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The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its 2022 annual meeting will be held in Buffalo, New York, the site of two previous TRA meetings. The TRA also reminds its members that three different kinds of advertisements are available for purchase in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. A text box lists the President and Chief Executive Officer of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and information regarding the governance of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Writings by and about Theodore Roosevelt, especially firsthand accounts by those who knew him well, dominate this issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Michelle A. Krowl provides numerous examples of both in her sampling of items from the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at the Library of Congress. Gary Clinton offers a letter from Elihu Root to Mark Sullivan that provides Root’s thoughts on Roosevelt’s decision making process, and the “Presidential Snapshot” column features a letter from Roosevelt to William H. Taft. A list of financial supporters of the Theodore Roosevelt Association closes the issue.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Listing of the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) including the members of the Executive Committee, the Board of Trustees of the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024 and the members of the Advisory Board for the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024. The categories of Trustees for Life and Honorary Trustee are also included. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Photographs of Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court appear on the front and back covers of this issue.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Jay Jorgensen examines President Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to appoint Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court in 1902. Jorgensen recalls Roosevelt’s knowledge of the law informed by two years of study at Columbia University, and he examines his judicial philosophy which was influenced by his study of and admiration for Abraham Lincoln. Jorgensen notes that Holmes’s nomination was supported by Roosevelt’s friend Senator Henry Cabot Loge of Massachusetts, and he emphasizes that Holmes’s dissent in the Northern Securities anti-trust case angered Roosevelt who felt betrayed by Holmes’s opinion. Six photographs, including four of Holmes, illustrate the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

David Architzel describes the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) ongoing relationship with the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation which provides scholarships for those students who are dependents of those who are, or who have, served on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Architzel lists the five winners of the 2021 scholarships, as well as their majors and the colleges they are attending. A photograph of USS Theodore Roosevelt and individual photographs of each of the winners appears in the report along with a text box which contains the social media platforms used by the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

President Roosevelt explains to Senator Lodge why he is considering Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. of Massachusetts for a seat on the Supreme Court. Roosevelt cites his judicial experience and his willingness to act on behalf of those who are often overlooked in society. Roosevelt also comments on some former justices such as John Marshall and Roger Brooke Taney.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1902-07-10

Michael Patrick Cullinane recalls his discovery of oral history tapes at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City that contain interviews with eleven friends and family of Theodore Roosevelt. Cullinane describes the process of gaining access to the tapes and having them transferred to a digital format to allow for use by researchers. Cullinane provides highlights from the tapes, listing some of those interviewed and insights they offered on the Roosevelt family, and he notes that he has made much of the material from the tapes available in his book Remembering Theodore Roosevelt. Six photographs of participants in the oral history project illustrate the essay, and the mission and vision statements of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appear in a text box on the last page.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Advertisement for the book Remembering Theodore Roosevelt by Michael Patrick Cullinane. The ad notes that the book is based on a set of oral history interviews with friends and family of Theodore Roosevelt. The ad includes online ordering information and is illustrated by the front cover image of the book.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

William J. Vanden Heuvel looks at the connections between Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, especially their shared commitment to American engagement with the world and promoting conservation. Vanden Heuvel highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and his support for an inheritance tax, and he notes that both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to regulate corporations and the wealthy for the benefit of the working class. Two photographs and a drawing of Sagamore Hill supplement the address.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2003-10-24

In the table of contents the title of the essay or column is provided along with the author’s name and the page numbers assigned to each piece. This issue contains five entries consisting of a speech, two articles, an excerpt from a letter by Theodore Roosevelt, and an update on the Theodore Roosevelt Association scholarship fund.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Listing, in alphabetical order, of the thirteen members of the Dr. John A. Gable Theodore Roosevelt Association Legacy Society. The notice includes contact information for two members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) leadership and names the sole member of the TRA Sustaining Benefactors Society.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

William N. Tilchin recalls his friendship with William J. Vanden Heuvel. Tilchin quotes from their correspondence, and he notes that they shared a belief that Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt shared similar outlooks on domestic and foreign policies. Tilchin asserts that Vanden Heuvel devoted much of his work to linking the two presidents, as well as healing the rift between the two branches of the Roosevelt family.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that this issue of its journal is dedicated to the memory of William J. Vanden Heuvel who served the TRA in a variety of capacities as a member of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board. The announcement highlights aspects of Vanden Heuvel’s career and notes that he was a recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. A text box lists the President and Chief Executive Officer of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and information regarding the governance of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Listing of the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) including the members of the Executive Committee, the Board of Trustees of the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024 and the members of the Advisory Board for the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024. The categories of Trustees for Life and Honorary Trustee are also included. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s nomination by President Theodore Roosevelt to serve on the United States Supreme Court is the subject of an article and of this issue’s “Presidential Snapshot” column. Holmes also appears on the issue’s front and back covers. A speech by William J. Vanden Heuvel, a report on a previously unknown oral history collection, and an update on the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) scholarship fund for dependents of USS Theodore Roosevelt crew members complete the issue.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

The front cover of this issue features a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson in which Roosevelt introduces and endorses the reporter Oscar K. Davis. A photograph of George W. Perkins, a leader in the Progressive Party campaign of 1912, appears on the back cover.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1925

Comprehensive index to the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal for 2019 and 2020. The index contains a listing of persons as subjects and authors, including authors of articles and book reviews, as well as a listing of the authors of the books under review. The index also includes a listing of topics covered in articles and announcements. A guide to the pictures found in the issues makes up parts of the last two pages of the index. Each alphabetical entry is followed by its corresponding volume, issue, and page number(s). A text box at the end of the index lists the other volumes in which indexes have been published, and it includes recognition of those who have compiled this and the previous six indexes. An additional text box lists the social media platforms of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Natalie A. Naylor offers a detailed survey of the contents of Cove Neck: Oyster Bay’s Historic Enclave and less in the way of analysis or scrutiny though she admits that the book demonstrates “the value of local history.” In her review, Naylor demonstrates how the book places Theodore Roosevelt’s life at his home, Sagamore Hill, in a larger context of his neighbors and relatives who lived nearby in the village of Cove Neck. Naylor relates information about numerous Roosevelt family members and highlights the prominence of Sagamore Hill to the history of the area.

Four photographs, a drawing, and a map, all taken from the book, join the work’s front and back covers in illustrating the review.

In his address at the National War College, James N. Mattis stresses both the inspirational power of Theodore Roosevelt and the United States. Mattis provides examples of presidents whose actions fit Roosevelt’s mantra of leadership, and he relates the story of a captured solider in Iraq who hoped to somehow immigrate to the United States. Mattis asserts that Roosevelt knew the value of power, but he also cultivated the diplomacy of inspiration, and Mattis concludes that inspiration trumps intimidation. Mattis also contends that the post-World War II “Greatest Generation” of American leaders took their cue from the example set by Roosevelt.

Four photographs, and a page devoted to pictures of Mattis with a brief biography, populate the address.