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President Roosevelt holds his gun and walks away from the White House toward “Texas.” A stork and an eagle wish him off, saying, “Have a good time.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-03
President Roosevelt holds an “itinerary” and a gun as he walks toward the “happy hunting grounds.” The itinerary says, “Monday: leave Washington; Tuesday: speech at Louisville, stop at St. Louis; Wednesday: stop in Indian Territory, speech at Sherman, Texas, and at Dallas; Thursday: at Waco and Austin, arrive at Antonio; Friday: Rough Riders reunion at San Antonio; Saturday: speech at Ft. Worth, leave Ft. Worth for several weeks’ hunting in Texas and Colorado.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-04
President Roosevelt reads a book entitled “The Simple Life” and has a rifle beside him as he sits on a tree stump. New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell’s face is on a bull dog’s body while he looks up at a raccoon with the face of New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt sitting on a stump. Caption: The hunter—”If I only hadn’t proposed that peace conference.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-20
For this film, the Roosevelt Memorial Association compiled footage from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1913-1914 trip to South America during which he combined a series of lectures with an expedition in the Amazon Valley of Brazil to collect zoological specimens. The Roosevelt group was combined with a group of Brazilian scientists under the leadership of Colonel Rondon to explore the course of the uncharted Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt. In 1926, G. M. Dyott, an English explorer, was asked by the Roosevelt Memorial Association to retrace Roosevelt’s voyage down the River of Doubt and to film his trip in order to supplement the footage from the 1914 trip.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1928
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1884. Includes entry regarding the deaths of his wife and mother on February 14, with the statement, “The light has gone out of my life.” Also, the diary describes Roosevelt’s hunting and ranching experiences for the year in the Dakota Badlands. A list of photographs taken and his personal finance record is also included in the back of the diary. Only pages on which text appeared are included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1884
Political cartoon featuring President Roosevelt traveling west and obviously prepared for hunting. Various animals have signed a note that they have all left for Mississippi.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-08
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).
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919
Cecil Clay summarizes his trip down the Magdalena River to Zaragoza, Colombia. He reflects on the mode of travel, hunting, and the effects of the civil war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
An excerpt from the volume The Master of Game and Gaston Phoebus edited by W. A. Baillie-Grohman with an introduction by President Roosevelt. The book is about hunting and the characteristics of game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-11
Hiram R. McCullough provides a potential itinerary for a trip to Colorado after the prairie chicken hunt in South Dakota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-03
From left to right, Philip B. Stewart, Alexander Lambert, and President Roosevelt sit atop horses. Roosevelt and party were hunting bears near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about his upcoming visit to New York. He asks if he may host a dinner at her home. He wants Roe’s address to write him about a hunting trip.
1892-01-25
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about how things are going on his hunting trip. His head is much better; Hector is not faring as well. He and his companion have had very little success hunting and the ranch looks melancholy all deserted.
1892-08-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about how things are going on his hunting trip. He has killed some prong bucks and other animals and decided Hector is not suited to this type of life. On his arrival in South Dakota, he gave a campaign speech to a very enthusiastic crowd.
1892-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say some of the dogs have killed neighbor dogs and then turned on one in their own pack. He also inquires as to how Kermit made out in his races and is happy to hear he was invited to hunt moose and caribou. Roosevelt says he is busy making speaking trips he loathes but enjoys his work for the Outlook.
1911-02-19
Theodore Roosevelt teases his son Kermit about the charges Kermit has been ringing up for his hunting trip, including train tickets, cartridges, and military supplies. He encloses a letter from Edmund Heller and an article about Kermit’s trip. He tells Kermit not to do anything foolish about the Mexican trip and that the naturalist Thomas Barbour came for lunch.
1911-08-01
An article detailing Kermit Roosevelt’s hunting trip at the head of the Gulf of California and through the nearby Tinajas Altas mountains. He plans to hunt for mountain sheep, lobos and woller.
1911-08-09
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his son Kermit for his letter and says knowing he is hunting with some ranchmen and a former Rough Rider makes him feel better. He says Kermit’s description of the heat reminds him of Africa. Roosevelt gives updates on the family and closes by announcing Kermit’s goddaughter, Ted and Eleanor’s daughter, was just born.
1911-08-17
This cartoon depicts Theodore Roosevelt leaping over a gap between two rock faces trying to capture a bear with only his right hand while dragging a cougar with his left hand. In addition, there is a dog seen falling in between the gap because he was unable to leap as far as President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to congratulate him on his successful hunting trip and talk about sending the skins to the National Museum. He says Mother is still in bed after falling off the horse with three slightly dislocated neck vertebrae. They have a nurse and Ethel Roosevelt has been helping too.
1911-10-05