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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the interesting letter, especially for the insight on Newfoundland. He is interested in what Secretary of State of India John Morley says about India, and discusses the intricacies surrounding “the control of thickly peopled tropical regions by self-governing northern democracies.” Roosevelt hopes to speak with Morley after presenting the Romanes lecture at Oxford. He asks Reid to inquire of the British statesman, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, about conditional hunting on the reserves. The Vermont elections went well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Chester A. Snow

President Roosevelt informs Chester A. Snow that he finds “game butchery or slaughter of any kind utterly repugnant” and that he is going to Africa as head of the Smithsonian scientific expedition. Roosevelt does not know Mr. Locke but hopes he will work to prevent the needless slaughter of game in Texas and to establish wildlife reserves, rather than using his efforts to “discredit a good and worthy cause.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Pierce

President Roosevelt tells Acting Secretary of the Interior Pierce that although he thinks the name Loch-Katrine is “ridiculous,” he will favor it because it is better to “have one absurd name for a reservation than to discourage men who are helping us in preserving the wild animals.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-24

Letter from William L. Finley to Theodore Roosevelt

William L. Finley had previously promised to get Theodore Roosevelt an enlargement of some of the photographs of birds he showed to Roosevelt while Roosevelt was still president, but was unfortunately not able to do so before Roosevelt left. He offers to bring them to Portland, Oregon, so that Roosevelt can pick them up on his trip along the West Coast, but acknowledges that Roosevelt may have too many gifts already. Finley would like to speak with Roosevelt some day about the wild bird conservation efforts he is involved in on the Pacific coast.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-26

Letter from F. R. Wingate to Theodore Roosevelt

British Governor-General of the Sudan Wingate excitedly welcomes President Roosevelt to visit Sudan and promises to do all he can to make the trip successful. “Fully understand[ing] the scope and object of your expedition,” Wingate will allow Roosevelt’s party to hunt in wildlife preserves. He lists locations where Roosevelt can find different game animals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-31

Letter from George Nathaniel Curzon to Theodore Roosevelt

George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, rejoices that President Roosevelt agreed to present the Romanes lecture. Roosevelt can expect a reception “as no other living man has met.” Although the issue of wildlife reserves is complex, Curzon knows Roosevelt will enjoy his African safari. He sends his sympathies for the death of Ambassador Herman Speck von Sternburg.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-01

Sullys Hill National Game Preserve key moments in history

A timeline of major milestones and events at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve from 1867 to 1995.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1995

National bird reservations: executive orders

A collection of executive orders chronicling the establishment of a variety of bird sanctuaries and nature preserves across the United States.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

Unknown

Commemorative National Wildlife Refuge System centennial envelope

Envelope commemorating the centennial of the creation of the nation’s first national wildlife refuge, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. The envelope has a Pelican Island stamp featuring the image of a pelican and was postmarked in Fremont, California, on March 15, 2003, with a special “Celebrating a Century of Conservation” cancellation. On the left side of the envelope is an illustration of Theodore Roosevelt wearing a hat and bandana.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

2003-03-15

Theodore Roosevelt in Louisiana

Views of TR walking on the beach. Holding his hat, TR stands near bushes on an island and follows the flight of birds. Film photographed by Herbert K. Job of the National Audubon Society, on an expedition with TR to bird sanctuary islands off the Louisiana coast in June 1915.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1915

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison responds to Superintendent Hanks’s request for advice on the content of the address to be given at the dedication ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Park Historian Mattison includes a number of Roosevelt quotations on a variety of topics and his opinion on the focus of the address.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-05-21

State game refuges

Partial newspaper article supporting the creation of state game refuges.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10