APPROPRIATENESS AND APPRECIATION OF 
THE ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE MEMORIAL 
Dr. Charles C. Adams, Director 
The establishment of a wild life Memorial to commemorate 
Roosevelt's interest in and achievements for forest animals seems a 
very natural response to everyone acquainted with him. Its appro- 
priateness is emphasized most strongly by those who were closest 
to him. 
Indorsements 
In response to a request for the use of the Roosevelt name, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt wrote : " I know that my 
father would appreciate no type of memorial more than that which 
you suggest, as you know it was one of the subjects that was always 
uppermost in his mind. I give m}' consent without reservation for 
the use of his name for this memorial." 
Captain Kermit Roosevelt wrote as follows : " I was very much 
pleased to learn of the foundation, as it is the sort of activity of 
which my father would heartily have approved, and should play an 
important and useful ])art in the study and preservation of our 
wild life." 
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, on her recent visit to the 
Station expressed her enthusiastic approval of its aims and gave 
assurance of the fitness of this memorial to her brother. 
Dr. George Bird Grinnell, the Nestor of American s])ortsman- 
naturalists, and a life-long friend and co-worker of Roosevelt, 
wrote, May 19, 1919: " Some of us feel very deeply that in this 
project Mr. Roosevelt would have felt an interest far keener than 
in the various monuments of which we now hear so much and which 
no doubt will be carried through It seems to me that 
there is no limit to the good that may Ite accomplished by it, and 
this appears to be the first active step in a work that will receive 
more and more attention in this country My long friend- 
.ship with Theodore Roosevelt gives me a ])eculiar interest in this 
Station on sentimental grounds; and my life-long experience in pro- 
moting the protection of natural things on purel}' economic grounds 
justifies my faith in your work, and leads me to hope that your 
plea for support may be successful." 
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