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President Roosevelt recommends the artist Howard Pyle to Chief of the United States Forest Service Pinchot. Roosevelt explains that he has given Pyle a letter of introduction to Pinchot for one of Pyle’s sons, who is interested in a career in forestry. Roosevelt will send the Pyles to have lunch with Pinchot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-09
President Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot to pass on his best wishes for the success of the National Irrigation Congress and his belief in the important work of their movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-27
President Roosevelt assures Gifford Pinchot that he will have a completely “free hand” in the Bureau of Forestry in terms of policies pursued and persons appointed. There will be no difference than if he was the “independent head of the bureau.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-18
G. W. Woodruff, Chief Law Officer of the Forest Service, reports on a controversy concerning Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. President Roosevelt withdrew ten million acres of land from disposal under public laws to protect the coal it contained, but asked that no land be withdrawn until he received Geological Survey field reports. Hitchcock claimed that he did not know which lands were inside the reserves and “materially misquoted the President’s clearly expressed intention.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
Uncle Sam points President Roosevelt, who holds his rifle, to the “grafter’s paradise” woods. There are a number of wild animals in there, including a “government land grabber” beaver, a “tobacco trust” hog, a “Tammany” tiger, and a “Panama Canal” cat. Caption: “Mr. President, there’s the big game. Now, fire away!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in Wyoming during his western trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-30
Gifford Pinchot offers conservation themed speaking points that President Roosevelt can use in Minnesota during his western trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-30
Photograph showing path through the woods at Sagamore Hill.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
View of the Theodore Roosevelt statue through an opening in the woods while on a dirt path on Theodore Roosevelt Island.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1980
A path through the woods reveals the Theodore Roosevelt statue standing as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial on Theodore Roosevelt Island.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1980
One of four tablets which stand as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial on Theodore Roosevelt Island. Each tablet is inscribed with quotations Roosevelt. This tablets bears quotes on the subject of the State. Surrounding the tablet the natural character of the Theodore Roosevelt Island forest is visible.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
2005
A man stands in the brush on Theodore Roosevelt Island. The island is overgrown from disuse.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1936
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Gifford Pinchot can raise the regiment of foresters and take them over to France. Roosevelt sends his regards to Pinchot’s wife, Leila.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could attend the upcoming forestry meeting. He finds it discreditable that the citizens of Suffolk and Nassau Counties do not care for or preserve the woodland areas, especially along the highroads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-22
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Byron B. Waters for his paper on forestry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Theodore Roosevelt received S. Eardley-Wilmont’s book and is pleased it is dedicated to him. He finds it well-written and of real benefit and value to hunters, naturalists, and those interested in forestry and conservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-11
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Professor Bowman for his review of Roosevelt’s book Through the Brazilian Wilderness and invites him to lunch at Oyster Bay to discuss a foal and Bowman’s Forest Physiography book among other things.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Alford Warriner Cooley for his letter. Roosevelt is concerned about public disinterest in the Philippines, military, and government involvement with forests. He believes that cultivated men and newspapers are so focused on antagonism they hurt their causes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-19
President Roosevelt asks if Gifford Pinchot will write to Fairfield Osborn who is very anxious to talk over forestry matters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-12
President Roosevelt thanks William Kent for the generous gift of land for the protection of redwood trees and the creation of the Muir National Monument. Roosevelt asks if a portion of the land could be designated the Kent memorial to recognize him for the gift.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-22