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President Roosevelt informs George Shiras that he has quoted a few lines of Shiras’s letter in his article against the “nature fakers” for Everybody’s.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-23
President Roosevelt comments on the latest episode in the “nature fakers controversy” and asks George Shiras to write an article on it. He invites Shiras to spend a night at Sagamore Hill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-22
Charles Sheldon thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter. Sheldon describes his second book Scribner will publish next spring including several hunting experiences on Pacific Coast Islands and Alaska. Sheldon shares his opinions on Roosevelt’s Concealing Coloration pamphlet and what other’s have written to him about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-03
Theodore Roosevelt would like C. Hart Merriam to come to New York with Edward William Nelson and spend a night with Roosevelt. Roosevelt could invite Charles Sheldon and others, and they could discuss concealing coloration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Professor Kofoid of the University of California, Berkeley, regarding articles and pamphlets written by Henry Chester Tracy, Abbott Handerson Thayer, J. A. Allen, and Edward William Nelson on the topic of birds, plumage, and biological research.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Frank M. Chapman about the letters he has received criticizing Edward William Nelson. Roosevelt also discusses how he will work with Charles Scribner on the manuscripts by Leo E. Miller and Nelson.
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1915-02-22
Theodore Roosevelt tells Tracy I. Storer, assistant curator of birds at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley, that he thinks Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Vernon Bailey, Florence Merriam Bailey, George Shiras, and Edward William Nelson could write a “monumental” and “genuine” natural history of land vertebrates in North America.
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1915-02-06
William T. Hornaday writes that the situation with Attorney General Gregory is “intolerable” and deserving of a congressional investigation. He also encourages Theodore Roosevelt to chastise Edward William Nelson and Charles Sheldon about the proposed sale of big game in Alaska. Hornaday believes that Roosevelt’s ear will recover, as his own did in 1906.
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1918-03-08
William T. Hornaday writes to the “Defenders of Big Game” about a “painful situation” where the Department of Agriculture continues to allow the sale of big game in Alaska.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-03-04
William T. Hornaday is disturbed by events at home and abroad. The American Defense Society is fighting against pacifism and working hard to prevent “disloyal meetings” from taking place in New York. Hornaday is alarmed by a bill drawn up Congressman Sulzer and the Department of Agriculture, and supported by Charles Sheldon and Edward William Nelson, allowing the sale of Alaskan big game all year round.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-03-02
A statement authored by William T. Hornaday criticizes the Sulzer bill which would allow for the sale of moose, caribou, and white mountain sheep meat in Northern Alaska. Hornaday reports that he and several prominent game conservation associations were shocked to discover that the legal sale of big game in Alaska had been occurring for some time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-03-04
C. Hart Merriam does not know of anything that would prevent him from coming to dinner at Oyster Bay on Monday. He tells Theodore Roosevelt that Edward William Nelson, who has also been invited to dinner, is currently home with a cold, but should be recovered before Monday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-12
C. Hart Merriam coordinates a visit of himself and Edward William Nelson with Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-04
C. Hart Merriam has a cold, forcing a delay in his visit to Theodore Roosevelt. In the meantime, he will read Roosevelt’s paper on coloration published by The American Museum. While he was in British Columbia, Merriam photographed caribou specimens. Merriam also mentions having visited with several people while he was in British Columbia, including Warburton Pike, Clive Phillips-Wolley, and Marshall Bond.
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1912-01-07
L. C. Sanford thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter, which was exactly what he wanted. Edward William Nelson unfortunately was not able to come along, due to illness, and Sanford worries that he “is pretty much used up.” He nevertheless went on the trip to Newfoundland alone, but spent much of his time fishing instead of trying to get into the interior as he had previously planned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-30
L. C. Sanford introduces himself to Theodore Roosevelt, and asks him if he might be willing to write a letter of introduction to the government of Newfoundland, Canada, in order to allow himself and Edward William Nelson to travel there for some time to collect biological specimens. Nelson is in poor health, and may stay in the more healthy climate there for some time, but requires a permit from the government in order to do so. Sanford has written to the Newfoundland government previously, but has not gotten any results and hopes that Roosevelt’s influence may help produce an answer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-08
Reporter Edward B. Clark shares with President Roosevelt the issues behind the “symposium” of the nature fakers controversy included in the upcoming publication of Everybody’s Magazine and some scientists’ responses to the editorial process.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-08
John O’Hara Cosgrave, of Everybody’s Magazine, sends proofs of an article about the “nature faker” controversy, which includes a piece by President Roosevelt. Cosgrave details the final form of the article and believes it will be “the last word on the subject.”
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1907-08-03
John O’Hara Cosgrave of Everybody’s Magazine tells William Loeb that a proof of the issue President Roosevelt and other naturalists compiled addressing the nature fakers controversy should reach Roosevelt soon. Cosgrave has been in contact with Roosevelt’s collaborators Edward B. Clark and Edward William Nelson, and Clark has been in contact with George Shiras regarding their contributions to the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
John O’Hara Cosgrave updates William Loeb on the article about the nature faker controversy to which President Roosevelt has contributed. The people at Everybody’s Magazine who have read Roosevelt’s contribution pronounce it “most vigorous and decisive.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-16