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President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on the plans for an upcoming trip to Africa. He believes if it happens, Kermit will be able to complete his freshman year at Harvard before they go. He encloses material from Edward North Buxton and promises his son that whenever he goes to Africa, he will take him with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-01
President Roosevelt sends Edward North Buxton his preferred itinerary for his trip to Africa. He would like to balance having plenty of time hunting in game country with other activities. Roosevelt also tells Buxton that his son Kermit will be coming on the trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-29
Patrick McDermott, of the College of the Holy Ghost in Pittsburgh, informs President Roosevelt of the extensive number of missions the college runs throughout different regions of Africa. He lists the locations of missions in British East Africa and German East Africa, and invites Roosevelt to visit any of them while on his African safari.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-14
Alfred E. Pease returns President Roosevelt’s letter to Edward North Buxton. He discusses the locations of different game animals, particularly lions, and is certain of Roosevelt’s prospects for collecting all the specimens he wants. Pease does not personally know the hunter William C. Judd.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-07
Having recently visited East Africa, Anglo-Irish writer Moreton Frewen shares insights with President Roosevelt, including locations where big game gathers, the presence of insects, and people to contact.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-17
Kermit Roosevelt outlines Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s upcoming visit. Roosevelt has been busy at school and Theodore Roosevelt is planning for an African safari.
1908-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mason Mitchell for the tooth-billed pigeon and for Mitchell’s success in getting the Governor of German Samoa to issue an ordinance. Roosevelt also discusses the Uganda elephant foot that was just about the size of Roosevelt’s biggest bull killed at Mount Kenya.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-07