Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. G. Steel
Gifford Pinchot thanks W. G. Steel for the letter. Pinchot is glad the Crater Lake bill has gotten so far and is confident that President Roosevelt will sign it.
Collection
Creation Date
1902-05-15
Your TR Source
National parks and reserves
Letter from Thomas H. Tongue to W. G. Steel
Representative Tongue responds to W. G. Steel’s invitation to Crater Lake. Frederick Newell of the Geological Survey will be attending, and he will inquire if Gifford Pinchot is also attending. Tongue writes that he will attend himself if he is able.
Collection
Creation Date
1902-05-15
Creator(s)
Postcard to Thomas B. Meek
Brown postcard with a color illustration of a bear and a startled hunter. Written on the front of the postcard is “I’m looking for you in Yellowstone Park.”
Collection
Creation Date
1901-1907
Creator(s)
Theodore Roosevelt Arch, Yellowstone National Park
Color postcard featuring a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt Arch, Yellowstone National Park. Information on the reverse of the postcard informs that the arch was built by Hiram Martin Chittenden in 1903 and dedicated by Roosevelt that same year.
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Creation Date
1930-1939
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Scenes of the dedication of the Roosevelt House
This film opens with exterior views of Theodore Roosevelt’s birthplace, Roosevelt House, on its dedication day. Bought and restored by the Woman’s Roosevelt Memorial Association, the brownstone is officially opened to visitors on October 27, 1923. There are views of street crowds. The Gloria Trumpeters, four young women in Grecian costume herald the event with trumpet music from the balcony of Roosevelt House. There is a view of William T. Manning, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, who is to deliver an opening prayer. The next scene is of Governor Gifford Pinchot and his wife Cornelia Bryce Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Acting Mayor of New York City, Murray Hulbert, and other unidentified guests arriving.
Collection
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Creation Date
1923-10-27
Creator(s)
Cover page
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park will be dedicated on June 4, 1949. The park was created by an act of Congress and is named after Theodore Roosevelt, the former president. The cover page of this month’s North Dakota Teacher is a scene from an area of the park, Cedar Canyon.
Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Creation Date
1949-04
Creator(s)
Commemorative National Wildlife Refuge System centennial envelope
Envelope commemorating the centennial of the creation of the nation’s first national wildlife refuge, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. The envelope has a Pelican Island stamp featuring the image of a pelican and was postmarked in Fremont, California, on March 15, 2003, with a special “Celebrating a Century of Conservation” cancellation. On the left side of the envelope is an illustration of Theodore Roosevelt wearing a hat and bandana.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
2003-03-15
Creator(s)
Speech of President Roosevelt at laying of the cornerstones of gateway to Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, Montana, April 24, 1903
President Roosevelt’s speech while laying a cornerstone at the gateway to Yellowstone National Park. He discusses the creation of the park and its purpose. He also thanks the people for their cooperation to prevent acts of vandalism and destruction in the park.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-04-24
Creator(s)
Letter from Edward North Buxton to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward North Buxton asks Theodore Roosevelt to become an honorary member of Buxton’s new society, an association for the protection of the wild fauna in Africa and other parts of the [British] empire. Roosevelt has already been helpful in the Sudan, as people have learned from him what can be done with a national park.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-18