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Edmund Heller thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his reply. He regrets the oversight that delayed the rhinoceros horns’ shipment to James L. Clark. Heller discusses his current study of the specimens in the African collection, specifically the antelopes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-17
At the request of Mayor Frank K. Mott, curator Charles P. Wilcomb asks Theodore Roosevelt to donate a bird or mammal specimen from his African trip to the Oakland Public Museum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-19
Edmund Heller asks Theodore Roosevelt’s permission to lecture the various societies that have invited him to speak on his African safari work. He discusses describing the new species of small mammals collected in Sudan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-26
Edmund Heller looks forward to Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to the National Museum of Natural History and showing him the specimens collected during his safari.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-17
Edmund Heller hopes Theodore Roosevelt will visit the National Museum of Natural History during his visit to Washington D. C. He discusses the status of the specimens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-12
Edmund Heller received a copy of African Game Trails and appreciates Philip R. Goodwin’s illustrations. The entire African collection is at the National Museum of Natural History. Heller discusses his work on the rhinoceroses based on the skulls.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-09-22
Edgar Alexander Mearns will be traveling on the same boat as Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt. He also has brandy, whiskey, and champagne set aside for medical use. The tools for collecting specimens will be furnished by the United States National Museum. Mearns may also have diabetes, but he defends his health and ability to make the Africa trip. Mearns also encloses a letter from Peter Holt, a scout at Yellowstone Park. Mearns killed a mountain lion for Holt once.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-22
Edgar Alexander Mearns agrees to Theodore Roosevelt’s publication stipulations on the Africa expedition. Roosevelt’s publications must come first. In order to complete early preparations for the trip, Mearns requests an official order from the War Department outlining his duties. Mearns suggests other members of the American Museum staff who might be good candidates for the expedition. Mearns also asks Roosevelt whether he should make plans for the “systematic treatment of natives outside of your own party.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-04
C. Hart Merriam thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the wolf skull. Merriam will add the wolf skull to the national collection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-18
Henry W. Henshaw, Acting Chief of the Biological Survey, confirms receipt of a wolf skull from President Roosevelt and says it is of value for study due to the locality represented.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-01
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Photographs of taxidermic mounts of four types of takins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-31
President Roosevelt asks Representative Parker to notify his father-in-law, W. W. Gordon, that Roosevelt would like the information from Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, Earl of Warwick, about the location of good hunting grounds. He additionally asks Gordon to inform Greville that he is not a game butcher. Roosevelt intends to shoot each of the big game animals as specimens for the National Museum of Natural History.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-25
Theodore Roosevelt is having a “splendid time” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will stay until Saturday. He is enjoying the books and specimens at the academy.
1872-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed his mother’s long letter and looks forward to seeing the “curiosities and living things” she has collected for him. He describes his four mice to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt. Roosevelt asks his father to write and take Martha Bulloch Roosevelt to a battlefield so she can collect some “trophies” for him.
1868-04-28
Catalog of specimens of vertebrates, shells, and insects in Roosevelt’s collection, or that he hoped to add to his collection. Blank pages not digitized.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1872-1879
St. George Littledale discusses exchanging wapiti (elk) with New Zealand’s government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-07
St. George Littledale is traveling to New Zealand to “make a raid” against the imported red deer. He also summarizes his recent big game expeditions across Asia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-01
With Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, C. Hart Merriam has been able to reach a conclusion regarding the bobcats of the southern Rocky Mountain region. Merriam was interested in seeing large skulls from Colorado to see if they match specimens from the Uinta Mountains. Merriam thanks Roosevelt for his contribution to the Biological Survey, and asks to keep some of the skulls. Merriam also responds to Roosevelt’s request for information about deer. Merriam has not been able to obtain a white-tailed deer specimen from any location in the far west.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-18