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Ellin Prince Speyer discusses the New York Women’s League for Animals’ work in educating the public, especially children, on proper animal care. The organization strives to be practical without “exaggerated sentimentality.” Speyer asks Roosevelt to speak at their upcoming annual meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-06
John M. Phillips encloses a copy of the magazine “In The Open” which is popular with sportsmen interested in environmental conservation and updating game laws. Phillips also says he is sorry that Roosevelt could not join him on the “Mexican Jaguar Hunt” last fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-02
H. W. Martin has twenty-five years of experience as an African big-game hunter but had to leave due to illness. He wants to write a book, but the editors do not take his proposal seriously. However, William T. Hornaday and Lewis are sympathetic to his cause. Additionally, Martin needs a job and suggests working as a floor man at the Museum of Natural History. As a stranger to the country, he feels disadvantaged and wants to meet with Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Caspar Whitney informs Theodore Roosevelt about a symposium of opinions he is planning on the relative value of recreational fishing versus recreational shooting, an inquires if Roosevelt would like to contribute an opinion. Whitney lists individuals he has already solicited opinions from, and requests to hear back from Roosevelt by the end of next week, as any symposium on the subject matter would be incomplete without a word from him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-31
Jonathn Mayhew Wainwright is dismayed that his stenographer neglected to return Theodore Roosevelt’s letters from William T. Hornaday and William J. Moran and encloses them in this letter, alongside a copy of a letter sent to state senator Howard R. Bayne. He is pleased to know that Roosevelt is interested in the Bayne-Blauvelt Bill which recently passed in the New York State Senate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26
William E. Coffin thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter, and infers that Roosevelt gives his approval of the African Big Game Honor List, even though he did not say so explicitly. Coffin additionally asks if he might be able to use Roosevelt’s name in an upcoming fund raising drive for the Forest, Fish and Game Conservation Committee of the Camp Fire Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
John M. Phillips discusses hunting jaguars in Mexico and regrets Theodore Roosevelt cannot make the hunt. He sends some clippings and thanks Roosevelt for the inscription in his copy of African Game Trails.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-09
Edmund Heller received a copy of African Game Trails and appreciates Philip R. Goodwin’s illustrations. The entire African collection is at the National Museum of Natural History. Heller discusses his work on the rhinoceroses based on the skulls.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-09-22
Ernest Thompson Seton was glad to receive the latest news from Theodore Roosevelt’s hunt in Africa. Seton’s book on North American mammals came out earlier in November and has received good reviews. A copy is waiting for Roosevelt in New York. He offers a discussion about the relationship between monogamy and sanitation practices among mammals. He believes that monogamy is more beneficial and asks if Roosevelt can pay attention to any evidence of polygamous ruminants with sanitary practices. He also points out that lions are believed to be monogamous and asks Roosevelt to keep signs of monogamy in mind while collecting information about them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-11-29
John Murgatroyd, taxidermist, reminds President Roosevelt of his past servicing of hunting trophies at Oyster Bay. He wishes Roosevelt a safe and fruitful safari.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-28
Henry Earle Riggs tells President Roosevelt about William H. Brown, an American hunter and naturalist who has lived in South Africa for twenty years. Riggs hopes that Roosevelt will get the opportunity to meet him while Roosevelt is on his Africa trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-15
Robert Bridges has delayed responding to President Roosevelt’s question about photographers for his African safari until he could talk to William T. Hornaday. Two main names have been mentioned as possibilities: Ernest F. Keller and John C. Hemment. Bridges comments briefly on the credentials of the two men, as well as their possible cost to hire, but wished to see if Roosevelt had any personal preference between the two before discussing any further with them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-01
Richard E. Shaw hopes that President Roosevelt will be at Pine Knot for Thanksgiving. He tells Roosevelt that a large flock of turkeys that has barely been shot at is on his land. Shaw also tells Roosevelt about Robert C. Gilfort, the proprietor of the Deer Head Inn in Orange, New Jersey, who has a large collection of hunting artifacts. Gilfort would like Roosevelt to visit to see the collection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-21
Ezra H. Fitch of Abercrombie and Fitch has sent copies of his sporting goods catalog to William Loeb and President Roosevelt. Fitch gives advice and suggestions for preventing insect bites for Roosevelt’s upcoming African safari. He suggests contacting Richard Tjader and William T. Hornaday for authoritative knowledge and practical experience in African hunting and exploration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-22
Political affairs are very unpleasant in Iowa, but they all “stand pat” on President Roosevelt. Congressman Lacey has just returned from a hurried trip to the Roswell New Mexican Irrigation Field and the Wichita Game Refuge. The one problem with introducing a buffalo herd in the Wichita Game Refuge is the danger of Texas ticks. Lacey believes that Madison Grant and William T. Hornaday should consult with President Roosevelt before the animals are sent in.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-26
The Emergency Conservation Committee outlines twelve problems that it views of immediate importance, and provides suggestions of who to contact to help encourage action on the various matters.
1935-05
Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) John A. Gable provides an update on the various projects undertaken by the TRA in 1976 with an emphasis on the expansion of the Theodore Roosevelt holdings at Harvard University. He notes the establishment there of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, and he gives an update on the revitalization project underway in the neighborhood surrounding the Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site in New York City. Gable promotes the reissue of Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris, and he lists the various clubs and organizations he spoke to in his role as Executive Director of the TRA. He notes the receipt of four letters from Roosevelt to William T. Hornaday which the TRA has added to the Harvard University Roosevelt Collection.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Several issues of the Camp Fire Club of America are addressed in this brief pamphlet, including nominations for Governors of the club, a proposed amendment to the club’s constitution, and the results of a special report on the club’s dues and finances.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
This catalog of goods advertises the new products Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is carrying for the winter 1908-1909 season. As part of the advertisement, the catalog reports on and reproduces letters between William Loeb and Ezra H. Fitch, one of the founders of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., regarding the purchasing of goods for President Roosevelt’s African safari.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks ornithologist William Brewster for sending him a copy of The Birds of the Cambridge Region. Next time Brewster is in the area Roosevelt will try and get him, William T. Hornaday, and Charles Sheldon to come out to the house.
1911-12-02