Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964 | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

An extraordinary discovery: Previously unknown recordings in the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s oral history project

Michael Patrick Cullinane recalls his discovery of oral history tapes at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City that contain interviews with eleven friends and family of Theodore Roosevelt. Cullinane describes the process of gaining access to the tapes and having them transferred to a digital format to allow for use by researchers. Cullinane provides highlights from the tapes, listing some of those interviewed and insights they offered on the Roosevelt family, and he notes that he has made much of the material from the tapes available in his book Remembering Theodore Roosevelt. Six photographs of participants in the oral history project illustrate the essay, and the mission and vision statements of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appear in a text box on the last page.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Creator(s)

Cullinane, Michael Patrick, 1979-

Remembering Theodore Roosevelt advertisement

Advertisement for the book Remembering Theodore Roosevelt by Michael Patrick Cullinane. The ad notes that the book is based on a set of oral history interviews with friends and family of Theodore Roosevelt. The ad includes online ordering information and is illustrated by the front cover image of the book.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Creator(s)

Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)

Letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Irwin R. Kirkwood

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Irwin R. Kirkwood to introduce and vouch for Hermann Hagedorn, who, according to Roosevelt, illustrates what it means to be American.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s branding marks

Theodore Roosevelt’s branding marks for Chimney Butte Ranch (“Maltese Cross Ranch”) and Elkhorn Ranch illustrated and described in the Stockgrowers’ Journal in Miles City, Montana.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1884

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sylvane M. Ferris

Theodore Roosevelt introduces Hermann Hagedorn and requests that Sylvane M. Ferris tell him about their time ranching together in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation

Creation Date

1918-06-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph A. Ferris

Theodore Roosevelt introduces Hermann Hagedorn and requests that Joseph A. Ferris tell him about their life in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation

Creation Date

1918-06-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Through the Roosevelt country with Roosevelt’s friends

Hermann Hagedorn’s 1919 silent film in which he interviews former friends of Theodore Roosevelt’s from his time in the North Dakota Badlands. Included are images of Medora, North Dakota, in 1919 and a cattle roundup. W. W. Reid was the principal photographer and the film was sponsored by the Roosevelt Memorial Association (Theodore Roosevelt Association).

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1919

Creator(s)

Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964

Hermann Hagedorn and J. Wilbur Annear

Photograph of Hermann Hagedorn (right) and local rancher J. Wilbur Annear (left) standing by a cabin foundation stone at the Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1958-08

Creator(s)

National Park Service; Kirk, Louis

J. Wilbur Annear, Hermann Hagedorn, and Edward Converse Blackorby

Photograph of local rancher J. Wilbur Annear (left), Hermann Hagedorn (center), and Dr. Edward Converse Blackorby (right) sitting on a log near the Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1958-08-02

Creator(s)

National Park Service; Kirk, Louis

Letter from Mary Hagedorn to Charles Edward Scott

Hermann Hagedorn is doing well after his surgery.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958-05-13

Creator(s)

Hagedorn, Mary, 1909-1994

Letter from Leslie C. Stratton to Charles Edward Scott

Theodore Roosevelt Association Director Stratton clarifies that the Theodore Roosevelt material given to the State Teachers College is a gift from the association.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1959-08-13

Creator(s)

Stratton, Leslie C., 1892-1964

Letter from F. G. Sherrill to Charles Edward Scott

Reverend Sherrill updates President Scott on his efforts to secure speakers for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1957-1958

Creator(s)

Sherrill, F. G. (Franklin Goldthwaite), 1928-2015

Theodore Roosevelt centennial symposium

Collection of programs from each of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium lectures.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958

Creator(s)

State Teachers College (Dickinson, N.D.)

Letter from F. G. Sherrill to Charles Edward Scott

Students from Balliol College of the University of Oxford are traveling across the United States and will be near Dickinson, North Dakota, in early August. Reverend Sherrill asks if they could be shown some local history or attend Hermann Hagedorn’s speech.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1959-07-09

Creator(s)

Sherrill, F. G. (Franklin Goldthwaite), 1928-2015

Letter from Leslie R. Burgum to Charles Edward Scott

Attorney General Burgum enjoyed the first Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium lecture but doubts that he will be able to attend the second lecture featuring Hermann Hagedorn due to a previous obligation.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958-04-24

Creator(s)

Burgum, Leslie R. (Leslie Ranard), 1890-1984

Letter from Festus L. Minnear to F. G. Sherrill

Festus L. Minnear of North Dakota Agricultural College expresses interest in having a series of speakers also appear in Fargo to commemorate the centennial of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958-01-03

Creator(s)

Minnear, Festus L.

Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Roy P. Johnson

Ray H. Mattison thanks Roy P. Johnson for his hard work gathering and sending him research materials regarding the authenticity of Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross cabin. The information Mattison has gathered from interviewing old timers backs the authenticity of the cabin thus far, although he still has more people to interview. Mattison believes Hermann Hagedorn is incorrect in saying that Roosevelt went to Red River country in Nebraska in 1882, because there is Red River in Nebraska. He notes a paragraph in Roosevelt’s 1920 autobiography in which the President talks about his first trip to Fargo, North Dakota in 1883, not 1882.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-07-23

Creator(s)

Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980

Memorandum from Lawrence C. Merriam to Newton Bishop Drury

National Park Service Regional Director Merriam tells Director Drury that the correct lands for the Elkhorn Ranch have likely been identified, and that once the historian position is filled at the park, more data and information can be collected.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1948-06-15

Creator(s)

Merriam, Lawrence C.

Memorandum from Newton Bishop Drury to Lawrence C. Merriam

National Park Service Director Drury highlights the investigatory process of locating the Elkhorn Ranch and provides several recommendations for further inquiry.