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Earl Grey reassures President Roosevelt that he will support George Bird Grinnell’s conservation efforts. Grey has spoken with multiple people about the killing of wolves and buffalo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10
Albert Shaw discusses his new magazine Country Calendar and updates President Roosevelt on the arrangements for articles featuring Roosevelt.
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1905-06-28
President Roosevelt forwards a letter from George Bird Grinnell, telling Earl Grey that Grinnell is concerned with saving animals from extinction and asking if anything can be done about Grinnell’s request. Roosevelt believes Secretary of State Elihu Root’s visit to South America was productive of much good, and he is pleased that James Bryce is going to Canada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-28
President Roosevelt would like Frank Mead appointed as Field Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Roosevelt will look into the incidents written about in the North American article, but he tells Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that he does not believe they are sufficient cause for delaying the appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
President Roosevelt received an urgent request regarding the investigation of Mr. Head’s character. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock would like to see Commissioner William A. Jones to explain, so Jones does not resign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt asks Ethan Allen Hitchcock to allow Frank Mead to use a financial clerk during his work in the southwest and to direct the Indian agents to report to Mead as general supervisor on the condition of the tribes. These reports will include the condition of the tribes and “their proposed industrial plans.”
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1904-07-23
President Roosevelt defends James H. Monteath, George H. Bingenheimer, and Charles E. Burton against C. Hart Merriam’s doubts regarding their fitness to hold office.
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1904-03-19
President Roosevelt instructs Commissioner Jones to implement George Bird Grinnell’s suggestions regarding Indian affairs.
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1903-08-24
President Roosevelt introduces Natalie Curtis Burlin who would like to investigate the artistic side of Native Americans in the southwestern United States. Roosevelt would like “every possible facility” given to Curtis and instructs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to consult with Hamlin Garland and George Bird Grinnell on Curtis’s ideas.
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1903-07-22
President Roosevelt is not pleased with George Bird Grinnell and his actions that support the “assailants” against John Burroughs. Roosevelt is pleased that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ted Roosevelt will be joining him for a future trip to see Burroughs at his Slabsides cabin.
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1903-05-19
President Roosevelt explains why he supported William Michael Byrne and gives George Kennan permission to show the relevant letters on Byrne to Lyman Abbott.
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1903-03-30
President Roosevelt encloses a report from George Bird Grinnell regarding the affairs of the Kiowa Indian Agency and asks Commissioner Jones to suggest someone to lead the investigation at the Agency.
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1903-03-13
President Roosevelt thanks Charles Fletcher Lummis for the November “Lion’s Den” and has been discussing Native American affairs with George Bird Grinnell and Hamlin Garland.
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1902-11-06
President Roosevelt will be making a brief speech regarding Native Americans and would like Hamlin Garland and George Bird Grinnell to look over his prepared remarks. Roosevelt also discusses the classification for mountain sheep and antelope.
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1902-10-19
President Roosevelt will take no action until hearing from Winthrop Murray Crane, but George Bird Grinnell has already been sent to investigate.
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1902-05-01
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from George Kennan regarding the Standing Rock Agency. Roosevelt wants action taken on Kennan’s statements and suggests sending George Bird Grinnell to investigate. Until such time as that might be possible, he asks that Kennan’s letter be sent to the inspector at Standing Rock, requesting a full report.
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1902-04-22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Bliss when he would be able to meet Roosevelt’s friend George Bird Grinnell.
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1898-01-11
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Colonel Young that he has asked George Bird Grinnell to send Young a copy of Forest and Stream and will propose Young for a membership in the Boon and Crockett Club if he wishes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter from George Bird Grinnell to Secretary of the Interior Bliss. Roosevelt asks Bliss to get in contact with Grinnell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-25
A statement authored by William T. Hornaday criticizes the Sulzer bill which would allow for the sale of moose, caribou, and white mountain sheep meat in Northern Alaska. Hornaday reports that he and several prominent game conservation associations were shocked to discover that the legal sale of big game in Alaska had been occurring for some time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-03-04