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Dickinson State University (DSU), located on the edge of the North Dakota Badlands, strives to be a premier university in the Upper Great Plains. DSU is also the physical home of the Theodore Roosevelt Center.
To celebrate the centennial year of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth in 1958, a Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission was created by the United States House of Representatives. The Commission worked with the Theodore Roosevelt Association to coordinate activities to commemorate the anniversary of Roosevelt’s life. In observation of the centennial, Dickinson State University, then Dickinson State Teacher’s College, organized a symposium to honor Roosevelt’s memory and to give recognition to the role North Dakota played in his life. The symposium theme was Responsible Citizenship, and the keynote speakers included Senator John F. Kennedy, Howard K. Beale, Hermann H. Hagedorn, Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton, and Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin.
The 1958 Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium collection housed at DSU was digitized and cataloged by TR Center staff and an intern working on-site. The collection includes manuscripts, letters, pictures, newspaper articles, magazine clippings, comics, mementos, speeches and books about the image, life and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. Highlights in the collection are a copy of a handwritten autobiography and other manuscripts authored by Theodore Roosevelt. Some of the latter are titled “The Home Ranch,” “Frontier Types,” “Sheriff’s Work on a Ranch,” and “The Ranchman’s Rifle on the Crag and Prairie.” The collection includes extensive documentation on the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium hosted by Dickinson State Teacher’s College along with photographs and articles about Roosevelt and his life.
For full details on the 1958 Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium collection, please see the Finding Aid.
See below to view documents from this collection in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library.
Governor McKeldin understands the dedication delay at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and he will only appear at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium. He confirms the honorarium suggested in President Scott’s letter.
1958-06-25
Mildred K. Momberger provides tentative travel plans for Maryland Governor Theodore R. McKeldin’s trip to North Dakota to speak at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
1958-08-14
Notes regarding tasks to be done to prepare for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium event at which Maryland Governor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin is scheduled to speak.
1958-09-23
Governor McKeldin enjoyed his visit to North Dakota.
1958-10-27
Reflections on Theodore Roosevelt shortly after his death.
1919-01-12
Biographical information and publications of Howard K. Beale, one of the speakers at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium in Dickinson, North Dakota.
1958-05
Hermann Hagedorn encloses a copy of the letter he sent to Chief Justice Warren.
1958-03-06
Hermann Hagedorn encourages Chief Justice Warren to accept the invitation to speak at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
1958-03-07
Hermann Hagedorn agrees to attend the luncheon on May 29 and has received the copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s address.
1958-04-15
Hermann Hagedorn must cancel his appearance at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium as he must undergo an operation. He will be traveling to North Dakota later in the year and hopes to be able to reschedule his address.
1958-05-01
Hermann Hagedorn is doing well after his surgery.
1958-05-13
John Rouzie thanks President Scott and Edward Converse Blackorby for their excellent work in planning and conducting the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
1958-05-24
Edward Converse Blackorby requests permission to place the Theodore Roosevelt pin he received from Tony Kuntz into the Theodore Roosevelt collection at the library of Dickinson State Teachers College. In a note at the bottom of the letter, Kuntz responds that he would be delighted to have the pin in the collection.
1959-06-29
Sidney Wallach will mail the addresses of the Roosevelt family and recommends Harry Thompson as a substitute for Senator Joseph O’Mahoney.
1958-07-14
Theodore Roosevelt Association Director Stratton clarifies that the Theodore Roosevelt material given to the State Teachers College is a gift from the association.
1959-08-13
Hermann Hagedorn enjoyed his time in Dickinson and encloses a copy of his Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium lecture.
1958-08-15
Hermann Hagedorn offers his opinion on several potential speakers and encloses a letter of endorsement for the project.
1957-10-03
Hermann Hagedorn suggests a seminar course at Dickinson State Teachers College on “Practical Politics and Public Service in the Theodore Roosevelt Tradition.”
1958-11-21
Information on Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation efforts.
1958
Highlights important agricultural events during Theodore Roosevelt’s administration and Roosevelt’s statements regarding agriculture, farmers, farming, and farm organization.
1958