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The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the USS Theodore Roosevelt fund, the Teddy Bears for Kids program, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association Sustaining Benefactors Society

The Theodore Roosevelt Association Sustaining Benefactors Society

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the creation of the TRA Benefactors Society to help sustain the work and programs of the association. The Society has four levels of annual giving ranging from $100,000 to $10,000, and the announcement lists the benefits that accompany these gifts, including prominent notices in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal and guided tours of Sagamore Hill with Tweed Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

TRA announcements

TRA announcements

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the death of David H. Burton, a member of its Advisory Board and a contributor to its journal. The TRA also announces the creation of the TRA Sustaining Benefactors Society to improve its financial standing, and it notes that the 2017 TRA annual meeting will be held in New York City. A text box lists the President and Executive Directors of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and information regarding the governance of the TRA.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

2001 Year-End Appeal Contributors

2001 Year-End Appeal Contributors

Alphabetized list of contributors to four fund drives sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA): the Teddy Bear, Capital funds, Pine Knot, and USS Theodore Roosevelt fund drives. The largest list of contributors is to the Teddy Bear fund. A photograph of two Roosevelt family members distributing teddy bears joins a photograph of the aircraft carrier, and a picture of TRA President Norman Parson with former President George Bush, as illustrations. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2002

News & Notes

News & Notes

Medals, awards, and grants sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) constitute much of the “News & Notes” section. The honors include: the conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to historian Stephen E. Ambrose; the 2002 TRA Police Award for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Police Department; the annual research grants given by the American Museum of Natural History; and the public speaking contests for New York City area schools. The section also highlights the Battle Efficiency Award won by the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt; the issuance of Theodore Roosevelt license plates by the state of New York; and a description of a fundraiser for the TRA’s Teddy Bear Fund, including a list of donors. The section concludes with the preface to Nathan Miller’s biography Theodore Roosevelt: A Life.

Photographs of Ambrose, a dinosaur exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, and participants in the New York City speaking contest appear in the section.