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President Roosevelt tells J. L. Underwood that he likes to hear from confederate veterans, but the incidents Underwood described concerning his mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and grandmother Martha Bulloch never happened. Roosevelt’s grandmother was “very infirm” during the Civil War and he does not believe she ever lived in Philadelphia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-20
H. B. Pratt sent Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his new booklet on infant death in view of the Kingdom of God. Pratt knew Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and grandmother, Martha Stewart Bulloch. He thanks God for preserving Roosevelt’s life so he can continue improving society and the cause of human progress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-04
Anna Belle Karow has been disappointed that Theodore Roosevelt has not previously visited Savannah, Georgia. As she anticipates that he will visit for the unveiling of a statue of a common ancestor to the both of them, however, she wishes to invite him to be the guest of her family. Karow details how she is related to Roosevelt, explaining that they share great-grandparents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-09
J. L. Underwood is writing a work on the history of the women of the Confederacy, and he asks President Roosevelt’s permission to include a portion on Roosevelt’s mother’s and grandmother’s involvement with the Confederacy. Another portion of the book will include tributes people have paid, and he will be pleased to include Roosevelt’s own words from a speech he gave at Richmond.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-16
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Much of this lengthy edition of the “News and Notes” section, eight of fourteen pages, is devoted to the election, dinner, and ceremonies surrounding the 1991 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Roswell, Georgia. The meeting news includes the conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to Eugene P. Odum, the complete text of the medal’s citation, and a report on the state of the TRA by its president, Robert D. Dalziel. The section also includes three quotes from Theodore Roosevelt on nature and conservation and an announcement that an expedition will undertake to retrace Roosevelt’s expedition on the River of Doubt in Brazil in 1992. The reopening of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History, after an extensive renovation, the results of the TRA’s annual Teddy Bear Drive, and the conferring of the TRA’s Bertha B. Rose Award to Cornelius Boertien of the Roosevelt Study Center are also detailed. The section closes with a indictment of NBC television’s movie “The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw” for its portrayal of Roosevelt, labeling the program as a “stupid film” and “trash.”
The section includes ten photographs from the annual meeting, two photographs from the Rose Award ceremony, a photograph of Odum, and a photograph of the members of the Brazil expedition team. A text box noting that this issue is dedicated to Oliver R. Grace and an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion supplement the section.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1991
John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1979. He details the TRA’s support of Bulloch Hall in Georgia, Youngs Memorial Cemetery and the adjacent Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary in Oyster Bay, and the American Museum of Natural History. Gable also reports on the association’s support of student essay and speaking contests, additions to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, and the Roosevelt Genealogical Project. He closes with an assertion that the United States is “in the midst of what can be called a ‘Roosevelt revival'” given the rise in membership of the TRA and the publication of a number of significant works on Roosevelt in 1979, most significantly Edmund Morris’s The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.
A photograph of a bust of Theodore Roosevelt is found on the third page of the report.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
Article about the purchase of Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia, by the city and plans for its use and preservation. The article describes the involvement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in the process, notably its financial support. Bulloch Hall was the childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch, and the site of her marriage to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., of New York City in 1853. The article provides background on the Bulloch and Roosevelt families, traces the ownership of the home, examines its architectural design, and discusses plans for its future use.
A photograph of the front of the home accompanies the article.