The sepulchre or the prison: The Roosevelt Memorial Association’s efforts to place its collection for posterity
Subject(s): Chadbourne, William Merriam, 1879-1964, Columbia University. Libraries, Cordingley, Nora E. (Nora Evelyn), 1888-, Gable, John A., Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950, Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964, Harvard University. Library, McCoy, Frank Ross, 1874-1954, Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971, New York Public Library, Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955, Roosevelt Memorial Association, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Smith, Howard C. (Howard Caswell), 1871-1965, Women's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association
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Gregory A. Wynn chronicles the search by the Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA) for a home for its extensive Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Wynn highlights the choice between Columbia and Harvard University, and he highlights the group’s sensitivity to the feelings of Theodore Roosevelt’s widow, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, as well as those of Nora E. Cordingley, the collection’s caretaker at its home at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. Wynn reveals the disagreements and tensions between members of the RMA and the arguments made for and against each university gaining the collection, and he notes that the New York Public Library was also considered as the repository for the collection.
Three pieces of correspondence from the RMA and a photograph of John A. Gable with Hermann Hagedorn supplement the text.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
2020
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
8
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:
The sepulchre or the prison: The Roosevelt Memorial Association’s efforts to place its collection for posterity. [2020]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308778. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Wynn, Gregory A.. The sepulchre or the prison: The Roosevelt Memorial Association’s efforts to place its collection for posterity. [2020]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308778.
APA:
Wynn, Gregory A.., [2020]. The sepulchre or the prison: The Roosevelt Memorial Association’s efforts to place its collection for posterity.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308778.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
