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Dakota Territory: A TRA Strenuous Life Adventure

Dakota Territory: A TRA Strenuous Life Adventure

Michael F. Moran chronicles the Strenuous Life Adventure trip to South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota undertaken by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in September 2018. Moran notes the many sites connected to Theodore Roosevelt visited by the group, including Jewel Cave and Devils Tower National Monument, and Wind Cave and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Moran provides details about the group’s visits to each of these sites along with its stop at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Moran notes Roosevelt’s friendship with Seth Bullock and highlights Fritz R. Gordner’s climb of Devils Tower.

The text is supplemented with thirteen color photographs and is followed by a nine page photo gallery of fifty-four color photographs.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

Panama!

Panama!

Michael F. Moran chronicles the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) Panama Canal Centennial Strenuous Life Adventure of March 2014. Moran describes the itinerary of the group, highlighting its passage through the canal on a cruise ship and its stop at various offices and sites associated with the construction of the canal. Moran also refers to figures prominent in the building of the canal such as John F. Stevens. Moran describes the condition of Colon, Panama, highlights the group’s bird watching expedition, and notes the costumes of the native Embera Indians.

Twenty photographs and a map appear in the text while a photo album of seventy-two color photographs arrayed in twelve pages follows the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2014

Edith’s gold coin

Edith’s gold coin

Michael F. Moran describes the process of choosing designs for a gold coin of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to be issued by the United States Mint. Moran details his selection for the relevant committee, and he notes how he brought his expertise on coins and the Roosevelts to bear on his work. Moran describes the many steps and approvals needed over the course of two years to agree on a design and designers, and he notes that he used Sylvia Jukes Morris’s biography of Roosevelt as a reference to guide his and the committee’s work. In the end, the committee chose an obverse design that was based on Theodore Roosevelt’s favorite photograph of his wife, and the reverse image highlights the restoration of the White House undertaken in 1902. 

In addition to photographs of Moran and Edith Roosevelt, illustrations of the proposed and winning designs for both sides of the coin and bronze medal accompany the essay. A text box contains information on how to order the coin.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2013

A medal for Edith

A medal for Edith

Michael F. Moran describes the process of creating an unofficial inaugural medal for President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1905. Moran says that the artist Francis Davis Millet started the process by writing Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about the poor quality of the inaugural medal to be issued by the Bureau of the Mint. Moran highlights the roles played by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who designed the alternate medal, and of the Tiffany Company which produced the medals. Moran notes the many changes in design, diameter, and metal which led to the medal not being produced in time for the March 1905 inauguration, and he notes that the work on the inaugural medal led to the collaboration between Theodore Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens on redesigning the United States’ currency.

Four photographs appear in the article along with an illustration of both sides of the official inaugural medal issued by the Bureau of the Mint. Saint-Gaudens’s design appears on the front and back covers of the journal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2008