Awards

Article about the 1979 Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest featuring contestants from New York City public high schools. The article names several of the schools that participated and lists the student finalists,  contest judges, and the members of the committee that organize the competition. It also touches on the other student contests sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Two photographs accompany the article. One shows the winner of the contest, Melissa Heenan, delivering her speech during the finals competition, and the other shows her holding her prize of a Theodore Roosevelt bust with her coach Carol Millet.

A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the article.

In this edition of “Notes from the Executive Director…,” John A. Gable reviews and praises an article on President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy by historian Frederick W. Marks III that appeared in Diplomatic History. Gable notes that the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) has printed the citation that accompanied Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s TRA Distinguished Service Medal. He notes the publication of a guide book to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, describes the Roosevelt gallery in the headquarters of the Roosevelt Savings Bank in Garden City, New York, and lists the talks he gave in his capacity as Executive Director of the TRA. He congratulates author David McCullough for winning the National Book Award for his work on the Panama Canal and lists the TRA publications that preceded the publication of the TRA Journal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1978

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.

Citation for the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal awarded to Ethel Roosevelt Derby, eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, in October 1977 by P. James Roosevelt. The citation recognizes her service as a nurse in World War I, her role as a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, and her work on behalf of various causes in Oyster Bay, New York. The citation strives to give a sense of Mrs. Derby’s personality and how she employed it in service of preserving the memory of her father, President Roosevelt.

A picture of Ethel Roosevelt as a child with her father and another showing her receiving her Distinguished Service Medal accompany the citation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-18

Creator(s)

Unknown

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Period

(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate

Materials related to the Grand Baby Show including a partial list of the offered prizes, a flyer listing the event’s information and class list, and a contestant entry ticket.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-28

Creator(s)

Hinton, Lida Burgess, 1869-1938

A description of the Camp Fire Club of America’s standard of honors program including the class systems, areas of skill, and a list of honors awarded to individuals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-10

Creator(s)

Camp Fire Club of America

William H. Taft hands Frank H. Hitchcock a medal labeled “Postmaster General” and pronounces him the winner of the “Great American Road Roller Race,” while an animated President Roosevelt appears jubilant and dances in the background.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-28

Creator(s)

Bowers, Frank S. (Frank Sherman), 1872-1955

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

Based on the findings of the Court of Inquiry, the author directs the Department of the Navy to nominate Chief Gunner’s Mate Mons Monssen for a Medal of Honor or other appropriate recognition for his heroism during the incident on the battleship Missouri.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-14

Creator(s)

Unknown

Based on the findings of the Court of Inquiry, the author directs the Department of the Navy to nominate Acting Gunner Cox for a Medal of Honor or other appropriate recognition for his heroism during the incident on the battleship Missouri. Cox was awarded the Medal of Honor on April 14, 1921.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-16

Creator(s)

Unknown

Uncle Sam, with a feather in his hat labeled “Victory,” holds America’s Cup labeled “Yachting Champion,” a cricket bat labeled “Cricket Champion,” and a medal labeled “Athletic Champion.” Other awards labeled “Chess Champion, Bicycle Champion, [and] Boxing Champion” are pinned to his coat, and a paper extends from his pocket labeled “Fastest R.R. Time.” He is standing on a beach next to a dejected John Bull who is holding a doll labeled “Dunraven,” a reference to the 4th Earl of Dunraven, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, a co-owner of the Valkyrie II and Valkyrie III yachts that competed for the America’s Cup. Caption: Uncle Sam–Say, John, is there any game you can beat me at? – If there is, trot it out!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-10-09

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

Uncle Sam sits back in a chair on the beach next to America’s Cup festooned with laurel branches and the names of American yachts and the year they won the Cup, “America 1851, Magic 1870, Columbia 1871, Sappho 1874, Madeleine 1876, Mischief 1881, Puritan 1885, Mayflower 1886, Volunte[er] 1887, [and] Vigilant 1893.” There is a telescope on the ground beside him. A British sailor, wearing a hat with ribbon labeled “Valkyrie III,” is standing before Uncle Sam, looking at the Cup. Caption: Uncle Sam–Wa-al, old feller, you’ve got another chance to look at it, anyhow, even if you can’t win it!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-09-04

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

President Roosevelt rejoices that Mayor Wells has given him the keys to the city of St. Louis. A teddy bear holds the keys while a policeman prevents Thomas Henry Carter, Henry Clark Corbin, and former President Grover Cleveland from exiting a building.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-04-30

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Uncle Sam shakes hands with John Bull who is holding a yacht labeled “Valkyrie.” Between them is the America’s Cup on a pedestal labeled with the names of American yachts and the year they won the Cup, “America 1851, Magic 1870, Columbia 1871, Sappho 1871 [i.e. 1874], Madeleine 1876, Mischief 1881, Puritan 1885, Mayflower 1886, [and] Volu[nteer] 1887.” A ribbon labeled “Vigilant 1893” is tied to the Cup. In the background is a building with a banner that states “Finishing School for Incomplete Yachtsmen.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1893-10-25

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

Award give to E. N. Purvis for two years of continuous service on the Panama Canal. The award consists of a hinged pin with a medallion hanging from a bar. The obverse of the medallion bears the likeness of President Roosevelt and on the reverse is a canal scene with ships traveling through the canal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1906

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt continues a discussion with Anna Roosevelt Cowles about assigning trustees. He informs her that Ted Roosevelt was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and that French President Poincaré sent him a certificate that is given to French soldiers killed in the line of duty.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-09-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

George Turner sends thanks to President Roosevelt in receipt of his congratulatory note, likely regarding the success of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Turner will convene with Congress in Washington, D.C., and hopes to dine with Roosevelt at the White House. General Foster will report to Roosevelt with details regarding the award at London.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-30

Creator(s)

Turner, George, 1850-1932

Admiral Taylor asks William Loeb to convey to President Roosevelt his gratitude for the letter read at his awards ceremony in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-25

Creator(s)

Taylor, H. C. (Henry Clay), 1845-1904

William C. Bristol has worked out a property deal and suggests his success is worthy of an award from E. T. C. Stevens and the Coos Bay Land & Investment Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-04

Creator(s)

Bristol, William C. (William Coleman), 1869-1947