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President Roosevelt invites Richard Lewis Humphrey to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites John Hays Hammond to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Purdue University Dean of Engineering W. F. M. Goss to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Alfred W. Gibbs to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Philetus W. Gates to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites William S. Eames to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Baord on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best method of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Charles Benjamin Dudley to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Francis B. Crocker to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Samuel Calvin to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites John F. Deems to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites Benjamin F. Bush to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt invites George H. Barrus to become a member of the newly-formed Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. The Board will investigate the properties and best methods of using the United States’s fuels and building materials.
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1906-03-02
President Roosevelt examined San Francisco’s application for permission to obtain its water supply from Yosemite National Park. He wants Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock’s thoughts on using other water sources.
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1905-02-08
President Roosevelt considers the “irrigation business” to be a key feature of his administration and wants it carried out properly and efficiently. The project should be controlled by the Geological Survey under Mr. Wolcott and Mr. Newell.
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1902-06-17
Daniel Moreau Barringer proposes Theodore Roosevelt stop on his way to the Grand Canyon to visit Meteor Crater. He discusses its formation by the impact of a celestial body, which he and fellow academics have proved. Barringer wants Roosevelt to see the “most wonderful natural curiosities.” He also hopes his visit will draw attention to the site and provide financial assistance to explore the crater’s depths and extract valuable resources.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-28
An investigation by the Department of the Interior has yielded a list of some 200 individuals hired to the Technologic Branch of the United States Geological Survey without the certification of the Civil Service Commission. The Commission will comply with the Department of the Interior’s request that these irregularly appointed employees’ certifications be fast-tracked, but expresses several reasons for why such a decision may not be wise.
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1907-11-14
A digest of an attached detail clarifies that Acting Secretary Thomas Ryan’s memorandum was sent in mistake. The memorandum incorrectly reported President Roosevelt’s determination at the conference on October 5 regarding forest reserve lands. If Roosevelt approved the memorandum without noticing the error, Ryan is directly responsible.
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1906-12-19
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.”
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1906-12-17
James H. McGraw and Henry William Blake recommend Edward W. Parker for appointment to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-14
Acting Director Rizer of the United States Geological Survey sends information on the production of anthracite coal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-02