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Theodore Roosevelt informs Thomas Barbour that he might visit the museum, although only if Barbour is there. He sends his regards to Rosamond Pierce Barbour and looks forward to meeting her and hearing how New Guinea and Cuba compare.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-26
Theodore Roosevelt confirms with Thomas Barbour that he will come in February. He is happy to have luncheon at the Somerset, then visit the museum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt sends Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall responses from the letters he wrote to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Pennsylvania. He is sorry he cannot do more, and expresses concern for Weigall’s health.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Robert Underwood Johnson that his son, Kermit Roosevelt, was up in New Brunswick for the National Museum and that his piece might be of interest to Underwood and The Century Magazine. Roosevelt inquires whether a decision has been made in the matter of Warrington Dawson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-12
Samuel L. Parrish writes to Senator Platt about his application for a diplomatic post. Parrish would prefer Athens, as he has studied Greek art and has founded a museum in Southampton. He has sent a book he wrote on Greek art to Platt. Parrish recently spoke with Elihu Root about his application, and Root advised him to write to the president and to the senators.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about receiving the letters describing Kermit’s accident and Roosevelt reminds Kermit to date his letters. He talks about what he will do on his trip to South America.
1913-09-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary Frank Harper describes their journey through South America along with George Kruck Cherrie and Leo E. Miller, representatives of the American Museum of Natural History. It details specimens collected for donation to various museums. Photograph of Anthony Fiala, Cherrie, Father J. A. Zahm, Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Harper, and Miller is included.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1914-04-05
At center, President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam and Columbia a large plant with flowers showing the members of his cabinet. The surrounding vignettes show a springtime dance of putti, Alton B. Parker shoveling snow at his home in Esopus, an art gallery, Irishmen marching in the rain on Saint Patrick’s Day, a woman cleaning house by sweeping a dust cloud of policemen out the door, and Roosevelt grafting a branch labeled “Indian School Mission,” with blossom of an unidentified bishop of the Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions, onto the “Interior Dept. Tree.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-15
Speech given at the opening of the New York state museum at Albany on December 29, 1916, addressing the role of the museum in scientific discovery and reporting.
1916-12-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes to New Brunswick Surveyor-General W. C. H. Grimmer to petition that his son, Kermit Roosevelt, be granted a permit to collect specimens of moose, caribou, and beaver for the United States National Museum. Kermit was asked to take on this task by the National Museum because of his work collecting specimens in East Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-19
Theodore Roosevelt delivered his hunting trophies to the Smithsonian. His secretary suggests contacting them to secure a bird or mammal trophy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-04
Theodore Roosevelt tells Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural History, that he hopes he and Henry Fairfield Osborn can get Ham Fish into the museum. Roosevelt also encloses a letter of Fish’s. In the future, Roosevelt will take Osborn up on his invitation to get lunch and let Osborn show him the American Museum of Natural History.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-01
Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to hear about the maps and the specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, and wants to thank Judge Phillips for all he has done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-10-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks George A. Dorsey for the editorials he had written. Roosevelt also states that he enjoyed his afternoon at the Field Museum and for Dorsey to thank his collogues as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-18
President Roosevelt tells his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, that he thinks that Henry Cabot Lodge did very well at the Republican National Convention, and that he is pleased with the result. Roosevelt is already looking forward to his safari in Africa, and says that he does not want it to just be a vacation, but hopes to be able to contribute scientific specimens to museums.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-22
President Roosevelt would like for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor’s solicitor, or Attorney General Philander C. Knox, to look up the specific point made by Senator Lodge. Roosevelt explains that the intention of Congress was that “works of art for museums should be admitted absolutely free, and that there was no intention of doing anything so ludicrous as charging for the frame while admitting the picture free.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-21
President Roosevelt supports the Germanic Museum as a movement that will bring two nations closer together.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-31
Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History, reminds Theodore Roosevelt of his desire to display a portrait of his father and founder of the museum, Theodore Roosevelt, at the institution. He asks if there is a portrait that the museum could copy for this purpose.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-06
Frank M. Chapman shares his congratulations with Theodore Roosevelt over Kermit Roosevelt’s successful expedition. Chapman also invites Roosevelt to visit the museum and have lunch with him whenever it is convenient for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
Clarence L. Brock, director and secretary of the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, asks for Theodore Roosevelt’s help in publicizing the mission of the society and the benefits of such a museum. They have a number of valuable collections, but have been having trouble raising funds for the construction of a building to house them. A word from Roosevelt, Brock believes, would help garner attention and support for their mission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-11