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This radio documentary describes Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 presidential campaign, highlighting his progressive policies. Although Roosevelt was unsuccessful in this campaign, the progressive movement gained much from his leadership. Many of the issues he strove to address are ones with which America still wrestles today.

Collection

America

Creation Date

2012

Creator(s)

Prairie Public Broadcasting; Lindholm, Meg Luther; Jenkinson, Clay; Unger, Nancy C.

This tape recording presents the audio from several Edison Amberol cylinders which originally recorded speeches by Theodore Roosevelt given in 1912. Speeches presented here include “The Right of the People to Rule,” “The Farmer and the Businessman,” “Social and Industrial Justice,” and “The Progressive Covenant.” Additionally, there are several iterations of Roosevelt’s address to the Boys Progressive League in 1912, including one prefaced by an introduction by Daniel Carter Beard, the founder of the organization the Sons of Daniel Boone, which later merged with the Boy Scouts of America.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1969-05-20

Creator(s)

Unknown

Oscar S. Straus II, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, hosts the annual awards ceremony. Hermann Hagedorn, executive director, introduces Arthur Holly Compton, a nuclear physicist, and Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, recipients of the Distinguished Service Medals in Science and Public Service. In their acceptance speeches, Compton speaks on public service and the importance of a free society working together towards a unified goal, as was done during the second world war, and Dewey speaks on the worldwide application of the “American Dream,” and the shifting struggles between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additional brief remarks are presented by Anne Lyon Haight, who comments on an upcoming merger of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the Women’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1955-10-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

Lyman M. Tondel Jr., Vice President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, presents Laurance Spelman Rockefeller with the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts in the field of conservation and the promotion of outdoor activities in the United States. Hermann Hagedorn, executive director of the Association, introduces Rockefeller. Rockefeller speaks briefly about his work on the Outdoor Recreation Report, and discusses both the need to promote the creation of open spaces for people to use in their everyday life, as well as the challenges associated with this. Tondel reads several congratulatory telegrams, and additional brief addresses are given by Anne Lyon Haight, who honors Oscar S. Straus’s tenure as President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; Ronald F. Lee of the National Park Service, who speaks about the recent transfer of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace site and Sagamore Hill to the National Park Service; and New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1963-10-27

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Oscar S. Straus, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, presides over the ceremony transferring ownership of Sagamore Hill from the Theodore Roosevelt Association to the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. Speakers include the Chair of the Sagamore Hill Committee Bertha Bartlett Benkard Rose, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall, and Director Emeritus of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Hermann Hagedorn. Straus and Rose speak on the work the Theodore Roosevelt Association has done since its establishment, particularly the effort to restore Sagamore Hill to the condition it was in during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Udall praises the contributions Roosevelt made in urging the nation to conserve its natural resources, looking to the good of future generations. Hagedorn reminisces about Roosevelt’s character and hopes that visitors to this historic home will understand what made Roosevelt great and take that lesson to heart. Udall concludes the ceremony by assuring attendees that the National Park Service will care well for the site, and by signing the order officially establishing the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and Sagamore Hill National Historic Sites.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1963-07-08

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Performance of “If we had a million more like Teddy” by Beverly Everett, piano; Everaldo Martinez, violin; and Natalia Vacarciuc, cello. The original sheet music was composed by Charles A. Bayha and published in 1917 by Kendis.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “The teddy bear march” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by Irene A. Dieterich and published in 1907 by Dieterich.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “If it were not for dear old father” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music composed by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. The sheet music was published in 1909 by Jerome H. Remick & Co.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “The American eagle march” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by John Geo. Boehme and published in 1905 by Ernst Rueffer.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “The capture of Santiago” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by William Frederick Peters and published in 1898 by Howley, Haviland, & Co.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “The trumpet call” by Beverly Everett, piano; Everaldo Martinez, violin; and Natalia Vacarciuc, cello. The original sheet music was composed in memory of Theodore Roosevelt by Ralph C. Williams with lyrics by Edward V. Riis.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “When Teddy comes marching home” by Beverly Everett, piano; Everaldo Martinez, violin; and Natalia Vacarciuc, cello. The original sheet music was composed by T. Jay Flanagan with lyrics by Charles Coleman and Lew Evans. The sheet music was published in 1910 by Flanagan & Coleman.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “Our Roosevelt” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by Caroline Prentice Kelly and published in 1912 by H. Kirkus Dugdale Co.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “Our President Roosevelt’s Colorado hunt” by Beverly Everett, piano; Everaldo Martinez, violin; and Natalia Vacarciuc, cello. The original sheet music was composed by A. S. Lohmann with lyrics by Silver Dollar Tabor and published in 1908 by Tabor.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “The charge of the Rough Riders” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by Eduard Holst and published in 1898 by Howly, Haviland, & Co.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “Roosevelt and Fairbanks” by Beverly Everett, piano; Everaldo Martinez, violin; and Natalia Vacarciuc, cello. The original sheet music was composed by T. M. Richards in 1904.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “Yankee kids” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by Herbert G. Pulfrey and published in 1907 by the Chas. E. Roat Music Company.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2014-06-20

Performance of “Teddy’s nig” by Beth Hurt, soprano, and Beverly Everett, piano. The song satirizes Theodore Roosevelt’s relationship with native Africans after his 1909-1910 safari and their introduction to western culture. The original sheet music was “dedicated with due apologies to the African jungle folks” by composer Ethelberta Twombly and published in 1910 by Vinton Music Publishing Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2013-06-19

Performance of “We Stand at Armageddon” by Beth Hurt, soprano, and Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by E. H. Purcell and published by Aubrey Stauffer Co. Music Publishers of Chicago, Illinois.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2013-06-19

Performance of “The peacemaker march” by Beverly Everett on piano. The song commemorates Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in the peace talks that ended the Russo-Japanese War in September 1905. Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. The original sheet music was composed by Frank Sturtevant and published in 1905 by the Conservatory Publican Society of New York.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

2013-06-19