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Theodore Roosevelt will loan the Kit Carson’s rifle that Roosevelt received from General Beale for use in the exhibit and reserves the right to take back the item if he wishes. Roosevelt is also willing to let George Bird Grinnell use his buckskin shirt for the exhibit temporarily.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-19
Sophia A. Preusch was inspired to write Theodore Roosevelt because she opened a dictionary at the word “delightful.” She says she saw Roosevelt during his 1910 parade in New York, and supposes he has read about her, describing herself as a troublemaker. She inquires after Oyster Beach, talks about museums, and sends well wishes to Roosevelt’s family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-14
Charles D. Walcott acknowledges a letter from Theodore Roosevelt from earlier in the month regarding collections from Roosevelt’s African safari and the American Museum of Natural History, addressing some of his questions and concerns specifically about white rhinoceros specimens and a research paper on giant elands. Walcott agrees with Roosevelt that the collections should be used by the museum and may send Waldron DeWitt Miller to discuss things with Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
Nancy Sewall Cunningham visits a display about her father, William Wingate Sewall, along with her husband, Maurice Vaughn Cunningham (right), and Arthur A. Henderson (left) in the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1959
Photograph of Edith Derby Williams and Andrew M. Williams (right) with Park Naturalist Henderson (left), standing by an Elkhorn Ranch diorama in the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1959-09-12
Exhibit label for the Roosevelt Bird Sanctuary and Trailside Museum.
1923-1930
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Heinrich Sander for his letter and photographs. Roosevelt also discusses the preservation of his zoological specimens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his joy that the giant eland and netted giraffe are being mounted at the Smithsonian Institution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-25
Theodore Roosevelt asks Charles D. Walcott if he knows when Edmund Heller is set to publish a certain study based on what the group discovered on a recent trip, as Roosevelt is anxious to make a permanent record of their travels. Roosevelt also asks when Walcott will send a pair of rhinoceros to the American Museum of Natural History where they will be displayed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-05
William Austin Wadsworth of the Boone and Crockett Club tells President Roosevelt that the club is collecting examples of “American hunting arms, implements and paraphernalia” for an exhibition at the New York Zoological Society. In particular, Wadsworth is interested in collecting American items such as Bowie knives, hunting hatchets, and powder horns. Contributions to the collection should be sent to George Bird Grinnell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-15
Susan Sarna discusses the death of Quentin Roosevelt in World War I and its effect on his father, Theodore Roosevelt. Sarna reveals that Sagamore Hill National Historic Site will feature an exhibit on Quentin Roosevelt at its Old Orchard Museum. The notice includes two photographs of Quentin Roosevelt and one of Theodore Roosevelt as well as photographs of a uniform and a suit belonging to each man respectively.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2018
Genna Rollins provides a brief history of the Great White Fleet dispatched by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. Rollins notes the reasons behind the cruise, lists some of its port calls, and highlights the importance of the cruise to the United States’ relations with Japan. Rollins also gives notices about a number of events and museum exhibits planned to commemorate the sailing of the fleet, which includes a lecture and exhibits and programs at four museums, including one in Australia.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
Article about the opening of the exhibition Theodore at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, on June 2, 1984. The article discusses some of the Theodore Roosevelt artifacts on display and lists the various museums, libraries, and archives that donated items. It lists members of the Johnson and Roosevelt families who attended the opening and shares excerpts from the exhibition catalog.
Four photographs of members of the Johnson and Roosevelt families at the opening, as well as a photograph of one of the original Teddy Bears featured in the exhibit, supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1984
This edition of the “News and Notes” section features a report on an exhibition entitled Theodore at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. The report lists the various entities that donated materials to the exhibition, quotes from the catalog introduction written by John A. Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), and notes some of the other exhibitions hosted by the Johnson Library. Readers are also reminded that two documentary films about Roosevelt, My Father the President and The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, are available for sale. The report provides more information about each film as well as contact information to enable purchases.
“News and Notes” also highlights the lectures and appearances of Gable and TRA President William Davison Johnston at various schools, notes the passing of Jean Schermerhorn Roosevelt, and praises the work of Nicholas LaBella, the Superintendent of Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York. This issue of the Journal is dedicated to LaBella. The section closes with a reminder that there are still aspects of Roosevelt’s life that need study, and it declares that the TRA is open to helping those who wish to pursue this work.
Two photographs are found in the section: one of Roosevelt standing in the back of an open car and another of LaBella. A detail of the Roosevelt photograph appears on the front cover of this issue.
Wallace Finley Dailey, Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, describes in detail two exhibits of Theodore Roosevelt material on display in the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery in the Nathan Marsh Pusey Library in 1977. One exhibit covers Roosevelt’s long relationship with Harvard University from his undergraduate student years to his death. The other explores Roosevelt’s relationship with his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby. In both exhibit summaries, Dailey quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s letters and speeches and provides descriptions of the photographs used in the exhibits.
Three photographs and one illustration accompany the article. One photograph shows Dailey examining the exhibit display cases. Another shows Roosevelt with a group of his Harvard classmates, and one shows Derby at the White House in 1902. The illustration is a drawing by Roosevelt’s classmate, Charles G. Washburn, that depicts a monument detailing Roosevelt’s many activities at Harvard.
Regional Archeologist Beaubien writes to Russell Reid, Superintendent of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, to tell him of the discoveries that his archaeological dig made at the Elkhorn Ranch site, including evidence of several of the buildings. Beaubien is working on a preliminary report of his findings, and would like to include a picture of a painting of the Elkhorn Ranch. He wonders if Reid would be able to get him prints of this photograph, and if he knows the history of the painting.
1958-06-19
Arguments were given in support of including a Negro exhibit at the World’s Fair. Hale G. Parker believes including this exhibit will not only increase gate receipts but also “affect public opinion on the mental and industrial status of the negro.” Parker believes Negros will be able to identify more with the World’s Fair if it includes exhibits that highlight their “progress since emancipation.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-17
Harvey D. Wickware, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, writes to Vance Frazee to inform him that three photographs loaned to the park by Frazee are being returned to him. Frazee, a Civilian Conservation Corps alumnus, loaned the photographs to the park for a study done on the Corps’ work in the park. Wickware notes that copies of the photographs were made for the park’s photograph collection. Wickware also requests that Frazee sign a copy of this letter and return it to the park, acknowledging his receipt of the photographs.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984-08-15
Harvey D. Wickware, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, asks Paul Keller to fill out a questionnaire about his experiences in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Wickware informs Keller that this questionnaire will be kept in the park history files and the information will be used to develop an exhibit for the park museum. Wickware also notes that a reunion of CCC alumni is being planned for the coming summer.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984-01-05
Harvey D. Wickware, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, writes to Milo N. Stafford regarding the fiftieth anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps’ work in the park. Wickware requests that Stafford fill out the enclosed questionnaire about his experiences in the CCC and informs him that a reunion of CCC alumni is being planned for August.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984-01-05