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George Benson Kuykendall is researching the origin of his last name, and would like to know if Theodore Roosevelt has any information, or could connect him with any Knickerbocker families in New York who might know something about it. He adds that he spent ten years as a doctor on the Yakima Indian Reservation and met several army officers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-20
Cornelius Gardener sends William Loeb a coat of arms from the Dutch town of Tholen that likely belonged to one of President Roosevelt’s ancestors. A relative gave him the image on a recent trip to Holland, and former professor Adriaan Steketee contextualized the device. Gardener wonders if Roosevelt might want to visit Tholen during his upcoming European trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-03
Philip J. Roosevelt and John A. Gable recount the life and work of P. James Roosevelt, the only Roosevelt family member to have been President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). They note his love of sailing and yacht racing, his devotion to his Christian faith and missionary work, and his assumption of many leadership roles in the TRA. Roosevelt and Gable also highlight his support of the Roosevelt family genealogical project and his leadership of Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Two photographs of P. James Roosevelt appear in the section.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1999
This issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal features the first of three installments of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy.” In addition to part one of the genealogy, this issue contains an article by John A. Gable on the discovery of three photographs showing Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt together in May 1915.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990
Variety marks this edition of the “News and Notes” section, beginning with the celebration of the 90th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York, and the establishment of a Theodore Roosevelt Police Award for western New York. “News and Notes” also details the rededication of a monument to Roosevelt in Montana by Edith Roosevelt Derby Williams and provides a lengthy obituary for Cornelius V.S. Roosevelt, son of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt. A Roosevelt family reunion, bringing together the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, branches is also covered along with an appeal from Stephen V. Walker for music composed in honor of Theodore Roosevelt’s children.
“News and Notes” also features a text box “About the Theodore Roosevelt Association” that highlights the purpose, work, and history of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). A photograph of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion, and Howard Chandler Christy’s painting of the Battle of Las Guasimas in Cuba illustrate the section.
“News and Notes” reports on the donation and delivery of six stained glass windows for the chapel onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The windows were donated by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and four religious denominations from Oyster Bay, New York, and feature scenes from the Bible and other religious themes. The section also notes the passing of Hamilton Fish who was a recent recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. “News and Notes” provides a biography of Fish and remarks upon the other recent winners of the medal. Other topics covered include promotion of the TRA’s genealogy of the Roosevelt family; a text box “About the Theodore Roosevelt Association” that relays some of the history and mission of the TRA; a change in the leadership of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site; and an announcement that the next annual meeting of the TRA will be held at Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia.
Photographs of three of the stained glass windows, as well as one of the carrier, join three photographs of Fish and a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt’s head as illustrations in the section.
This edition of “News and Notes” begins with a summary of the events, elections, and speeches at the seventy-first annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) which included the selection of Robert D. Dalziel as the twelfth President of the TRA. The report includes a listing of those elected to the Board of Trustees as well as brief biographies of the past presidents. “News and Notes” also details the conferring of annual awards and prizes supported by the TRA including: natural history research grants from the American Museum of Natural History; the Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest for the New York City public schools; the TRA Police Award for the New York City Police Department; and the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize. The section also notes the passing of Archibald B. Roosevelt, Junior, changes in command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and highlights a lecture by David McCullough at the White House on Theodore Roosevelt.
Two photographs from the TRA annual meeting, a photograph of McCullough with President George Bush, and an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion appear in the section.
Article on the inclusion of the family of Jacob Rosevelt in the Roosevelt family genealogy. Rosevelt, a German immigrant, did not marry German wives, and it came to be believed over time that some of his descendants were tied to Claes Martenszen van Rosenvelt, the founder of the Roosevelt family in America. The article notes that the 1902 Roosevelt family genealogy mistakenly included descendants of Rosevelt. A picture of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site appears on the bottom half of the article page.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990
This third installment of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy” includes part three of the genealogy as well as an introductory note explaining its publication order and instructions on how to navigate its various parts. An index to all three parts of the genealogy appears at the end of this issue. Part two of the genealogy is labeled as an appendix on “Jacob Rosevelt and His Descendants” and provides a history of the descendants of Jacob Rosevelt, an eighteenth-century German immigrant and includes eighty-one entries, featuring brief biographical portraits of each entrant, along with their birth and death dates, and a listing of their children.
Part two of the genealogy also includes in this order: a text box on “Pronunciation of Roosevelt”; a full page photograph of Henry L. Roosevelt; a text box with a listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA); a drawing of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent; a photograph of Ethel Roosevelt Derby; a text box with a history of the TRA; and a photograph of Belle Roosevelt, wife of Kermit Roosevelt, with three of their children.
This issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal features the third of three installments of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy.” In addition to part three of the genealogy which covers the descendants of Jacob Rosevelt, an eighteenth-century German immigrant, the issue concludes with a comprehensive index to all three parts of the genealogy.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990
This second installment of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy” includes part two of the genealogy as well as an introductory note explaining its publication order and instructions on how to navigate its various parts. Part two of the genealogy begins with Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, Jr. and includes 206 entries, featuring brief biographical portraits of each entrant, along with their birth and death dates, and a listing of their children.
Part two of the genealogy also includes in this order: a full page photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, Senior; a text box listing “Roosevelts Who Were Assistant Secretary of the Navy”; a text box listing the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; and a text box listing “Roosevelts Who Ran for Governor of New York State.”
This issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal features the second of three installments of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy.” In addition to part two of the genealogy, this issue features, for the third time, an article about how to properly pronounce the name “Roosevelt.”
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990
This first installment of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy” includes part one of the genealogy as well as a foreword by John A. Gable and an introduction by its authors, the genealogists Timothy F. Beard and Henry B. Hoff. Part one of the genealogy runs from Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt, considered the first Roosevelt to come to America, to John Ellis Roosevelt, born in 1853, and includes sixty-six entries featuring brief biographical portraits of each entrant, along with their birth and death dates, and a listing of their children.
Part one of the genealogy also includes in this order: a two page listing of abbreviations used in the genealogy; a text box with brief biographies of Beard and Hoff; a listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA); a brief history of the TRA in a text box; an illustration of the Roosevelt family coat of arms; and a table showing the descendants of the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, Roosevelt families.
This lengthy edition of “News and Notes” opens with a report on the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in New York City on November 8, 1987. The report details the election of the leadership of the TRA, and it highlights an address to the gathering by the Director of the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands. A section on the Broadway musical “Teddy and Alice” follows with a listing of its cast and crew, numerous quotes from New York newspaper reviews, and comments on the actors’ performances. A section on the Roosevelt Studies Center in the Netherlands highlights the conferring of the first Lawrence J. Saunders Awards for essays on American history by Dutch university students.
Updates from the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, the Navy League of the United States, and TRA member George Epstein also garner sections. A report on the second annual Teddy Bear drive sponsored by the TRA and the National Park Service, an update on the Roosevelt family genealogy project, and information about the 1988 TRA annual dinner to be held in Dallas, Texas, complete “News and Notes.”
Two scenes from the musical “Teddy and Alice,” three photographs from the Roosevelt Study Center, and a photograph of members of the TRA in Medora, North Dakota, join an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion as supplements to the text.
This edition of “News and Notes” highlights some of the ceremonies marking the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. It details some of the content and arguments put forth in Paul Schullery’s American Bears: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt, provides a report on the donations and finances of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) for fiscal year 1982, and reviews a colloquium on historic preservation held at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. The column also covers Roosevelt birthday celebrations in Buffalo, New York, and Tampa, Florida, the annual meeting of the committee overseeing the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, and the TRA Public Speaking Contest for the New York public high schools. The column concludes with a notice about the Centennial of Medora, North Dakota.
A photograph of Selwa Roosevelt and the logo of the Medora, North Dakota, Centennial appear in the column.
John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1981. He details the TRA’s support of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, and he notes the association’s financial support of Youngs Memorial Cemetery, 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 notes the growth in membership and dues for the TRA, and he lists the articles published in 1981 in the TRA Journal. Gable highlights the work of David McCullough and Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt and gives examples of the TRA’s support of the various historical sites associated with the life of Roosevelt.
A drawing of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Historical Site and photographs of John A. Gable with members of the faculty of Richland College and with TRA President William Johnston and David McCullough are included in the report.
John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1980. He details the TRA’s work to rebuild a bandstand in Oyster Bay, New York, and notes the association’s financial support of Youngs Memorial Cemetery, 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 notes the growth in membership and dues for the TRA, and he details the assistance the TRA has given to numerous scholars and writers and lists the publications that have emerged from their work. Gable closes by citing examples of the TRA’s support of the various historical sites associated with the life of Theodore Roosevelt.
A photograph of some of the leaders of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with officials from the Town of Oyster Bay, New York is found on the third page of the report.
John A. Gable opens this edition of “News and Notes” by quoting from the notice placed in the New York Timesby the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) upon the death of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. He notes the recent work of biographers, historians, and journalists on Theodore Roosevelt, and he details some of his work as Executive Director of the TRA, giving lectures to high school students, taping a cable television program on Roosevelt, and conducting tours of Youngs Cemetery and Sagamore Hill. Gable highlights the support of the Pizza Hut restaurant chain for the Roosevelt Genealogical Project.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
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.
John A. Gable elaborates on the visit by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to Medora, North Dakota, and on the Edward S. Curtis photography exhibit in Sea Cliff, New York. He endorses Edmund Morris’s The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, notes Theodore Roosevelt books by Nathan Miller and Jerome Alden, and discusses the extensive Theodore Roosevelt collections of Governor James Thompson of Illinois and his friend Daniel Weil. Gable closes with a paragraph discussing the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, the work of the TRA, and the need to grow the association’s membership.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1979