Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Jay Jorgensen examines President Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to appoint Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court in 1902. Jorgensen recalls Roosevelt’s knowledge of the law informed by two years of study at Columbia University, and he examines his judicial philosophy which was influenced by his study of and admiration for Abraham Lincoln. Jorgensen notes that Holmes’s nomination was supported by Roosevelt’s friend Senator Henry Cabot Loge of Massachusetts, and he emphasizes that Holmes’s dissent in the Northern Securities anti-trust case angered Roosevelt who felt betrayed by Holmes’s opinion. Six photographs, including four of Holmes, illustrate the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Jack R. Smutz encloses bulletins from the national Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission. Since President Eisenhower will be speaking at Theodore Roosevelt Island on the Fourth of July, Smutz believes there is a good chance that Vice President Nixon will agree to speak in Dickinson, North Dakota.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958-03-12

President Eisenhower will be unable to speak at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958-02-04

Reverend Sherrill reviews his efforts to find speakers for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1957-12-06

Hermann Hagedorn reviews the search for speakers for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1957-12-13

The Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission promotes Independence Day celebrations for 1958.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1958

Stacy A. Cordery examines the life of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, providing a biography of Theodore Roosevelt’s first born child. Cordery looks at her troubled childhood, her rebellious spirit as a young woman, and her celebrated marriage to Congressman Nicholas Longworth. Cordery details  Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, her support of isolationism in the years before World War II, and her decades long place as a fixture in the Washington, D.C., political scene. A text box within the article contains an excerpt from Owen Wister about Theodore Roosevelt’s frustration at his inability to control his daughter.

Two photographs of Longworth, one with her siblings and the other with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, supplement the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

William N. Tilchin argues that three principles that guided the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt–the global interests principle, the power principle, and the civilization principle–were also at the heart of the bipartisan foreign policy of the United States that prevailed in the Cold War. Tilchin gives examples of how each of these principles manifested themselves during Roosevelt’s presidency, citing Roosevelt’s mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, the growth of the U.S. Navy, and a warm relationship with Great Britain. Tilchin says that these principles were largely ignored by Roosevelt’s successors, but that they were rediscovered during World War II and sustained during the Cold War.

A photograph of Tilchin appears in the article, and the article is followed by a full-page photograph of Roosevelt standing next to, and with his right hand resting on a large globe.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Variety defines this edition of “News & Notes.” The section highlights numerous ceremonies, celebrations, and exhibitions to mark the ongoing centennial observation of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. It also covers the Fourth of July celebration in Oyster Bay, New York, the dedication of a plaque commemorating the attempt on Roosevelt’s life in October 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the 50th anniversary of the opening of Sagamore Hill to the public. “News & Notes” also notes the death of Doris Albert Budner, the struggles of a Rough Rider museum in New Mexico, and the publication of an article by the Cato Institute that criticizes Roosevelt. 

The section contains three text boxes with quotations and excerpts from Roosevelt’s writings, and it is supplemented by four photographs, including two of humorist Mo Rocca at Sagamore Hill.

David H. Burton provides biographies of three Roosevelt women: Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Burton emphasizes Edith Roosevelt’s importance to her husband, Theodore Roosevelt, from raising their children to overseeing the renovation of the White House. With Longworth, Burton notes her marriage to Nicholas Longworth and her antipathy to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he says that her influence suffered because “she was never for anything.” Burton highlights Eleanor Roosevelt’s sad childhood but pays attention to, and praises, her considerable humanitarian work both as First Lady and in her later life.

A drawing of Edith Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent and photographs of Longworth and Eleanor Roosevelt supplement the text. A text box containing contact information for the Theodore Roosevelt Association also appears in the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

John A. Gable recounts the life and work of Jessica E. Kraft who worked as a secretary for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and was the first Curator of Sagamore Hill. Gable highlights Kraft’s thirty-four years of service to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and notes the many roles and positions she held in the association. Gable also examines her volunteer work in the Oyster Bay, New York community, and the article contains the citation read on the occasion of her winning the Bertha B. Rose Award from the TRA in 1983.

Six photographs of Kraft, four of which show her with others, appear in the article as does an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Hermann Hagedorn describes several episodes from Theodore Roosevelt’s life at his home, Sagamore Hill. He highlights Roosevelt’s welcoming of the peace negotiators from Russia and Japan, his dive in the submarine USS Plunger, his election as Governor of New York, and other milestones. Hagedorn also notes the visit of President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Sagamore Hill on June 14, 1953.

A photograph of Sagamore Hill; a photograph of dignitaries, including Eisenhower, on the porch at Sagamore Hill; and a photograph of Jessica Van Ausdall receiving a United States flag, illustrate the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

This edition of the “Book Reviews” section examines four works. “How Does TR Rate?” focuses on the poll numbers assigned to Theodore Roosevelt in The Rating Game in American Politics and finds that Roosevelt places in the great or near great categories. The review gives an overview of the essays in the collection, and highlights those on Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. William Davison Johnston reviews Edward L. Beach’s The United States Navy: 200 Years and notes that it is not a narrative history, and he stresses that it was awarded the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize for 1987.

In “The Independent Progressives,” John A. Gable reviews Eugene M. Tobin’s Organize or Perish: America’s Independent Progressives, 1913-1933 which studies former members of the Bull Moose Party like Amos Pinchot and George L. Record. Gable notes that these figures operated outside of elected offices and built organizations, but that they lacked the strength and numbers to build a political party. Gable notes how Tobin’s work adds to our understanding of the larger Progressive era. The section concludes with a notice that the Naval War College has published a comprehensive bibliography of the writings of Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan.

A photograph of Johnston and Beach shaking hands at a Theodore Roosevelt Association event in October 1983 appears in the section.

Frederick W. Marks explores why Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy record is either ignored or dismissed in high school textbooks. Marks examines Roosevelt’s diplomacy, especially his dealings with Latin American nations, to assert that Roosevelt had a record worthy of study and recognition. Marks notes the irony in Roosevelt’s poor treatment at the hands of historians as Roosevelt was an accomplished historian and a president of the American Historical Association. Marks concludes his article by asking why Roosevelt’s record is downplayed, and he argues that Roosevelt’s larger than life personality overshadows his achievements and that the standards for judging diplomatic behavior in 1900 and 1985 are markedly different. 

A photograph of Marks and of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site appear in the article.

History of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal awarded by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). The article highlights twenty-one of the winners, lists the thirteen different fields of endeavor for which individuals are honored, and details the design of the medal by James Earle Fraser.  It also discusses the various venues at which the Medal has been awarded. An illustration of both sides of the medal accompanies the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1985

Brief notice about the founding of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1906 and about its highest award, the Theodore Roosevelt Award or “Teddy,” first presented in 1967.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1984

John A. Gable provides a brief history of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal awarded by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Gable highlights twenty-one of the winners, lists the thirteen different fields of endeavor for which individuals are honored, and details the design of the medal by James Earle Fraser. Gable also discusses the various venues at which the Medal has been awarded.

A photograph of TRA President William Davison Johnston presenting the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to Captain Edward L. Beach is found on the second page of the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

History of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) that chronicles the TRA’s work to preserve historic sites associated with Theodore Roosevelt and its work in collecting documents, providing natural history research grants, and publishing books and a journal on Roosevelt.

A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt seated at a desk accompanies the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

In a reprint of an article originally published in 1965, Bertha Rose describes the process of restoring the Theodore Roosevelt family home, Sagamore Hill, following Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s death in 1948. Rose describes the process of working with various firms and contractors to restore the paint, wallpaper, and fixtures of the home as well as track down original furniture pieces. She describes the condition of various rooms in the home and the steps that were taken to restore them as closely as possible to how they looked during Roosevelt’s presidency.

A drawing of Sagamore Hill, two photographs of Rose, and a photograph of the dedication of Sagamore Hill in June 1953 accompany the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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.