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Theodore Roosevelt writes to Quentin Roosevelt describing a mother bird feeding her babies and himself feeding an elk at the zoo (he includes a drawing of both).
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1904-06-12
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that Madison Grant liked the Life Histories. Roosevelt admits guilt in not referring to the Zoological Park by its correct name.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-27
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear from John H. Parker, and was glad to give him the opportunity to organize a machine gun company. He wishes he could accept a pair of Cuban deer, but as he has no place to keep them suggests offering them to the National Zoological Gardens instead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-21
President Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge he would prefer to keep the animals at the New York Zoo, but if they come to him, he will send them to the National Zoological Garden.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
No action needs to be taken regarding the elk for New Zealand as the animals can be acquired from the National Zoological Park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-13
President Roosevelt thanks S. J. Nease for the beautiful Georgia wildcat which will be sent to the National Zoological Garden where it will receive proper care.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-03
William T. Hornaday is distressed and disgusted at the abundance of litter and vandalism encountered at parks, zoos, and other public places. At the New York Zoological Park, they have removed 100 park benches because of littering, and Hornaday places the blame on neighborhood women and “low class Jews.” Hornaday believes that American society has become too focused on personal liberty and has grown tolerant of the “disorderly element.” In a handwritten postscript, Hornaday describes the “worst case” of park vandalism encountered at the National Zoological Park, and the disappointing response from Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-08-17
Ellen Velvin asks President Roosevelt for permission to dedicate her new book to him. Velvin tells Roosevelt about her research on the rearing habits of wolves and informs him that his Pastimes of an American Hunter was a valuable source for her. Velvin apologizes for inadvertently involving Roosevelt in her personal problems.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-07
List of animals donated to the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. by Presidents of the United States. Twelve presidents from Grover Cleveland to Richard Nixon are on the list. Between January 1902 and November 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made twenty-seven donations of thirty-eight individual animals and birds, including thirteen opossums, to the zoo.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
Samuel Pierpont Langley reports the number of wapiti (elk) that the Smithsonian National Zoological Park has available for exchange with New Zealand’s government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-13