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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
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
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
Report detailing Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in labor legislation throughout his political career. Most notably: establishing an 8 hour work day, tenement housing requirements, creating a Department of Commerce and Labor, and actions taken during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-1965
Chester L. Brooks writes to Edith Derby Williams, at Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s request, providing information about Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and various publications of the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-06-08
Acting Chief Historian of the National Park Service Kahler forwards a letter written by Carl Parcher Russell of Yosemite National Park regarding Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-02-17
Carl Parcher Russell writes to Don Russell regarding a manuscript from Charles Marble, also known as “Buckskin Charley”, who was a wilderness guide for Theodore Roosevelt. Russell mentions an article in The Westerners Brand Book.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-02-09
Lemuel A. Garrison writes to Carl Parcher Russell regarding Charles Marble’s manuscript Fifty Years in and around Yellowstone National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1959-06-01
Charles Marble writes about an 1886 hunting trip with Theodore Roosevelt. Marble discussing camping, hunting and Roosevelt shooting his first bear.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Charles Marble, also known as “Buckskin Charlie,” chronicles his life at Yellowstone Park, including a hunting trip with Theodore Roosevelt in 1886.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1932-02-06
Chester L. Brooks writes to the Brand Department regarding potential development of a historic ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Brooks mentions reserving the locations that Roosevelt would have used.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1956-08-03
Theodore Elhard writes to Chester L. Brooks regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s brands and their availability.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1956-08-11
Chester L. Brooks thanks Jesse D. Langdon for his invaluable letter detailing his Rough Rider experience as well as North Dakota history. Brooks also asks more questions.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-01-21
Chester L. Brooks thanks William C. Schnepple for the negative of Theodore Roosevelt upon his return from Cuba. Brooks mentions that Ethel Roosevelt Derby and family visited Theodore Roosevelt National Park during the summer.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-11-30
Chester L. Brooks writes to Eugene W. Waterbury regarding a previous letter and Brooks’ research of the Rough Riders. Brooks thanks Waterbury for sending an article and asks questions about his time in the Rough Riders.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-06-08
Chester L. Brooks writes to Wallis Huidekoper regarding Brooks’ research on the Rough Riders, specifically Theodore Roosevelt’s potential inspiration for them and recruitment in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-11-20
Chester L. Brooks writes to Wallis Huidekoper regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Rider recruitment, and also mentions Roosevelt land settlement policies in relation to his conservation policies.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-12-02
Chester L. Brooks writes to Howard K. Beale, a fellow historian, regarding Brooks research on Rough Rider recruitment and the Badlands. Brooks also mentions Wallis Huidekoper’s letter about Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider and Roosevelt’s settlement policies in the Badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-12-02
This clipping includes an article written by Richard Mayne, the Chairman of the Department of Reading & Speech Culture, regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s pronunciation of his own name, and features a printed response by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1903-05-25
Manuscript detailing Theodore Roosevelt’s experiences in the Badlands and how that affected his political career and values.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949