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Howard Ehrlich of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) describes the visit of Albertine Bloemendal, the 2009 winner of the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award from the Netherlands, to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Ehrlich notes other members of the TRA who spent time with Bloemendal, and he highlights the tour he gave of Sagamore Hill.
Profile of Theodore Roosevelt reenactor James Foote that describes how he made portraying Roosevelt a full-time job. The article highlights some of the many venues where he has appeared, and it features two photographs of Foote as Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1999
Report on an art exhibit, “TR and the Horse,” at the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) headquarters in Oyster Bay, New York. The report is drawn from excerpts of two newspaper columns, and it notes the artists and the various types of mediums employed to depict horses. The article notes the speakers from the TRA, and it features six photographs of the event taken by Art Koch, along with a poster for the exhibition.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
Collection of thirty-two photographs from the 2008 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Oyster Bay, New York. Many of the photographs are close-ups of the various TRA leaders, speakers, guests or dignitaries at the assorted events. Only two of the figures are identified in captions. Two pages of photographs are devoted to a parade in Oyster Bay; one page to the TRA’s annual dinner; one page to events at Sagamore Hill; and one page to ceremonies at Theodore Roosevelt’s grave at Youngs Memorial Cemetery.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it will sponsor a trip to France to mark the restoration and rededication of a memorial to Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt who was killed while serving as an aviator in France during World War I. The TRA also announces a slate of three lectures for 2007 as part of the Dr. John A. Gable Lecture Series to be held at Christ Church in Oyster Bay, New York. An illustration of the Eiffel Tower and a photograph of Gable accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
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.
In “Best Wishes From Oyster Bay,” twenty-six friends, colleagues, and fellow historians offer their thoughts on the life and work of John A. Gable, the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the founder and editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Some of the themes that recur are Gable’s support and mentoring of historians and biographers in the early stages of their careers, his encyclopedic knowledge of Theodore Roosevelt, and his promotion of membership in the TRA. The authors also note his unsentimental critique of their work and his fostering a truce between the feuding Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York factions of the Roosevelt family. Two of the contributors, William N. Tilchin and Gregory A. Wynn, share some of their correspondence with Gable to demonstrate these themes, and almost all of the contributors highlight Gable’s generosity with his time and talents.
The piece includes a table of contents on its first page and it concludes with brief biographies of each of the authors. Twenty-three photographs populate the text, including twenty of Gable.
John G. Staudt describes the battles with cancer fought by the two winners of the 2005 Theodore Roosevelt Police Award for Long Island. Lee Krill of Nassau County, New York, and Kathleen A. McGowan of Suffolk County, New York, both successfully underwent cancer treatments and returned to police duty. Staudt describes the award ceremony at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, lists the speakers, and notes some of the dignitaries and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in attendance.
A photograph of the winners with some of the dignitaries and speakers supplements the article along with a photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt with veterans of his Rough Rider regiment. A text box acknowledging the support of Long Island Commercial Bank for the police awards is also included.
John G. Staudt describes the 2005 Fourth of July festivities at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Staudt notes the horsemanship displays, the music, and the various speakers, and he highlights the presentation of the first John Allen Gable History Award to the Bartlett Tree Expert Company for saving a beech tree at Sagamore Hill planted by Theodore Roosevelt. A drawing of Sagamore Hill appears at above the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2005
Three biographies–of Holt Collier, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gifford Pinchot–come under scrutiny in the “Reviews” section along with a play and documentary about Roosevelt. Tweed Roosevelt finds the biography of Holt Collier, who led Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 1902 bear hunt, notable for its descriptions of slavery in antebellum Mississippi, but he finds its coverage of Roosevelt flawed. Gregory A. Wynn recommends Kathleen Dalton’s biography Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life for its coverage of Roosevelt’s life after the presidency, its recognition of the important influence women had on his life, and for making Roosevelt “a hero for liberals.” The section also contains an excerpt of a review of Dalton’s work from Kirkus Reviews.
Gary A. Clinton admires Laurence Luckinbill’s play Teddy Tonight for capturing the spirit of Roosevelt in his own words, and he finds that it resonates in a nation reeling from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. A review of The History Channel’s documentary TR: An American Lion lists the “talking head” historians who appear in the film along with members of the Roosevelt family. The review highlights the negative coverage given Roosevelt’s attitudes on race and imperialism, and it praises the actors who provide the film’s narration and voice of Roosevelt. The section concludes with excerpts from four positive reviews of Char Miller’s biography of Gifford Pinchot.
This edition of “News and Notes” opens with news of the History Channel’s production of another documentary film about Theodore Roosevelt. The report provides some details about its production and highlights members of the Roosevelt family who have roles in the film. “News and Notes” highlights the journey of “Bully” the moose from Alaska to Colorado to the USS Theodore Roosevelt; the trophy mount was acquired by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). A posthumous award for Roosevelt from the United States Navy Memorial Foundation and a conservation roundtable sponsored by the TRA receive attention as do a number of personnel changes at Roosevelt related historic sites like Sagamore Hill.
The section promotes the TRA’s website, its Theodore Roosevelt CD-ROM, and the association’s next annual meeting. Two photographs from the production of the History Channel documentary and a photograph of Bully the moose with the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt appear in the section.
The “News and Notes” section highlights the expansion of the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) Public Speaking Contests and Police Awards to Long Island, New York, and it provides notices of the deaths of three TRA members who served on the association’s Board of Trustees. The section also notes an upcoming PBS documentary on Theodore Roosevelt, considers the operation of Sagamore Hill in the face of budget cuts, and includes a recollection of Roosevelt by Frank Ross McCoy, a former President of the TRA.
Four photographs, two from the ceremonies marking the TRA Police Award for New York City, supplement the text.
John Lancos of the National Park Service (NPS) describes the Theodore Roosevelt Teddy Bear Drive first undertaken in 1986 to give teddy bears to children hospitalized during the Christmas holidays in New York City. Lancos describes the fundraising for and execution of the campaign, and he notes how people can donate new bears or funds for the 1987 effort. The second page of the notice features an advertisement for the campaign and lists places in New York City where teddy bears can be donated and the address to which donations can be mailed. The background of the ad features a Clifford Berryman cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt with a small black bear. A photograph of Lancos with members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association distributing teddy bears in December 1986 appears on the first page of the notice.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1987
This edition of “News and Notes” has five sections. Brief histories of the three ships and one submarine that have carried the name of Theodore Roosevelt are provided in “The Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt.” This section also highlights the five different Roosevelts who have served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. “TR Exhibit at the LBJ Library in Texas” revisits the Theodore exhibit at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. It lists fourteen of the archives, museums, and historic sites that lent items to the exhibit, and it promotes the sale of the exhibit catalogue and poster.
“Meadowcroft” covers a July 1903 visit by Roosevelt to the home of his cousin John Ellis Roosevelt on the south shore of Long Island. It also relates the events surrounding “Theodore Roosevelt Day at Meadowcroft” on July 28, 1984, which celebrated and recreated President Roosevelt’s visit. “Rough Riders Museum in New Mexico” examines why there is a museum dedicated to the Rough Riders in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It looks at the state’s contributions to the regiment and highlights some of the reunions held in Las Vegas.
The final and untitled section notes events involving the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and its work: the conferring of a TRA award to a high school student, a radio interview of the TRA’s Executive Director John A. Gable, and a listing of programs at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and Sagamore Hill National Historic Sites.
A photograph of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at the graves of General Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt is found on the first page of “News and Notes.” Four photographs of the Paul Manship statue of President Roosevelt on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. and an illustration of Mount Rushmore National Memorial accompany the text.
Joyce M. Bisso describes the parade held on “TR Day in Oyster Bay” on October 30, 1983. Bisso also highlights some of the activities held in Oyster Bay in the week leading up to the parade, notes some of the bands and organizations that marched in the parade, and describes the floats that marked different aspects of Theodore Roosevelt’s life.
Two photographs of marching bands and one of a float accompany the article.