Lembeck, Harry N.

In his review of Daniel Ruddy’s Theodore Roosevelt’s History of the United States, Harry N. Lembeck highlights Roosevelt’s thoughts on several of his presidential predecessors, including Thomas Jefferson, John Tyler, and Grover Cleveland. Lembeck admires Ruddy’s collection of Roosevelt’s writings which serve as a history of the United States from the American Revolution through World War I, and he asserts that Roosevelt was both a good writer and “a serious thinker.” Lembeck points out that Roosevelt’s thoughts on topics from foreign policy to the size of government can be gleaned from his historical writings. The book’s front cover supplements the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2010

In his review of Josh Hawley’s Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness, Harry N. Lembeck stresses Hawley’s contention that Theodore Roosevelt was always more than just a man of action, and he refers to Roosevelt as “a deep political thinker.” Lembeck relays points from Hawley’s study, including Roosevelt’s desire to greatly strengthen the federal government to insure the rights of Americans in the twentieth century. Lembeck takes issue with Hawley’s focus on race, and with his use of the term “racialism,” and Lembeck admits to Roosevelt’s shortcomings on issues such as condemning and stopping lynching.  

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

In his review of Hermione Lee’s biography of Edith Wharton, Harry N. Lembeck describes in detail her home in Lenox, Massachusetts, known as The Mount. Lembeck also discusses her relationships with her friend Walter Berry, her lover William Morton Fullerton, and fellow writer Henry James. Lembeck highlights her relationship with Theodore Roosevelt which centered on their mutual love of books and reading, their dislike of Woodrow Wilson, and their desire to see the United States abandon its neutrality and enter the Great War in Europe. Lembeck also highlights some aspects of Wharton’s writing that had been previously ignored.

Seven photographs supplement the text, including five of The Mount. One shows Wharton with two of Roosevelt’s sons, Quentin Roosevelt and Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association also appears in the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Harry N. Lembeck relates the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s wedding to Edith Kermit Carow in St. George’s Church in London, England. In addition to describing the Roosevelts’ ceremony, Lembeck highlights others married in the church, and he notes that the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) has made a donation to help with the restoration and conservation of the nearly three-hundred-year-old church. An illustration and two photographs of the church accompany the article along with a text box citing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2008

Harry N. Lembeck describes the ceremonies at the donation of a bust of Theodore Roosevelt to the onboard ship museum of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Lembeck discusses the work of the bust’s sculptor, Bruce B. Everly, and he notes some of the naval officers in attendance, including a past and present commander of the ship. A photograph of Everly with the first commander of the carrier, Paul W. Parcells, supplements the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

Harry N. Lembeck describes the events surrounding the 2006 annual meeting, symposium, and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Atlanta, Georgia. Lembeck notes the meetings of the executive committee, Board of Trustees, and other committees, and he highlights Bulloch Hall, site of some of the events and childhood home of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother. Lembeck gives a brief description of each of the four symposium presentations, and he provides coverage of the conferring of three TRA awards: the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Award, the Bertha B. Rose Award, and the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. Lembeck emphasizes the latter, noting the warm reception accorded the winner, Colonel George E. “Bud” Day.

Ten photographs of the various events accompany the report.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal