Associations, institutions, etc.--Social aspects

On behalf of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, Marcus M. Marks, invites Theodore Roosevelt to the dedication of the new building. Marks hopes Roosevelt will find a day in November that he can be present to speak in favor of the movement and give encouragement through recognition of the work being done. Felix. M. Warburg, president, and Jacob H. Schiff financed the building.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) offers a registration form for members to complete to attend the annual meeting and dinner of the TRA to be held in Washington, D.C., in October 2005. The form includes an agenda for the weekend activities and packages and prices for the meals and excursions.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005

Report on the 2018 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in New York City. The report lists the various speakers at the symposium and dinner, and recognizes the winners of various TRA sponsored awards, including a book award, public speaking contest, and a special award to comedian Conan O’Brien. Thirteen photographs and two illustrations accompany the text which is followed by a thirteen page photo album of seventy-eight color photographs of the various speakers, guests, and dignitaries at the meeting and dinner.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

Advertisement for a Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) “Strenuous Life Adventure” tour to South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota to see sites associated with Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the West. The ad describes the trip, lists the tour guides, notes the costs, and provides contact information. The advertisement features photographs of Roosevelt and Devils Tower National Monument, along other icons of the West such as cowboy hat and rope.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2017

Twelve page photo album consisting of seventy-two color photographs taken of the guests, speakers, award winners, and dignitaries at the meeting, symposium, award ceremonies, and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Boston, Massachusetts, October 2-3, 2015. Four pages cover the TRA Boston Police Award ceremonies, three pages focus on the symposium, and a further four pages are devoted to the annual dinner.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its 2009 annual meeting will be held in Tampa, Florida, and that its symposium will address the topic of the Spanish-American War. The announcement lists the eight scheduled speakers and highlights a tour of Tampa. The reverse of the announcement features a registration form which lists the costs for various levels of participation in the weekend activities. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

Harry N. Lembeck provides a report on the 2009 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Tampa, Florida. Lembeck notes the business meeting, including the election of officers, and he highlights the seven speakers at the meeting, providing a brief synopsis of each of their addresses. Lembeck also notes the conferring of the Bertha B. Rose Award and the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Award. Thirty-seven photographs taken by Art Koch of the speakers, guests, and members of the TRA leadership accompany the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2010

William N. Tilchin provides a detailed look at the 2007 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Boston, Massachusetts. Tilchin notes the committee and leadership meetings of the TRA, and he highlights the field trips to the USS Constitution, Harvard University, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tilchin’s account also covers the awards presented by the TRA, including the police award for Boston, the Bertha B. Rose Award, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Leadership Award. Tilchin also notes the various speakers and the topics they addressed in different venues during the weekend meeting.

Fifty photographs populate the report, including five pages with six photographs each, which show the various guests, dignitaries, award winners, speakers, and TRA leaders.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) provides a detailed itinerary for its 2008 annual meeting and dinner in Oyster Bay, New York. The itinerary includes a listing of the speakers, the various field trips, including to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, and the meal arrangements. A registration form listing the various options for participating accompanies the description.  

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2008

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it will publish three issues of its journal in 2009, and it also states that its annual meeting for 2009 will be held in Tampa, Florida, with Stacey A. Cordery as one of its featured speakers. The section includes a text box listing the executive leadership of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, and guidelines for submitting manuscripts. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it is suspending its plans to build a Theodore Roosevelt museum, and that it is searching for a new Executive Director. The TRA also plans a “Theodore Roosevelt Strenuous Life Weekend” in August 2009 to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s ascent of Mount Katahdin in Maine. The announcement highlights Roosevelt’s relationship with William Wingate Sewall and Wilmot S. Dow of Maine who would work as ranch hands for Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands, and it notes that the weekend events will be guided by the actor Joe Wiegand.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that this issue features the publication of a newly discovered letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan from the collection of Gregory A. Wynn, and it also states that its annual meeting for 2009 will be held in Tampa, Florida, with Stacey A. Cordery and Douglas Brinkley as featured speakers. The section includes a text box listing the executive leadership of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, and guidelines for submitting manuscripts. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its 2007 annual meeting and dinner will take place in Boston, Massachusetts. The announcement highlights some of the speakers, presentations, and field trips available to members who attend. The seal of the TRA appears to the right of the announcement. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the agenda, speakers, and field trips for the association’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 2007. The announcement lists the eight speakers, the field trips to Harvard University and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and it notes that the TRA leadership will host a forum on the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center. The announcement includes a mail-in registration form.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

The 76th Annual Meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) took place at Norfolk, Virginia, as well as onboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. The Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal was presented to former Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman. The TRA also gave several gifts to the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and held its meeting of the Board of Trustees. One prominent topic during the Board of Trustees meeting was about the future of Pine Knot–the Virginia cabin of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

Other news items include the presentation of a number of Theodore Roosevelt-related awards, such as the TRA’s annual police awards, the appearance of Theodore Roosevelt on several television programs during 1995-1996, reports on several TRA-related activities like the annual teddy bear distribution, and an obituary of Dorothy R. Kidder. At the end of this section is a selection of several Theodore Roosevelt-related facts, including the names of the Secretaries of the Navy during Roosevelt’s presidency, and Roosevelt’s appointments to the Supreme Court.

Five photographs from the annual meeting, two illustrations of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, and a photograph of Secretary of the Interior Bruce E. Babbitt appear in the section.

Summary of a reception for members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held at the Sulgrave Club in Washington, D.C. on October 27, 1982. The notice features an excerpt from the remarks of William Davison Johnston, the President of the TRA, who recited Theodore Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena” quotation. The summary notes that the film My Father the President was shown and it lists the members of the reception committee.

Three photographs of various members and leaders of the TRA at the reception accompany the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal