Livestock

Paul V. Collins gives Theodore Roosevelt the names of the men who submitted an article on reciprocity to be published in The Outlook and confirms that Roosevelt gave the men a word limit for the article. Collins writes of his experience trying to get the editor of the Saturday Evening Post to print an article contrary to the line the magazine had already taken on reciprocity and says most publications have only printed one side of the story. Collins thinks there is likely to be a “stampede” at the Republican National Convention and Roosevelt will be nominated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-14

Creator(s)

Collins, Paul V. (Paul Valorous), 1860-1931

This bulletin includes preliminary census data regarding Oklahoma agriculture, livestock, and Indian reservations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-03

Creator(s)

Powers, Le Grand, 1847-1933

W. M. Hays purposes that Theodore Roosevelt meet with Argentine minister of Agriculture to see and discuss agriculture and livestock. Will visit Tucumen, requests Roosevelt’s impressions. Letterhead from Phoenix Hotel, Buenos Aires.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1913-11-06

Creator(s)

Hays, W. M. (Willet Martin), 1859-1916

Vignettes show how livestock is treated before being slaughtered and sent to the butcher.

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-07-04

President Roosevelt tells Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith that he would like a comparison made between the prices of cattle and sheep in 1908 and 1896, both with regard to the final prices, as well as the intermediate stages.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wishes he could attend the conference in Syracuse, New York, discussing farming conditions in the state, as this is an issue of real national importance. New York cannot continue to overlook the decline of the farmer, and Roosevelt believes a scientific study should be done so that crops and livestock are suited to the topography, soil, and climate. He advocates greater education for rural families and argues that farmers themselves must be at the forefront of reform, with aid from various associations and government agencies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is frustrated with the bureaucracy that has been slowing down the distribution of funds to the Sierra Forest Reserve for supplies. He insists that Commissioner Richards make sure the money arrives “by the middle of May, not by the middle of November, when all chance of using it will have gone.” He also asks Richards to “stir up Newhall on the cattle question,” and make the cattle owners conform to regulations whether they like them or not. Finally, Roosevelt explains that he will not appoint “any supervisors who are not A1 men,” and asks if local rangers can be given more power to make decisions without having to always ask officials for permission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Frank P. MacLennan appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s letters and plans to give them to his daughter. Some of Roosevelt’s friends in Kansas are mistaken about his position regarding the presidential election, especially Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs. He suggests Roosevelt write Stubbs and clearly state his position on being nominated. He discusses his farm, including the crops, haying, and his homing pigeons. MacLennan will be in New York in December for business meetings and wants to take up Roosevelt’s invitation. He comments on being vice president of publishing associations. Recently, he started publishing a full sheet of comics in black, red, and blue, in his newspaper and believes he is the first to do so. In a postscript, MacLennan apologizes for writing such a long letter. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-05

Creator(s)

MacLennan, Frank P., 1855-1933

Glen Fleming, secretary of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Fair Association, invites Theodore Roosevelt to the open the event given his interest in agricultural industries.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-02

Creator(s)

Fleming, Glen

John B. Collins informs Theodore Roosevelt that his Montana friends “insist” he attend the livestock convention on April 18.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-21

Creator(s)

Collins, John B. (John Blatchford), 1853-1927

Information about the Sangerfield Country Club, including officers, committees, incorporation, constitution, by-laws, house rules, sportsmanship guide, and member directory. The club seeks to encourage and promote interest in the various pleasures of country life and outdoor sports, study of farm management and wildlife conservation, and breeding of livestock and poultry.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-17

Creator(s)

Sangerfield Country Club

President Roosevelt rides a “Wyoming” horse and wrangles a number of oxen representing different states. “Alabama” says, “I don’t see how I can get out of this.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-17

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

This bill designates certain lands in various national parks and other national lands as wilderness areas. Theodore Roosevelt National park is among those included.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1972-10-04

Creator(s)

Saylor, John P.

President Roosevelt briefly greets a crowd in Wakeeney, Kansas. He speaks of the changes he has witnessed between his visits to Kansas, including the alfalfa, stock, and experiments in agriculture. He also discusses the nature of work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt speaks about “The wage-worker and the tiller of the soil” to a crowd in Sioux Falls. He speaks about the modern problems of farmers, stock growers, and soil tillers as well as problems between “employer and employed.” He links the well-being of the state with the well-being of farmers, and also of the needs of those classes in light of industrial changes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

At center, “‘The Gleaners’ as Millet might have painted it to-day” shows fashionably dressed women gleaning a field. Surrounding scenes show farm life as one might imagine it for a “gentleman farmer.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-06-06

Creator(s)

Mayer, Henry, 1868-1954

Pamphlet advertising Prose and Poetry of Live Stock, a book on the history of the live stock industry in America.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-15

Creator(s)

National Live Stock Historical Association

C. Hart Merriam sends Professor Brewer’s record of a case when a cougar attacked a child. Merriam is “delighted” that Edith Roosevelt is willing to keep the skulls out of their skins. Merriam answers Theodore Roosevelt’s question about an incident when Merriam heard a panther cry.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-08

Creator(s)

Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942

Anne McDonnell writes to Ray H. Mattison regarding resources at the Historical Society of Montana for Mattison to research, mentioning the Eastern Montana Stockgrowers Association and Miles City newspapers.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1948-12-20

Creator(s)

McDonnell, Anne

Historian Ray H. Mattison summarizes research he has done at the State Historical Society of North Dakota, regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s cattle ranches, in order to collect materials to be used at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-03-21

Creator(s)

Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980