Nature study

Harry Johnston thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending his collection of essays on birds and mammals. Johnson was also sorry to read in the papers that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt fell from her horse. He plans to visit Germany and Holland soon to study breeding in Europe, and mentioned an invitation from Booker Washington to attend the Negro Confrence in Alabama.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-06

Creator(s)

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

Theodore Roosevelt grants Abbott Handerson Thayer permission to use a picture and expresses his strong disagreement with Thayer’s theory that all animal coloration serves as camouflage. Roosevelt urges Thayer to recognize the complexity of natural coloration and avoid forcing all examples into a single theory. He praises Thayer’s artistic talent and love of nature but warns that his refusal to acknowledge alternative explanations diminishes the scientific value of his work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Memorandum book with miscellaneous notes by Theodore Roosevelt. Notes are primarily animal observations and hunting statistics.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1914

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s notes on animals, primarily birds, he observed and collected during a 1872-1873 trip to Europe, Syria, and Egypt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1873

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s notes on animals observed in the Adirondack Mountains. Observations were made over several trips from 1871-1877.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1877

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s ornithological observations from an 1872-1873 trip to Egypt, the Levant, and Germany. Roosevelt records personal observations and anatomical data.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1874

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s ornithological observations from an 1872-1873 trip to Egypt, the Levant, and Germany. Roosevelt records personal observations and anatomical data.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1874

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s notes on animals observed near Oyster Bay, New York. Observations were made between May 1874 and July 1876.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1876

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Zoological observations made by Theodore Roosevelt between March 24, 1876 and February 7, 1879. Observations were made in Oyster Bay, New York; the Adirondack Mountains; Forest Hill near Boston, Massachusetts; Island Falls, Maine; Garrison, New York; Long Island Sound; Red Bank, New Jersey; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1879

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919