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President Roosevelt regrets to inform Judge Gray and the committee of the Bayard Memorial Association that he will be unable to attend the unveiling of the statue of Thomas F. Bayard. Roosevelt expresses his great respect for Bayard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-15
President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot attend the dedication of the New York Monuments at the Battlefield of Manassas, but expresses to Thomas D. Mosscrop his “deep and reverent affection for the gallant men” who fought for their country during the American Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-09
President Roosevelt informs John La Farge that finishing the John Harvard memorial window “is of the utmost importance” as Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate wants to dedicate it rather than have his successor do it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-21
The statue appeals to President Roosevelt but he cannot make such an engagement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-22
Representative Calder recalls an occasion where members of his church visited the White House while Theodore Roosevelt was president, and hopes now to invite Roosevelt to visit his church to help dedicate the building’s new organ.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-05
Charles A. Wilson invites Theodore Roosevelt to deliver an address in Georgetown, Ohio, on the occasion of the dedication of a statue honoring General Thomas L. Hamer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-25
Euphenia Knox Smith Pomeroy writes to President Roosevelt explaining that the two are second cousins. Their grandmothers, Margaret and Elizabeth Barnhill, were sisters. She and her husband Stephen W. Pomeroy, a Presbyterian minister, have moved to Harrisburg where their son lives. She provides the son’s address and asks if Roosevelt may find time in his busy schedule to visit while in town for the dedication of the new Capitol building.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-25
Buildings connected to Theodore Roosevelt make up much of this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) acquired Roosevelt’s presidential retreat in Virginia, Pine Knot, and the federal government renamed the building housing the Office of Personnel Management the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building. “News and Notes” also highlights the premiere of a PBS documentary on the 1992 Rio Roosevelt Expedition; discusses the foreign policy focus of this issue TRA Journal; and notes the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.
Two photographs of Pine Knot and three photographs of the ceremonies at the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building appear in the section.
Dedication ceremonies for Lassen Volcanic National Park stretch over three days, and include a number of speeches, tours, and dances.
1931-07
Alan R. Havig explores the ways in which Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) used the memory and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt (TR) to advance his own political career and causes. In doing so, he actually helped burnish the reputation of Theodore Roosevelt as a Progressive reformer. He looks closely at the 1920 campaign when FDR, the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, attacked the Republican nominee, Warren G. Harding, for denouncing TR and the Progressives in 1912. Havig examines how FDR attacked the Republicans for abandoning TR’s Progressive legacy and how FDR’s adoption of TR’s mantle led to a long feud between the two wings of the Roosevelt family. He also looks at how FDR supported the construction of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Havig also looks at how FDR used TR in 1936 to argue that the latter’s Square Deal had been a predecessor to his New Deal program. FDR, on the occasion of the dedication of the Roosevelt Memorial Hall in January 1936, quoted extensively from TR to demonstrate that he would have supported FDR’s extensive use of government to address the problems faced by the nation in the 1930s.
Notice about the dedication of the Richards-Theodore Roosevelt Room at the Mugar Memorial Library at Boston University in May 1978. The room will house an extensive Theodore Roosevelt Collection donated by Paul C. Richards. The notice lists the speakers and gives a brief synopsis of their remarks. It provides background on Richards, describes the contents of the collection, and quotes from Richards’s remarks.
Photographs of the six speakers at the dedication services and of the display cases housing the collection accompany the notice.
Remarks by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of Sagamore Hill as a historical site in June 1953. Eisenhower read a proclamation declaring a “Theodore Roosevelt Week” in the United States, and in his brief remarks he challenged the stereotype of Roosevelt as an impetuous leader, saying that he was “not a swash-buckler,” and that he engaged in “patient work.”
A picture of President Eisenhower receiving a framed manuscript written by Roosevelt from Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association Director Hermann Hagedorn on the porch at Sagamore Hill accompanies the article.
Reprint of an article originally published in the New York Herald Tribune which describes the dedication ceremonies at Sagamore Hill in June 1953 which featured an address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The article names some of the prominent guests, quotes from Eisenhower’s brief speech, and describes some aspects of the ceremony such as the presentation of a flag and flag pole for the historic site by the Boy Scouts.
A photograph of President Eisenhower standing in the back of an open car passing through Oyster Bay, New York on his way to Sagamore Hill accompanies the article.
John A. Gable discusses the publication of two books on Theodore Roosevelt. Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide was published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and Memories of the American Frontier, a collection of Roosevelt’s writings on the American West, was issued by the Westvaco Corporation. Gable notes the individuals and organizations that helped bring both works to publication. He mentions that author David McCullough visited the offices of the TRA, and he closes with more tributes to Ethel Derby Roosevelt who died on December 10, 1977.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1978
Details of the reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site after a two year restoration. The article describes the ceremony, lists some of the more notable guests, and reprints parts of messages from President Jimmy Carter, Senator Jakob K. Javits, and Mayor Abraham Beame of New York City. The article gives a brief history of the house, details the funding of the restoration, and credits individuals who led the renovation.
A photograph of the exterior of the home and two photographs of notable guests at the reception accompany the article.
Description of the ceremonies marking the dedication of the new headquarters building of the Roosevelt Savings Bank in Garden City, New York on May 2, 1976. The order of the program, notable attendees, and the speakers are listed. A history of the bank, renamed for Theodore Roosevelt in 1920, concludes the article. A picture of some of the participants in the new bank lobby accompanies the notice.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Description of the ceremony surrounding the dedication of new library space at Harvard for the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, a reading alcove, and exhibit space across three separate libraries. The article notes the benefactors for the facilities, the speakers at the ceremony, and provides a brief description of each of the new spaces dedicated to furthering the study of Theodore Roosevelt. It also gives a history of the collection and of the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s role in amassing and safeguarding its contents. The article is accompanied by two pictures which show some of the dignitaries at the ceremony and the other is of a young Roosevelt during his student days at Harvard.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) John A. Gable provides an update on the various projects undertaken by the TRA in 1976 with an emphasis on the expansion of the Theodore Roosevelt holdings at Harvard University. He notes the establishment there of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, and he gives an update on the revitalization project underway in the neighborhood surrounding the Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site in New York City. Gable promotes the reissue of Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris, and he lists the various clubs and organizations he spoke to in his role as Executive Director of the TRA. He notes the receipt of four letters from Roosevelt to William T. Hornaday which the TRA has added to the Harvard University Roosevelt Collection.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Description of the services that marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s elevation to the presidency in September 1901. The commemorative event was held at the North Creek, New York Railroad Station. The article notes the remarks given by William D. Johnston of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the festive atmosphere surrounding the occasion, and the reenactment of Roosevelt’s arrival by wagon at the station.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
This article describes the dedication ceremony for the “20th Street Revitalization Day” that was held in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site on October 2, 1976. The article notes the music and dance performances, the invocation, and gives a brief synopsis of each of the speeches, including one by Mayor Abraham Beame of New York City that was accompanied by the yelling of striking New York City policemen. The article notes the many private organizations, including the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and the government agencies that supported the urban renewal project.
The article has two photographs: one shows Mayor Beame speaking at the ceremony and the other shows John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, addressing the crowd.