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Theodore Roosevelt informs William T. Hornaday that he wired Stephens approving the closed season on quail and prairie chickens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-03-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes that Roosevelt is unable to accept the invitation from the New York Zoological Society because of a previous engagement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt responds to Madison Grant that he is too busy to help but agrees with his viewpoint. Roosevelt jokes to Grant that when it comes time for him to write a biography on fellow New York Zoological Society member John L. Cadwalader, he leave out the term aristocrat in his description.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-18
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes for missing Lucretia Thatcher Perry Osborn’s previous letter and the dinner invitation. Roosevelt is not able to make a speech before the New York Zoological Society, similar to that which he gave for the American Museum of Natural History. If he speaks again in New York, it must be for the unemployed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-19
Governor Roosevelt writes to Governor Thomas of Colorado on behalf of the New York Zoological Society, which wishes to ship a number of animals from Colorado to New York. The animals will be put in the society’s zoological park. Roosevelt hopes that this will be permitted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-09-23
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
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
George Bird Grinnell received Charles Sheldon’s letter discussing the amendment to the Sulzer Bill. Grinnell agrees with Sheldon’s reasons for supporting the Bill, “after the war is over there may be reasonable cooperation between residents of Alaska and game conservators elsewhere.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-13
William T. Hornaday sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of “The Statement of the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund.” Hornaday is anxious that wildlife and forest conservation will be forgotten during the war and would like to take care of all three. He is happy to see American troops in France.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-29
William T. Hornaday writes to Theodore Roosevelt to advise that Iowa state game warden Elmer Calvin Hinshaw is fighting against bills to give Iowa prairie chickens and quail five year close seasons. It has been reported in the press that Roosevelt is supporting Hinshaw on account of Roosevelt being a member of the Advisory Board of the American Game Protective and Propagation Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-03-16
William T. Hornaday sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the latest issue of “The Pine Cone” newsletter. Hornaday commends the work of the Albuquerque Game Protective Association and encourages Roosevelt to send a letter of appreciation to its secretary, Aldo Leopold.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-01-13
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter which was sent to William Beebe. Hornaday believes Beebe is the world’s greatest ornithologist in part because, like Hornaday, he is committed to “making interesting zoological knowledge available to the millions who are interested in birds.” Hornaday would like Roosevelt to attend the opening of the Heads and Horns Collection in the Spring of 1918.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-10-10
William T. Hornaday will show Theodore Roosevelt some of the finest animals in captivity when he visits New York. As part of the wildlife protection advocacy efforts, Hornaday will send a copy of “Our Vanishing Wild Life” to every senator, assemblyman, member of Congress and governor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-01-06
William T. Hornaday is unable to attend Theodore Roosevelt’s luncheon due to a manager’s meeting at the Zoological Society.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-10
William Austin Wadsworth of the Boone and Crockett Club tells President Roosevelt that the club is collecting examples of “American hunting arms, implements and paraphernalia” for an exhibition at the New York Zoological Society. In particular, Wadsworth is interested in collecting American items such as Bowie knives, hunting hatchets, and powder horns. Contributions to the collection should be sent to George Bird Grinnell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-15
If Vice President Theodore Roosevelt is looking to mount a cougar skin, William T. Hornaday recommends J. William Critchley. If he needs a rug made, Hornaday advises sending them to C. G. Gunther’s Sons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-01