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Author Richard Kearton recently read and reviewed President Roosevelt’s book Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter for the London Daily Chronicle. Kearton appreciates Roosevelt’s non-slaughter attitude towards birds and animals. Kearton encloses copies of his two newest books, Wild Nature’s Ways and Pictures from Nature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-23
Chase S. Osborn asks President Roosevelt about topics from his recent article in Scribner’s Magazine about bear hunting and the origins of the horse. Osborn expresses amazement at Roosevelt’s ability to continue writing about nature while performing his duties as president. Osborn is particularly curious about Roosevelt’s tree-climbing dogs and the mention of a ‘hyenadon’ that allegedly fed on early horses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-28
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt standing at the base of a cliff close to his camp near Rainbow Bridge in Utah. Trees and foliage surround him.
1913
A poem by R. Raymond Raymoth dedicated to John Muir describing the “king of the open air’s” intimacy with nature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
An introduction announcing President Roosevelt’s opening for the current issue of Scribner’s, in which he discusses his impressions of small woodland creatures in Washington D.C., Oyster Bay, and his rural home in Pine Knot. A description is given of the photographs, articles, and illustrations from the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10
Newspaper article arguing that the wealthy have obligations to their fellow citizens and should help the world.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-02
A farmer holds a large sheaf of wheat labeled “Enormous Wheat Crop of 1897,” representing the bounty of Nature, with other farmers harvesting grains in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-11
Vignettes depict man’s return to nature through scenes of hiking, hunting, and camping. Some scenes show a palatial “shack in the woods,” deer being groomed and fed on “The day before open season,” a woman camping with several of the comforts of home, and men hunting moose from an automobile.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-07-20
A native man sits before a small fire in a wilderness setting, holding a long pipe, and with a red-striped blanket over his shoulders. He is looking back, with trepidation, over his right shoulder at a small airplane approaching (or encroaching) from the left.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-04-18
The article, published in The Outlook in July of 1910, describes Theodore Roosevelt’s interest in birds, and in particular, his birdwatching while visiting England.
1910-07-23
Chester L. Brooks writes to Edith Derby Williams, at Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s request, providing information about Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and various publications of the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-06-08
Charles Marble, also known as “Buckskin Charlie,” chronicles his life at Yellowstone Park, including a hunting trip with Theodore Roosevelt in 1886.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1932-02-06
Chester L. Brooks writes to Ethel Roosevelt Derby describing the changing seasons of the Badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-09-22