Cinta Larga Indians

In a foreword to Joseph R. Ornig’s My Last Chance to Be a Boy: Theodore Roosevelt’s South American Expedition of 1913-1914, Tweed Roosevelt discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong interest in natural history, and he commends Ornig for including an examination of the speaking tour that Theodore Roosevelt undertook before he began his expedition. Roosevelt, a member of the Rio Roosevelt Expedition of 1992, details the similarities and differences between his expedition and the one completed by his great-grandfather. 

Six photographs, the front cover illustration of Ornig’s book, and the logo of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appear in the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

This edition of the “News and Notes” section begins with media coverage of the Rio Roosevelt Expedition 1992, including the reprinting of a New York Times article on the expedition and highlighting coverage on ABC television’s “Good Morning America” program. The section also details some of the many awards and honors bestowed by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and its partners in 1992, including police awards in New York City and Boston; research grants from the American Museum of Natural History; the public speaking contest for the New York City public schools; and the awards given by the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands for essays in American history. “News and Notes” also features three obituaries of prominent figures in the TRA: Oliver R. Grace, Elisha Dyer, and William Davison Johnston. The latter two served as Presidents of the TRA, and this issue of the journal is dedicated to Johnston. The section closes with reflections on Theodore Roosevelt by three of his contemporaries, Van Wyck Brooks, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, and Hamlin Garland.

Eleven photographs illustrate the section: two of members of the Rio Roosevelt Expedition; five from the police awards in Boston and New York City; three of Dyer and Johnston; and one of the awards ceremony at the Roosevelt Study Center. There are two text boxes in the section: one seeks a financial sponsor for the TRA public speaking contest, and the other notes a change in the mailing address of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1992