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Listing of four foundations, one corporation, and seventy-nine individuals who served as patrons of the 79th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Two photographs of President George Bush with leaders of the TRA appear at the bottom of the listing.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1999
Brief report on the 2013 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Buffalo, New York, which included seven speakers, tours of Buffalo historical sites, and the conferring of three TRA awards. Most of the report consists of a photo album of fifty-six photographs of the various sites, speakers, attendees, award winners, and dignitaries.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2014
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
In an address to mark his election as Chair of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), Tweed Roosevelt lays out his plans for the association, and he acknowledges the contributions of several members of the TRA’s leadership who have assisted him and the TRA during a difficult period in the association’s history. Roosevelt announces that he will focus on retaining and recruiting members of the TRA and that he will use his background in finance to improve the TRA’s fiscal condition.
Two photographs of Roosevelt at the 2009 annual meeting of the TRA appear in the text.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
Genna Rollins provides a detailed description of the tour undertaken by a group from the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in June 2007 to sites connected with the wartime service of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt and Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt. Rollins highlights the military cemeteries and memorials connected to the Roosevelt brothers, and she traces the group’s itinerary through France, highlighting material gained from the group’s tour leader. Rollins emphasizes the service of the Roosevelt brothers, noting Lieutenant Roosevelt’s brief tour as a combat pilot and Brigadier General Roosevelt’s steady leadership on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. Rollins concludes her article with brief stories of other notable Americans who served in World War I.
Two illustrations and sixteen photographs populate the article, including eight photographs of sites and memorials connected to the Roosevelt brothers, and five depictions of the brothers.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) updates its membership on changes in the leadership of the TRA. Norman Parsons will continue to serve as President until a replacement is found by a search committee and the positions of Treasurer and Secretary have also changed hands, and William N. Tilchin has been appointed as the editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. The article notes that this issue of the journal is dedicated to Regina Louisa Haase Jeffries. A text box with the revised leadership team supplements the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
Report on the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Buffalo, New York, on October 19, 2002. The article notes the various reports given by officers of the TRA, and it covers the election of a slate of officers as well as members of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board. The report highlights the TRA’s approval of efforts to expand the Elkhorn Ranch site in North Dakota, use of the TRA website, and changes to the association’s by-laws.
Three photographs supplement the report, including two winners of the Bertha B. Rose Award, Paul F. McHale and Kent Conrad, honored for their work in securing Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor. An advertisement for Liberty Title Agency of Garden City, New York, appears at the end of the report.
Comprehensive index to the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal from its inception in 1975 through 2000. The index contains a listing of persons as subjects, topics, places, and authors, including authors of articles and book reviews, as well as a listing of the authors of the books under review. A guide to the pictures found in the issues makes up the last seven pages of the index.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2001
Hudders, Shirley; Paul, Margaret, 1915-2011; Quackenbush, Molly
Report on the 81st annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Albany, New York, in October 2000. The report highlights the elaborate dinner, the keynote speaker, the conferral of the TRA’s Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and a roundtable of collectors of Theodore Roosevelt memorabilia. The report also gives updates on visits to the TRA’s website, the publication of a TRA CD-ROM, and provides results of the TRA’s annual elections for its officers and leadership. The report includes the speech given by David Allen Woods, the recipient of the Junior Officer of the Year Award, and it provides an update on the status of Pine Knot, Roosevelt’s presidential retreat in Virginia.
Three photographs of the speaker, guests, and dignitaries at the meeting accompany the report along with a text box listing financial supporters of the annual gathering.
This edition of “News and Notes” details the annual police awards conferred by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Dallas, New York City, and on Long Island, New York. It also reviews the results of the TRA Public Speaking Contests held in New York City and Long Island. The section updates readers on the status of Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s retreat in Virginia, and it promotes a two part documentary on Roosevelt to be aired on PBS in October 1996. “News and Notes” highlights the annual Fourth of July celebration in Oyster Bay, New York, and notes the retirement of Barbara Brandt from her post at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York.
The section also features an excerpt from a speech about Roosevelt given by Elihu Root in 1919, and it features four extracts from Roosevelt’s writings and addresses under the title of “TR Said…”. Six photographs appear in the section as does an illustration of Sagamore Hill done by architect Tuck Harvey.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1996
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.
A list of the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, including the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. This includes the trustee classes of 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as honorary trustees and trustees for life.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1996
The conferring of the annual Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) police awards for New York City, Boston, and Western New York state opens this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The accomplishments of each of the winners are detailed as are the ceremonies marking each award. A report on the TRA’s annual meeting and dinner follows with details of its speakers, field trips, and annual elections. The conferring of the TRA’s Junior Officer Leadership Award for a member of the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is highlighted, and the section reprints an address by Edith Derby Williams given at the annual meeting.
Other news from the section includes the marking of twenty years as Executive Director of the TRA by John A. Gable; the awarding of the annual natural history research grants by the American Museum of Natural History; and the passing of TRA Trustee Oren Root. New York Governor George E. Pataki’s admiration for Theodore Roosevelt is noted as are the accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his son, Quentin, on the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II. “News and Notes” also trumpets recent works on Theodore Roosevelt by Caleb Carr, H. Paul Jeffers, and Joseph R. Ornig.
Eleven photographs appear in the section, including eight from the annual meeting, two from the police awards ceremonies, and one of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. with his son Quentin.
This edition of “News and Notes” covers a variety of topics such as the conferral of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize and the results of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) Public Speaking Contests. The section also notes the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the TRA, and it highlights the naming of a new commanding officer for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Updates on Pine Knot, the TRA Journal indexing, and the need for volunteers at both Sagamore Hill and the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace are noted. An obituary for Grace Green Roosevelt McMillian also appears in the section.
Photographs in “News and Notes” include one of some of the leadership of the TRA at Pine Knot; the winner of the TRA Public Speaking Contest for New York City; and one of John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park (incorrectly identified as Yosemite). A listing of the members of the executive committee of the TRA also appears in the section.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1993-1994
This sprawling edition of “News and Notes” encompasses sixteen pages and contains thirty-four parts. The conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) police awards for New York City, Boston, and western New York State opens the section along with a feature on the design of a new medal for the award by sculptor Marc Mellon. News of the ceremonies and outings of the 1993 annual meeting of the TRA in Charlottesville, Virginia, follows with a description of the association’s required elections, a field trip to Pine Knot, and the naming of the Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The meeting also saw the presentation of the Bertha B. Rose Award to Barbara J. Comstock and historian William Henry Harbaugh.
“News and Notes” also provides a history of Pine Knot, Theodore and Edith Roosevelt’s presidential retreat, discusses the reopening of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site after an extensive renovation, and highlights the contributions of Conrad L. Wirth and Horace M. Albright to both the TRA and the National Park Service. The Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands is featured with news of its hosting a conference of European historians; the conferring of the annual Lawrence J. Saunders Awards for essays in American history; and the publication of a book on Dutch-American relations by the Center’s director, Cornelius A. van Minnen. The section closes with a detailed look at the process of compiling a comprehensive article and picture index for the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal from 1975 to 1992 by the staff and volunteers of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York.
Twenty photographs illustrate the section with entire pages devoted to the Boston Police Award ceremonies and the TRA annual meeting.
Seven of the nine pages of this edition of the “News and Notes” section deal with the meeting, dinner, ceremonies, and reports from the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on October 31, 1992. Highlights of the meeting include the presentation of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to the members of the Rio Roosevelt expedition team; the conferring of the TRA’s Bertha B. Rose Award to Paul Whitney Parcells; and the inauguration of the TRA Junior Officer Leadership Award for a member of the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The section includes TRA President Robert D. Dalziel’s annual report, and it highlights the donation of Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s rustic retreat in Virginia, to the TRA by Theodore Roosevelt IV. “News and Notes” also covers programs held at the Sagamore Hill and Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Sites, and it details the performance of the cast of “Phantom of the Opera” onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Five photographs from the annual dinner and two photographs of Pine Knot supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1992
Three books and an essay are reviewed in the “Books” section. John A. Gable examines Kristie Miller’s biography Ruth Hanna McCormick and finds that it provides not only a look at her pioneering life in Republican politics, but that it also shows the impact of the Progressive Party into the 1920s. Gable notes that McCormick achieved many firsts for women in politics. Dennis Flanagan reviews War Plan Orange, the winner of the 1992 Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize, and reveals that American strategists had been debating about how to conduct a war against Japan decades before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In “Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Akeley, and the American Museum of Natural History,” Debby Applegate reviews a biography of Akeley and an essay that examines his work at the museum. Applegate highlights Akeley’s relationship with Roosevelt that began with his African safari, and she highlights how the works under review stress that the museum and its Roosevelt Memorial Hall are not “timeless” but represent the thinking of the men and the times in which they were built, and she cautions against casually condemning their work. A separate “Book Notes” section mentions twenty-five books on Roosevelt related topics or from Roosevelt historians, ranging from children’s books to biographies to a cookbook. The work of David G. McCullough, Douglas Brinkley, and Sylvia Jukes Morris are highlighted.
Photographs of Miller, Akeley, and the Barosaurus exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History illustrate the sections.