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This chronological record traces the efforts to establish Olympic National park from 1904 through 1943, highlighting the various legislative bills that were advanced and the congressmen who were involved, as well as the varying size of the area protected by the government.
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A history of the Olympic National Forest boundary, noting the presidents involved with the creation and alteration of the boundaries of the National Forest, National Monument, and National Park.
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Alan R. Havig examines the effort of the Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA) to secure a site on the Washington, D.C., mall to erect a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. Havig argues that it was not the grandiose design by architect John Russell Pope that doomed the proposal, but that many in and out of Congress felt that constructing a memorial to Roosevelt in the 1920s was too soon after his death. Other critics argued that Roosevelt had not yet earned a place among the memorials to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Havig notes that Roosevelt, while denied a monument in the nation’s capital, would gain a memorial on Theodore Roosevelt Island in 1967, and he would earn a place on South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore among the figures that he was deemed unworthy of joining in the 1920s.
Four illustrations, three photographs of memorials to Roosevelt, and the logo of the Theodore Roosevelt Association populate the essay.
In accepting the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1956, Hermann Hagedorn recalls prior ceremonies involving Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, and he lists many of the previous winners of the medal. He quotes extensively from remarks made by Elihu Root about Theodore Roosevelt, and he closes his address by quoting Roosevelt as a summons to meet contemporary challenges.
A photograph of Hagedorn and Leslie C. Stratton on Theodore Roosevelt Island supplements the address along with a text box acknowledging the support of the National Park Service for the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s annual meeting.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1956
Horace M. Albright recalls some of his memories of Theodore Roosevelt from admiring him as a boy to meeting with him in an effort to join a Roosevelt led division of the United States Army in World War I. Albright recalls meeting Roosevelt three times while a student at the University of California, and he discusses his relationship with Roosevelt’s children, concluding his article with an anecdote about Roosevelt’s eldest daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Albright’s article is preceded by a biographical sketch of the author, and it includes two photographs of Albright during his time working for the National Park Service.
An inset box in the article includes a mailing address for the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and lists its President and Executive Director.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1987
Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to come to office after the death of a predecessor and then be subsequently elected in his own right. Several other vice-presidents had previously entered office after the death of a president, but were not elected to the office. After Roosevelt, several other vice-presidents have come to office following the death of a president, and were subsequently elected.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1986
John Robert Greene tells the story of Frederick Morgan Davenport of New York state, whose political affiliations would move from the Republican party to the Progressive party, back to the Republicans, and would end with him as a supporter of the New Deal working for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Greene covers Davenport’s early career as a minister and teacher with an interest in the history of American revivals. He details his entry into New York politics and discusses his interest in adoption of the direct primary which led him to seek the support of Theodore Roosevelt. Greene examines the warfare in the Republican party between 1912 and 1916, and he notes Davenport’s work for Syracuse University in the 1920s. Davenport’s support of President Herbert Hoover and his work on behalf of tariff reform are covered as is Davenport’s gradual embrace of the New Deal while heading two agencies dealing with government personnel matters. Greene notes that Davenport was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1951.
Two of Davenport’s campaign posters, a photograph of the 1912 Progressive Party convention in Chicago, and a political cartoon from the 1912 campaign illustrate the article.
List of animals donated to the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. by Presidents of the United States. Twelve presidents from Grover Cleveland to Richard Nixon are on the list. Between January 1902 and November 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made twenty-seven donations of thirty-eight individual animals and birds, including thirteen opossums, to the zoo.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
Obituary of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the first born and last to die of Theodore Roosevelt’s children. The obituary details her celebrity status during her father’s presidency, her wedding to Congressman Nicholas Longworth, and his career in the House of Representatives. The notice also examines Alice Longworth’s decades long position as a Washington, D.C. power broker and socialite, and it notes her friendship with presidents, journalists, and celebrities. Her work in compiling an anthology of American poetry, her relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and her efforts to memorialize her father are also covered. The obituary notes her love of reading, acerbic wit, and sense of humor.
Four photographs accompany the article: the first shows Alice in 1904; the second shows the entire Roosevelt family, Theodore and Edith Roosevelt and all of their children and Alice’s husband, Nicholas Longworth, at the White House; the third shows Alice with her sister Ethel Derby and her brother Archibald Roosevelt at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C.; and the fourth is of Alice late in life.
A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt birthplace committees is included in the article.
John A. Gable reviews two biographies of Alice Roosevelt Longworth: James Brough’s Princess Alice: A Biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Howard Teichmann’s Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Gable asserts that Teichmann has written the better book of the two, and he conveys that preference by quoting three passages from his work. Gable says that for literary quality, neither book matches Longworth’s own memoir, and he says that both books are at their best when they “let Mrs. Longworth do the talking.” Because Longworth is still alive, Gable says that the last word on Princess Alice has not yet been written.
Nicholas LaBella reviews and endorses Kevin Brownlow’s The War, the West, and the Wilderness which studies silent films dealing with World War I, nature documentaries, and the American West. Brownlow argues that Theodore Roosevelt was an important figure in the early years of the silent film industry either as a subject or an inspiration for a film. LaBella notes the importance of Roosevelt’s African safari to the genre of nature films.
Second part of a compilation film revealing the story of Panama Canal construction, which Theodore Roosevelt considered one of his most valuable contributions to foreign affairs. This portion of the video focuses on the construction of the canal, as well as the canal in operation.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1927
Sheet music for “Rally the Standard of ‘Abe’ Lincoln,” a campaign song for President Coolidge’s 1924 presidential campaign. The cover features images of Abraham Lincoln, President Coolidge, Charles Gates Dawes, and Ed Jackson. Dawes was Coolidge’s vice presidential candidate and Jackson was the Republican gubernatorial candidate for Indiana.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1924
Various scenes of Oyster Bay, New York, and surrounding area, commissioned by the Roosevelt Memorial Association as part of its efforts to establish a memorial park in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. Most prominent views are of the mid-town intersection of East Main St. and South St., and the area around Oyster Bay railroad station, which borders the park site. Various shots of the intersection, in some of which campaign banners of the 1924 election are visible: pictures of President Coolidge, Charles Gates Dawes, and Ted Roosevelt, who unsuccessfully ran for New York governor against Alfred Emmanuel Smith in 1924, appear on the banners. Panning shots of a frame home by railroad tracks, steam engine with crew posed in front, and railroad station. Shots of a garbage dump and homes beside the bay, harbor area, row frame houses fronting on the garbage dump, and passenger train. These areas were to be included in the park.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1924
On December 10, 1919, Governor Calvin Coolidge hosts five New England governors in a conference on transportation and fuel conditions. At the State House in Boston the governors pledge support of coal regulation and continuing financial aid for New England’s railroads after their return to private control in peacetime. Attending the conference are Governors Coolidge, Massachusetts; Percival W. Clement, Vermont; Robert Livingston Beeckman, Rhode Island; John H. Bartlett, New Hampshire; Carl E. Milliken, Maine; and Marcus H. Holcomb, Connecticut. Views of governors on upper portico of the state house and posed in Governor Coolidge’s office.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919
At the State House in Boston, Calvin Coolidge is sworn in for his second term as Governor of Massachusetts on January 8, 1920. The ceremony actually took place in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, but this film is shot in the Council Chamber. Coolidge is sworn in by a man who is probably Edwin T. McKnight, President of the State Senate. The second sequence shows Governor Coolidge, members of his staff, and the Executive Council posing for the camera. Standing in the front are Coolidge and Lieutenant Governor Channing H. Cox. Seated, left to right, are: Councillors James G. Harris, George B. Wason, Matthew J. Whittall, and Harry H. Williams. In the back row, left to right, are: Secretary to the Governor Henry F. Long (visible between Coolidge and Cox), Assistant Secretary Harry S. Fairfield, Councillor Lewis R. Sullivan, Executive Secretary Charles S. Southworth, Councillor Horace A. Carter, Councillor Henry L. Bowles, and Edward Horrigan, the Governor’s body guard.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1920-01-08
Song sheet for the 1924 Republican presidential campaign of President Coolidge and Charles Gates Dawes. At the top of the sheet is a lithograph titled “G. O. P.” with likenesses of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, and Dawes. This sheet was handed out at an unidentified campaign event.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1924
Sheet music for “Presidents on Parade,” a patriotic song with lyrics that mention all presidents from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1933
Hand-held fan with a poem printed on the front and song lyrics on the back. The front of the fan features portraits of presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Calvin Coolidge above a printed poem, “A Real American.” The reverse side features the lyrics to “The Star Spangled Banner” and “America.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1923-1929
Black and white postcard featuring the heads of eleven United States presidents superimposed on to the bodies of football players. From left to right pictured are: Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow Wilson, William McKinley, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the background is the United States Capitol.
1933-1943