Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Brief remarks by Congressman Gerald R. Ford of Michigan on October, 25, 1967 honoring Theodore Roosevelt.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

Sylvia Jukes Morris, wife of Theodore Roosevelt biographer Edmund Morris, asks readers for help with a biography she is writing about Roosevelt’s wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. She asks readers to share information or sources they may have about Edith Roosevelt, and she provides her contact information.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

This article says that the Holiday Inn of Lake George, New York decided to rename its renovated restaurant in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. It says that the owners of the restaurant recognized the importance of the area to Roosevelt as he traveled through this region of the Adirondack Mountains on his way to Buffalo, New York following the assassination of President William McKinley. The restaurant features three dining rooms with Roosevelt related themes.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

This article describes the dedication ceremony for a bronze portrait bust of Theodore Roosevelt placed in the Oyster Bay, New York Town Hall Annex on October 27, 1975. The piece notes those in attendance– including Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Roosevelt’s daughter–and provides a brief biography of the sculptor Gleb W. Derujinsky. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

In this excerpt taken from his collection of essays and stories about Theodore Roosevelt, George Epstein describes an incident from Roosevelt’s time as a Police Commissioner of New York City when he asked a Jewish immigrant named Otto Raphael to join the police department. Roosevelt would later task Raphael and other Jewish officers with providing security for a notorious anti-Semitic speaker, Hermann Alhwardt, when he came to New York City to give a speech.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

James Buckheit provides a concise history of the voyage of the Great White Fleet from 1907 to 1909. He looks at President Roosevelt’s reasons for assembling and sending the Fleet with an emphasis on its visit to Japan. He notes the foreign policy achievements that stemmed from the Fleet’s trip, and he also describes the recruiting efforts the United States Navy undertook before the cruise to fill its ranks.  

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

Description of the ceremonies marking the 200 year anniversary of the founding of the United States Navy and Marine Corps at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on October 5, 1975. The notice highlights the order of the program, the speakers, and the musical entertainment. It also notes Theodore Roosevelt’s service to the United States Navy.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

This brief notice covers the results of the annual Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest which Ronald Weich of the Bronx High School of Science won with a speech on Theodore Roosevelt as a statesman. The article acknowledges the other finalists in the contest, as well as the organizers of the competition, and the role played by the Theodore Roosevelt Association.  

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

This essay summarizes the contents of an October 1975 article in Ski magazine that asserted that Theodore Roosevelt was likely the first president “who enjoyed the sport of skiing.” The essay says that Roosevelt may have skied in the Badlands of Dakota, Washington, D.C., and at Sagamore Hill, and that he was encouraged to ski by his friend Sir Cecil Spring Rice.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

This notice provides brief reviews of two television shows about Theodore Roosevelt that aired in November 1975: a documentary, A Man for All Times, and a play, The Roosevelts of Sagamore Hill. The article notes the involvement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in both productions and says that both are “endorsed” by the TRA.  

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

P. James Roosevelt and John A. Gable, President and Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), provide a detailed accounting of the TRA’s outreach and education activities for 1975. Many of these initiatives are covered in more detail in individual articles in this issue of the Journal. The longest portion of the Report covers the plan to undertake an urban renewal effort in the neighborhood of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site on East Twentieth Street in New York City. The planting of trees, painting of buildings, use of brick pavers and other measures are hoped to revitalize the neighborhood and increase visitation to the site.

The Annual Report also features three photographs from the TRA’s Annual Meeting and Dinner as well as two views of the sculpture bust of Theodore Roosevelt created by Gleb Derujinsky, a copy of which was donated to the city of Oyster Bay, New York by the TRA in October 1975.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The fifty-sixth annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) recently took place at the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on October 27, 1975. The article notes some of the attendees and describes in detail the reports given by the leadership of the TRA, including those of the Executive Director, President, Vice-President and Treasurer. Topics covered in these reports include the plan to revitalize the East Twentieth Street neighborhood where the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace is located, the reissue of Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris, the production of video cassette tapes and films documenting various aspects of Roosevelt’s life and work, and an announcement of the winner of the first TRA Essay Prize contest. Executive Director Gable notes the increase in both membership and contribution to the TRA since 1974.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1976

This issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal very much reflects the late 1970s in which it was published (in this specific case, 1976). The issue contains five articles that note the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) production and distribution of eight documentary video cassette tapes that feature historic footage of Theodore Roosevelt formerly available only on old reel film. Much space in this issue is also devoted to the TRA’s efforts (along with other government entities) to undertake an urban renewal revitalization project in the neighborhood of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City. The issue also notes the politics of the time as it features remarks made in the House of Representatives in October 1967 by Michigan Congressman Gerald R. Ford who became President of the United States in August 1975 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon. 

The cover photograph of this issue shows Old Orchard, the home of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the eldest son of President Roosevelt, on the grounds of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, New York.

Advertisement and membership application for the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) listing membership categories and costs. The ad features pictures of Sagamore Hill and the Roosevelt birthplace as well as the TRA medallion.  

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1975

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) was founded shortly after Theodore Roosevelt’s death in 1919, and was later issued a formal charter by Congress. It originally operated side-by-side with a separate women’s organization, which it subsequently merged with. The TRA has helped care for Roosevelt’s homes, developed a collection of documents at Harvard University, sponsored a public speaking and essay contest, and promoted publications about Roosevelt, among other activities.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1975

Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) John A. Gable reviews the different publications of the Association that have preceded the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. He critiques the movie The Wind and the Lion and argues that it “is a work of fantasy.” He closes with a review of the contents of the last two issues of the TRA Journal and reminds readers that the TRA needs an infusion of new members and dues to continue its work.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1975

Edmund Morris critically reviews the 1975 film The Wind and the Lion. He argues that the film presents a “phony history” of the 1904 Morocco crisis in which American citizen Ion Hanford Pedicaris was kidnapped and held for ransom. The dispute was settled peacefully and not with an invasion of Morocco as depicted in the film.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1975

In a sermon first delivered in 1919, and again in 1958, both Reverend Stephen Fish Sherman and his son Reverend Jonathan Goodhue Sherman emphasize Theodore Roosevelt’s preference for action and deed over “creed or cult,” and make use of quotations from Roosevelt that show his familiarity with and use of the Bible.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1975

Howard A. Sobel asserts that President Roosevelt condemned some of the radical journalists of the early twentieth century in his 1906 speech “The Man With the Muckrake” because he believed that their efforts only produced anger and division and did not promote constructive reforms achieved through the political process. Sobel stresses that Roosevelt believed in steady, gradual reforms that would address wrongs and curb public anger that could lead to class divisions and anarchy. Sobel argues that Roosevelt’s approach to reform can be seen in his biographies of Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Hart Benton.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1975

Wallace Finley Dailey provides a brief history of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, noting the collection’s beginnings as an effort of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and initially housed at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in New York City. He highlights those who have cared for the collection as well as historians who have made use of its resources in their published works. Harvard is currently constructing a new library on its campus, which will allow the collection to be housed in a modern setting.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1975