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Henry Beach Needham thanks President Roosevelt for generously giving his time for an interview for McClure’s Magazine, and requests photos for the article, namely of Roosevelt as a boy, at college, from his ranching days, and playing tennis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-19
President Roosevelt sends illustrations of the three cattle brands he used while ranching.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-20
John Willis has been scouting a large bear that he thought President Roosevelt might be able to hunt. Upon returning to town, he heard of the news of Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency. Willis is sad that the presidency came to Roosevelt under such difficult circumstances. He understands that Roosevelt can no longer make a trip west. Willis is doing well in Montana and has a ranch with a “good start of cattle.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-20
Montague White requests Vice President Roosevelt’s help finding a position on a cattle ranch for the son of his friend Abram Fischer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Montagu White requests Vice President Roosevelt’s help finding a position on a cattle ranch for the son of his friend Abram Fischer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
John Burroughs thanks Governor Roosevelt for the book and invites Ted Roosevelt to spend the following weekend with him. He invites Governor Roosevelt to his ranch and talks about the Eastern and Western Meadow Larks and the Mourning Dove Warblers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-05-04
A hand-drawn map depicting the location of Pierre Wibaux’s ranch and shipping routes throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949
Lucinda B. Scott writes to Ray H. Mattison in reference to range cattle industry research materials found in the library of the Historical Society of Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-16
Interview with Pierre Wibaux regarding his cattle ranch and prospects for sheep ranching in the area taken from the Montana Homeseeker, No. 3, Vol. 1, Sept. 1906. This copy was sent to Ray H. Mattison by Lucinda Scott of the Historical Society of Montana library.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1906
Ray H. Mattison writes to H. Bailey Carroll in reference to Mattison’s need for additional information on the Texas operators who had ranches in the Medora vicinity.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-13
Ray H. Mattison writes to David H. Welsh in reference to Welsh’s research on the range cattle industry and Pierre Wibaux.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-04
Ray H. Mattison writes Lucinda B. Scott in reference to research materials on ranches in the North Dakota Badlands region.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-19
Ray H. Mattison writes Lucinda B. Scott in reference to research materials needed on Pierre Wibaux and the 777 ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-07-22
Ray H. Mattison writes Donald H. Welsh (mistakenly addressed as Davis Welsh) in reference to research on the range cattle industry and Pierre Wibaux. Mattison describes his research and invites Welsh to look over what has been found.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-01-25
Ray H. Mattison writes to Herbert Oliver Brayer in reference to Mattison’s research for a monograph on “Roosevelt’s Contemporaries along the Little Missouri River.” Mattison needs more information on certain cattle outfits.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-01-23
Ray H. Mattison writes to LeRoy R. Hafen in reference to collecting research materials for Mattison’s monograph on cattle outfits along the Little Missouri River. Mattison asks whether Herbert Oliver Brayer’s collections are in the vicinity.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-13
Ray H. Mattison writes to John C. Eaton about Eaton’s interest in early North Dakota ranches. Mattison explains his research and the materials he has obtained.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-02-16
Ray H. Mattison writes to John Hansen in reference to research material on Henry S. Boice and the old 777 ranch. Mattison is researching old ranches along the Little Missouri River and needs the number for one of Boice’s sons.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-16
Ray H. Mattison writes to John C. Eaton regarding references he found to Eaton’s grandfather Howard Eaton, Jonathan Chase and his partner George Fry, who operated two cattle ranches in the Badlands area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-04-18
Manuscript written by Ray H. Mattison about the people and activities, especially the open range cattle business, of the Dakota Badlands that shaped the area around the time Roosevelt was there.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950