News and Notes
Subject(s): American Museum of Natural History, Blackstone, Timothy L., Boera, A. Richard (Alvaro Richard), Boycotts, Brazil--Roosevelt River, Collin, Richard H., Cooper, John Milton, Dalton, Kathleen (Kathleen M.), Davenport, Frederick Morgan, 1866-1956, Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953, Gable, John A., Greene, John Robert, 1955-, International Olympic Committee, Johnston, William Davison, McKnight, Mark L., 1956-, Morris, Edmund, Morris, Sylvia Jukes, Natural history--Research grants, Netherlands--Zeeland (Province), Parcells, Paul W. (Paul Whitney), Roosevelt, Anna Curtenius, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Roosevelt, Elizabeth E., Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Julian K. (Julian Kean), 1924-1983, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1831-1878, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Roosevelt, William Emlen, 1857-1930, Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007, Soldiers' libraries, Tessier, Edward J., Theodore Roosevelt (Ship), United States Olympic Committee, Valaik, J. David (John David), 1935-, Vivian, James F., Yacht racing
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Joyce M. Bisso opens this edition of “News and Notes” with a report on the effort to gather library books from the greater Oyster Bay, New York, area to build a library for the sailors aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt. The task fell to students from Oyster Bay High School and local public libraries. Bisso quotes the two sailors from the ship, Petty Officer Timothy L. Blackstone and Senior Chief Edward J. Tessier, who came to Oyster Bay to collect the books and other materials gathered by the community. The article also reprints a letter from Captain Paul W. Parcells, Commanding Officer of USS Theodore Roosevelt, to William Davison Johnston, the President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). A photograph of students examining books; one of Blackstone and Tessier; and another of the two sailors with Oyster Bay High School students appear in the article.
The section also contains a report on the natural history research grants awarded from the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for 1986. The report notes the members of the TRA who serve on the awards committee, lists the winner of the largest award, Mark L. McKnight, and it provides a history of the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt and his father with the museum. A chart listing the number of award applications, the number of awards, and the value of the grants from 1961 to 1986 appears in this section.
“News and Notes” also reports that Elizabeth E. Roosevelt of the TRA will volunteer at the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands when it opens in the fall of 1986. The section notes that Edmund Morris will be one of the speakers at the Center’s opening, and it relays the purpose and the location of the Center. The section discusses the work of several Roosevelt historians and biographers, including Sylvia Jukes Morris, John Milton Cooper, and Kathleen Dalton. “News and Notes” closes with an obituary of Julian K. Roosevelt who was an accomplished yachtsman and a member of the International Olympic Committee.
A photograph of the American Museum of Natural History with the Roosevelt equestrian statue designed by James Earle Fraser and an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion, also designed by Fraser, appear in “News and Notes.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1986
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
5
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
No permission is required from the Theodore Roosevelt Association to use items in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal collection for educational purposes. For permissions, contact William Tilchin at (516) 921-6319 or by email at wnt@bu.edu.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
News and Notes. [December 11, 1986]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307601. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown; Bisso, Joyce M.. News and Notes. [11 Dec. 1986]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307601.
APA:
Unknown; Bisso, Joyce M.., [1986, December 11]. News and Notes.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307601.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
