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J. Alden Loring asks Theodore Roosevelt if Frank Harper spoke to him about using Kermit Roosevelt’s elephant photograph to illustrate Loring’s article on elephants. Loring hopes Roosevelt can give him permission to use it and assures him he will give Kermit Roosevelt the copyright.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-04-01
C. Hart Merriam has reviewed Theodore Roosevelt’s chapter on concealing and revealing coloration. His criticisms include a belligerent tone to the article, Roosevelt’s annihilation of Abbott Handerson Thayer, and a disbelief in natural selection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-05-05
J. Alden Loring would like Theodore Roosevelt to write the introduction to his boy’s book before Roosevelt leaves on the South American expedition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-08-25
J. Alden Loring clearly specified what was fact and what was fiction in his book that Theodore Roosevelt is writing the introduction for and requests a few changes to what Roosevelt has written. Loring should be able to see Roosevelt before he leaves for South America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-09-16
J. Alden Loring will take Theodore Roosevelt’s suggestions regarding the changes to the preface and clearly state what is truth and fiction. Loring also found the hunting knife that Kermit Roosevelt loaned him when they were in Africa and will hold onto it until he returns from South America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-09-27
Edmund Heller sends Theodore Roosevelt sixty pages of the manuscript for Life Histories of African Game Animals. The chapters cover the topics of history, distribution, and flora. Heller started with the introductory chapters, because he finds it the most convenient. Roosevelt’s work will be of great help to Heller.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-03-17
John G. Geiwitz has received Theodore Roosevelt’s previous reply. In accordance with Roosevelt’s suggestion, he has sent his article to the managing editor of The Outlook. Geiwitz clarifies he did not expect Roosevelt to market the article himself and only wished for critical feedback on his article.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-18
Charles C. Boland sends Theodore Roosevelt his “latest little verses” about Boland’s first trip to Samoa in 1872-3.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-16
Wayne Whipple sends Theodore Roosevelt a set of his book The Story-Life of Washington for review, noting it credits excerpts from Winning of the West, includes praise from the New York Times, and asks Roosevelt for an appreciative word.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-08
Edmund P. Dole asks Theodore Roosevelt about how big a large lion could realistically be for a novel he is writing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
John Burroughs is spending the summer on his farm in New York and working on a collection of essays. Burroughs has not seen the Abbott Handerson Thayer article that Roosevelt mentioned, but believes that Thayer has let his “artistic temperament run away with him.” Burroughs praises Roosevelt’s article on Dante in The Outlook, and notes that he has not yet seen Roosevelt’s Chapman paper. Burroughs believes that “the race of nature fakirs has ceased to breed.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-06
William Morton Fullerton asks Theodore Roosevelt to read two articles he sent from two issues of the National Review. The article from June discusses William H. Taft’s proposal of unrestricted arbitration in connection to conditions in France. Fullerton states that article was written before Roosevelt’s warning published in The Outlook. Fullerton thinks his method and point of view will be familiar to Roosevelt, as he previously published in Scribner. He states he is going to write Charles Scribner about publishing all three of his articles with a new introduction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-14
Samuel Gompers asks Theodore Roosevelt permission to republish an article from the Outlook in the July issue of the American Federationist. Gompers assures Roosevelt credit will be given to him with republication.
Edgar Alexander Mearns praises the people of South Carolina. Mearns is also grateful for the interest that Theodore Roosevelt showed in Colonel Whister’s promotion. Edmund Heller would be “tremendously pleased” to have Roosevelt write about large African mammals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-09
David B. Lyons writes to Theodore Roosevelt to send a clipping of a writing from Lyons’ longtime friend. Lyons and Roosevelt had met previously when Roosevelt came to Des Moines, Iowa when Lyons was the president of the Commercial Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-06
Overton W. Price has enclosed an “attempt” at a piece of writing previously discussed with James E. West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
Mrs. J. M. Whitney sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of what she’s composed on the topic of world peace. She also sends a copy of Ghost, which was part of the revelation she had in 1880. She addresses the letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt as well since she does not wish to communicate with any man without the knowledge of his wife.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-06
Henry L. Stoddard had his office secure permission from The Outlook to publish the article “Murder is Murder” that Theodore Roosevelt had called his attention to. They published it today.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-04
Walter C. Childs was gratified to read Theodore Roosevelt’s article in the Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-05
John Dunbar Pringle praises Theodore Roosevelt’s article on the case of James B. McNamara. He is sending a copy of Labor World which includes an article that he wrote with a similar opinion on the labor movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-05