believes it must be done in unity, “shoulder to shoulder.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-16
President Roosevelt thanks Henry A. Melvin for the letter, and asks if Mr. Scanlon can give more information about the statement he made regarding elk in Yellowstone National Park. Roosevelt has himself traveled through the park in the spring and did not see any sign of a slaughter of elk, but would like to know about it if there were such signs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-18
President Roosevelt requests Henry A. Melvin, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent Order of Elks if he can do more to prevent the widespread killing of elks for their horns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-03
President Roosevelt asks Major John Pitcher, Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, for recommendations for a good man to help plan an elk-hunting trip in Wyoming, as two of his nephews would like to make a trip there next fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-17
President Roosevelt thanks Billy Hofer for the elk meat and looks forward to seeing him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25
John R. Browne is concerned about the elk population in Yellowstone National Park. He recently visited the Jackson Hole area in Wyoming where the majority of the Yellowstone elk winter. Sheep have eaten most of the forage and the elk are often hunted out of season. Browne has been working to protect the elk with a plan to expand the park and have an annual appropriation for hay to feed the elk. He believes that only the federal government can effectively conserve the elk population.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12
M. L. T. Brock thanks Theodore Roosevelt for recommending a hunting guide for Jack. Brock asks if Roosevelt can send a note of introduction to the commanding officers at Yellowstone Park so that Jack can cross the park with his sealed guns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-27
Kermit Roosevelt writes Theodore Roosevelt and exclaims the convention must have been “extraordinary.” He informs Roosevelt that Rudyard Kipling placed a bet on Roosevelt during the Republican primaries against an American who thought he was dead. Kermit Roosevelt and Helen Robinson Roosevelt visited Frederick Courteney Selous and learned his trip to British East Africa was very successful although he had a close call with a buffalo. Kermit tells his father that Edmund Heller is fine and an intelligent progressive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-1919
William Wingate Sewall has been “holding the fort” at the ranch while the other ranch hands are on the roundup. The weather has been nice and he has been spending time tending the garden. Sewall does not think Dakota Territory is very good for farming, but the cattle are doing well. He hopes that Theodore Roosevelt will not lose money on the cattle but doubts he can ever make much profit. Sewall accompanied Roosevelt on a recent hunt and Roosevelt killed a large elk. He hopes to go on his own hunt with Wilmot Dow when the weather is cooler. Sewall is now into his last two years in Dakota Territory and it will be a “joyful day” when he returns home to Maine.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
1886-06-27
Commissioner Roosevelt is feeling better after a recent illness. When he sees Robert Harry Munro Ferguson they will have a “hunter’s feast” and he wants to hear about the elk hunt.
1891-11-23
An unpublished excerpt from The Birch Bark Roll on hunting big game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
Musical score and lyrics, written by Silver Dollar Tabor, for a march romanticizing the West. It was written to commemorate President Roosevelt’s Colorado hunt during his 1903 whistle-stop tour of the United States. The song is dedicated to Tabor’s father, the late Senator H. A. W. Tabor. The cover features a photo of young Roosevelt, circa 1898, with pince nez glasses and a mustache.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1908
Lohmann, A. S. (Anthony S.); Tabor, Silver Dollar, 1889-1925
Handwritten draft of chapter ten of The Wilderness Hunter.
1893
Handwritten draft of chapter nine of The Wilderness Hunter.
1893