Gable, John A.

William J. Vanden Heuvel looks at the connections between Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, especially their shared commitment to American engagement with the world and promoting conservation. Vanden Heuvel highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and his support for an inheritance tax, and he notes that both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to regulate corporations and the wealthy for the benefit of the working class. Two photographs and a drawing of Sagamore Hill supplement the address.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2003-10-24

Creator(s)

Vanden Heuvel, William J. (William Jacobus), 1930-

William N. Tilchin recalls his friendship with William J. Vanden Heuvel. Tilchin quotes from their correspondence, and he notes that they shared a belief that Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt shared similar outlooks on domestic and foreign policies. Tilchin asserts that Vanden Heuvel devoted much of his work to linking the two presidents, as well as healing the rift between the two branches of the Roosevelt family.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Creator(s)

Tilchin, William N., 1950-

Advertisement for TR’s Summer White House, Oyster Bay by Sherwin Gluck. The ad cites endorsements from John A. Gable and Wallace Finley Dailey and features a picture of the book’s cover. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

Creator(s)

Gluck, Sherwin, 1970-

Report on the placing of a cenotaph stone at Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York, to honor John A. Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). The report lists those members of the Roosevelt and Gable families in attendance along with members of the TRA, and it lists those who spoke at its dedication. A photograph of Gable appears at the center of the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005

Creator(s)

Unknown

William N. Tilchin charts the path to publication of the translation of a French booklet about Theodore Roosevelt by Leon Bazalgette. The 1905 tract was translated by Roosevelt biographer Edmund Morris and offered to John A. Gable, editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ), in 2001. Tilchin describes the rediscovery of the translation by Gregory A. Wynn and the subsequent enlistment of the French Roosevelt scholar Serge Ricard to assist in the publication and contextualization of the translation. The front cover illustrations from works by Ricard and Morris supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2020

Creator(s)

Tilchin, William N., 1950-

Serge Ricard recounts his involvement with the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal in publishing Edmund Morris’s translation of Leon Bazalgette’s 1905 booklet about Theodore Roosevelt. Ricard provides biographies of Bazalgette and another French scholar, Albert Savine, who published a longer study of Roosevelt in 1904. Ricard highlights Bazalgette’s other biographies of notable Americans, Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau, and he notes that Savine translated four of Roosevelt’s books into French.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2020

Creator(s)

Ricard, Serge

Gregory A. Wynn chronicles the search by the Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA) for a home for its extensive Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Wynn highlights the choice between Columbia and Harvard University, and he highlights the group’s sensitivity to the feelings of Theodore Roosevelt’s widow, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, as well as those of Nora E. Cordingley, the collection’s caretaker at its home at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. Wynn reveals the disagreements and tensions between members of the RMA and the arguments made for and against each university gaining the collection, and he notes that the New York Public Library was also considered as the repository for the collection.

Three pieces of correspondence from the RMA and a photograph of John A. Gable with Hermann Hagedorn supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2020

Gregory A. Wynn writes that his criticisms of Michael Cullinane’s Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon amount to “merely quibbles,” and he states that it is thoroughly researched and well-written. Wynn highlights the work of Kathleen Dalton, Henry F. Pringle, and John A. Gable in his review, and he describes the wide ranging topics addressed by Cullinane, including the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in safeguarding the memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Wynn notes that Cullinane’s work should serve as an inspiration to members of the TRA to continue the organization’s work.

Two photographs, including one of Cullinane, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018

William N. Tilchin charts his intellectual and professional journey with Theodore Roosevelt from his time as a graduate student at Michigan State University and Brown University to his tenure as editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Tilchin credits two of his graduate school professors and John A. Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) for encouraging his study of Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

Creator(s)

Tilchin, William N., 1950-

William N. Tilchin presents an excerpt from a letter he wrote to members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) upon the occasion of the end of his term as President of the TRA. Tilchin focuses on the work and legacy of John A. Gable, the long-time Executive Director of the TRA, and says that he remains focused on carrying out Gable’s work. On a separate matter, Tilchin notes that he erred in his characterization of a series of letters from Theodore Roosevelt to the Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park published in the Fall 2018 issue.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

Creator(s)

Tilchin, William N., 1950-

Listing, in alphabetical order, of the five founding members of the Dr. John A. Gable Theodore Roosevelt Association Legacy Society. The notice includes contact information for three members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association leadership.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2017

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

William N. Tilchin provides a very brief history of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) prior to the appointment in 1974 of John A. Gable as its executive director. Tilchin notes that Gable began publishing the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) in 1975, and he believes that the TRAJ helped grow the membership of the TRA.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

Creator(s)

Tilchin, William N., 1950-

William N. Tilchin examines the history of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) with an emphasis on the work of John A. Gable, the long-time executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the founder and editor of the TRAJ. Tilchin explains that Gable founded the TRAJ as a way to grow the membership of the TRA and to provide an outlet for the study of Theodore Roosevelt. Tichin notes that Gable succeeded in both tasks, and he explains the changes he has made to the TRAJ during his tenue which began in 2006. The changes include requiring peer review of submitted manuscripts, publishing regular columns like “Presidential Snapshots” and “The Material Culture of Theodore Roosevelt,” and updating the design and layout of the journal.

The article includes nineteen front cover illustrations from the TRAJ as well as six pages of excerpts from articles, reviews, and speeches. A text box with the mission statement of the TRA appears at the end of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2015-10-03

Gregory A. Wynn addresses the role that the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) have played in shaping the historiography of Theodore Roosevelt. Wynn dwells on the work and contributions of John A. Gable, a long-time editor of the TRAJ in both fostering scholarship on Roosevelt and producing his own. Wynn highlights the work of Roosevelt biographers such as Edmund Morris, Kathleen Dalton, and Henry F. Pringle, and he identifies deficits in the study of Roosevelt that need to be addressed such as his presidency and his intellect.

A photograph of Wynn, the front cover of Dalton’s biography, and an excerpt of a letter from Gable to Wynn accompany the address.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the 80th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Norfolk, Virginia, onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, and at Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s retreat in rural Virginia. The report details the annual dinner, noting its ceremonies and speakers, including the conferring of the TRA’s Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt and recognizing John A. Gable’s twenty-five years as Executive Director of the TRA. The report highlights the association’s visit to the aircraft carrier, including an air show and the results of the various TRA elections for members of the Advisory Board, Board of Trustees, and Executive Committee. The report provides brief biographies of some of those elected to various capacities, and it highlights the presentation of Theodore Roosevelt’s naval flag to the USS Theodore Roosevelt for display in its museum.

The report highlights the speech given by Tsakhia Elbegdorj, a former Prime Minister and President of Mongolia, and it provides coverage of the TRA’s visit to Pine Knot, including a history of the property and plans for its upkeep and use. Thirteen photographs populate the report, including four of Pine Knot and two of the aircraft carrier.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2000

Edward Renehan examines Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong interest in naval affairs: naval history, strategy, and the building and deploying of a naval fleet. Renehan highlights the exploits of Roosevelt’s uncles, James Dunwoody Bulloch and Irvine S. Bulloch, and the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan as influencing Roosevelt’s views. Renehan also notes the importance of Roosevelt’s history, The Naval War of 1812, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and his construction of battleships while president.

Two photographs, one of Roosevelt’s flag as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and the other of Renehan with Alexandra Roosevelt Dworkin, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999-10-29

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that John E. Wilson and his wife June have established an endowment fund named in honor of John A. Gable to support the publication of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. The announcement encourages readers to contribute to the fund. A text box lists the President and Executive Directors of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and information regarding the governance of the TRA.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2014

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Report on the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in San Antonio, Texas, October 30-31, 1998. The report covers the dinner, speakers, tours, TRA elections, and the conferring of TRA awards. The report highlights the presentation of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal and the TRA Junior Officer of the Year Award, and it details changes made to the governance of the TRA, including the creation of an Advisory Board and changes to the terms and expectations of members of the Board of Trustees. Eight photographs from the meeting populate the text, including five of President George Bush, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Creator(s)

Unknown

In his final “Grass Roots” column, Terrence C. Brown examines his tenure as Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Brown notes the work of prior directors John A. Gable and Hermann Hagedorn, and he praises Tweed Roosevelt for his commitment to ensuring the survival of the TRA. Brown highlights some of the organizations he worked with and notable individuals he met during his term, and he lists the accomplishments of his tenure, including putting the TRA on a sound financial footing. A photograph of Brown at the Elkhorn Ranch site supplements the column.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2012

Creator(s)

Brown, Terrence C., 1949-

Genna Rollins, Secretary of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), highlights the ceremonies and speeches that marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Roosevelt Study Center (RSC) in Zeeland, the Netherlands, on September 19, 2011. Rollins notes the various speakers from the United States and Holland, and she briefly summarizes their remarks. Rollins also provides a history of the RSC, with an emphasis on its relationship with the TRA, which included funding, donations of books and materials, and providing speakers such as John A. Gable, longtime executive director of the TRA. In one of her endnotes, Rollins examines the history of the Roosevelt family in the United States, noting the the two branches headquartered in Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York. 

Six photographs populate the essay, including three of the speakers at the anniversary celebration.