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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 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 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 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 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 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
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
Press release announcing efforts by Colonel Wright and Chester L. Brooks to resolve disputes as to where General Sully traveled in 1864 when fighting Native Americans in the Badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-07-20
Chester L. Brooks writes Merrill J. Mattes about the discovery of the “Edmunds letters” written by James Edmunds’s mother from Fort Randall and posts in Texas. Brooks wants to know if Mattes would like the letters for his research.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-07-25
Allyn F. Hanks writes to Carleton Putnam regarding Putnam’s research trip to the Badlands and his accommodation arrangements. Putnam is writing a biography on Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-07-25
Allyn F. Hanks writes to Howard W. Baker regarding a typewritten copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s diary from 1886 and a letter from Nora Cordingley of the Harvard Library. Cordingley’s letter explains the omitted portion of the diary.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-01
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding Olaf T. Hagen’s unfinished manuscript, Pyramid Park 1879-1883, Where Theodore Roosevelt Came to Hunt Buffalo. Mattison wishes to find some of Hagen’s sources from the Bismark Daily Tribune and the Bismark Weekly Tribune at the Minnesota State Historical Society to fact check the manuscript.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-02-27
Chester L. Brooks writes to the Alderman Library regarding Thomas Lafayette Rosser’s notes on Northern Pacific Railroad through North Dakota and Eastern Montana and their availability.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1951-10-07
Press release regarding Carleton Putnam’s research trip to the Badlands. Putnam is writing a biography on Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-09-19
Herbert E. Kahler writes to Howard W. Baker regarding plans to microfilm three War Department records for Chester L. Brooks.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-03-09
Chester L. Brooks writes to the Smithsonian Institution, inquiring about photographs taken during the Stanley Expedition of 1873. Brooks is working on a report about the Badlands to 1873 and would like a list of photographs and reports pertaining to the survey taken during the expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-20
Chester L. Brooks writes to Carleton Putnam regarding an interview with T. Frank Roberts and a duel between the Marquis de Morès and Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-09-27
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