Memorandum from Stanley C. Joseph to Allyn F. Hanks
Stanley C. Joseph inquires about consent to copy photographs owned by John H. Reid.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-09-01
Your TR Source
Reid, John H., 1882-1963
Memorandum from William J. Briggle to Lawrence C. Merriam
William J. Briggle requests copies of photographs on loan from John H. Reid.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-09-26
Memorandum from Allyn F. Hanks to Lawrence C. Merriam
Superintendent Hanks encloses a letter from John H. Reid, a former owner of the Elkhorn Ranch. He requests a purchase order to make copies of some photographs taken by Reid of the ranch.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-08-18
Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks
Park historian Ray H. Mattison summarizes a trip to the Ralph Mosser and Elkhorn ranches with T. Frank Roberts and George R. Osterhout. There is some evidence that the Ralph Mosser ranch house was built from logs taken from the Elkhorn. There is general agreement that the National Park Service has correctly identified the site of the Elkhorn Ranch but the disposition of the buildings is disputed. Two photographs from the trip are included.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-10-10
Memorandum from Stanley C. Joseph to Allyn F. Hanks
Stanley C. Joseph encloses copies and original photographs loaned to the National Park Service by John H. Reid, former owner of the Elkhorn Ranch. He also sends an article by Acting Regional Historian Merrill J. Mattes from 1946 that includes an interview with Reid.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-10-14
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Russell Reid
Historian Ray H. Mattison has received the photographs and will forward them to John H. Reid. He will discuss the potential for a Reid family article the next time he is in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-11-25
Preliminary study of and identification of the Elkhorn Ranch site
Ray H. Mattison describes the methodology used to try to discover the exact location of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch. Mattison includes a historical background of the ranch, from its original construction and occupation by Roosevelt, William Wingate Sewall and Wilmot S. Dow, through its later abandonment and deconstruction. The primary method used by Mattison to determine the site of the Elkhorn was through a comparative study of photographs between those taken by Roosevelt in 1886 and contemporary photographs Mattison took in 1949. Additionally, Mattison interviewed a number of “Old Timers,” who were familiar with the Elkhorn Ranch, and who were able to corroborate the conclusions he came to based on the photographs.
Collection
Creation Date
1950-01