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Photograph showing members of William Loeb’s rabbit hunting party and dogs standing in a field, Fort Worth, Texas.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
Kermit Roosevelt had a successful hunting trip in Great Britain. Roosevelt asks Robert Henry Munro Ferguson to let him know when she will be in New York and encloses a Kate Greenaway picture for Martha and Robert Munro Ferguson.
1912-06-20
Color print shows a wounded bear surrounded by hunting dogs, with one dog under its paws. President Roosevelt, holding a rifle, looks on. Two other hunters and their horses are shown in the background.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1905
This color print shows Theodore Roosevelt holding a rifle, hunting a bear that is mauling a dog.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905
President Roosevelt is having a delightful time and killed a large black bear. He invites William Loeb to visit the camp. Roosevelt will be leaving on Sunday, May 14, and will arrive in Denver on Monday.
1905-04-17
Governor Roosevelt states that upon his return to Sagamore Hill he will promptly send his book on Oliver Cromwell to General Johnson and he suggests that the General read one of his favorite books, Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson. Roosevelt regrets that due to his busy schedule he will not be able to visit the General until after he takes the office of the Vice President, but before doing so he hopes to visit Colorado for a hunting trip.
1900-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel about the dogs on his hunting trip including wounds they received and how affectionate they are. He also describes getting a lynx and the horses.
1901-01-18
John Avery McIlhenny discusses an upcoming hunting trip to Glasgow, Montana, with Alexander Lambert, and invites President Roosevelt to visit his family in Louisiana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-05
John B. Goff describes a recent hunting trip with Archibald Rogers, a friend of President Roosevelt’s. He also provides an update on his hunting dogs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-23
James M. Ashton has recently read about President Roosevelt’s cougar hunt. He does not think Roosevelt would have quite so great of a hunt in Washington but there are plenty of cougars. Ashton will be in Washington, D.C., shortly after Christmas and would like to meet with Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-07
T. C. Coleman requests the name of the guide Vice President Roosevelt used in Colorado last fall. This spring, Coleman was in British Columbia and failed in his hunt for a grizzly bear. He hopes to use the guide’s dogs in another hunt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-25
J. W. Sleves compliments Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt on his books and inquires whether Roosevelt has ever heard of moose being hunted with dogs, as elk are hunted in Norway. He offers to take Roosevelt hunting if he wants to experience it, and he recommends the book Short Stalks by Edward North Buxton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-01-03