Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944

A customs official ushers a titled member of the nobility on board a steamer, as a wealthy American woman, with thoughts of a royal wedding, holds up a bag full of money. Caption: Deport the vagrant nobleman as we deport other vagrants.

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Comments and Context

This theme — American heiresses chasing foreign nobles, even if they lacked estates but owned pedigrees — was a popular complaint and a frequent theme in literature and cartoons at this time. Charles Dana Gibson (creator of the Gibson Girl society figures) decried this tendency, even as he married into the Astor clan.

President Roosevelt introduces Ben Daniels to the artist Charles Dana Gibson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-11

President Roosevelt introduces New Mexico Territory Governor Curry to the artist Charles Dana Gibson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-11

President Roosevelt introduces Seth Bullock to the artist Charles Dana Gibson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-11

Walter Pulitzer announces his journal, Satire, and asks Theodore Roosevelt to contribute an article.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-22

John Albert Macy’s editorial in volume 24 of The Bookman. Starting with the current use of the word “yellow” to describe bad newspapers, Macy extends the metaphor to describe other types of journalism according to a chromatic scheme. Includes a handwritten note that says “Dear Cabot, This is good. T. R.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-29

Article about the opening of the exhibition Theodore at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, on June 2, 1984. The article discusses some of the Theodore Roosevelt artifacts on display and lists the various museums, libraries, and archives that donated items. It lists members of the Johnson and Roosevelt families who attended the opening and shares excerpts from the exhibition catalog.

Four photographs of members of the Johnson and Roosevelt families at the opening, as well as a photograph of one of the original Teddy Bears featured in the exhibit, supplement the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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.

Advertisement for the exhibition catalog for the exhibit Theodore at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. The advertisement describes the contents of the catalog, including the introductory essays and their authors, and includes an order form for the catalog and for a poster used to promote the exhibit.

An illustration of Theodore Roosevelt based on a photograph appears to the left of the advertisement text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Much of this edition of the “News and Notes” section revisits and elaborates on articles published in this issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. “The TR Exhibit at the Johnson Library” quotes from the remarks made by William Davison Johnston, President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), at the library, notes the gifts given by the TRA to Lady Bird Johnson, and promotes the exhibit’s catalogue. The section also provides excerpts from a letter written by the leadership of the TRA to President Ronald Reagan thanking him for visiting the graves of General Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt in June 1984, and it notes that this issue of the journal is dedicated to Jean Schermerhorn Roosevelt.

The section also touches on some of the awards given to high school students by the TRA and highlights talks on Roosevelt presented at Lamar University in Texas and at Sagamore Hill. It also revisits the TRA Police Award ceremony in New York City and cites the contributions of Paul Russell Cutright and the National Geographic Society to the article on President Roosevelt’s conservation record.

An illustration of a bronze medallion depicting Theodore Roosevelt, two photographs of Lady Bird Johnson, and a photograph of Roosevelt speaking are found in the section.

John A. Gable reviews two biographies of Alice Roosevelt Longworth: James Brough’s Princess Alice: A Biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Howard Teichmann’s Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Gable asserts that Teichmann has written the better book of the two, and he conveys that preference by quoting three passages from his work. Gable says that for literary quality, neither book matches Longworth’s own memoir, and he says that both books are at their best when they “let Mrs. Longworth do the talking.” Because Longworth is still alive, Gable says that the last word on Princess Alice has not yet been written. 

Nicholas LaBella reviews and endorses Kevin Brownlow’s The War, the West, and the Wilderness which studies silent films dealing with World War I, nature documentaries, and the American West.  Brownlow argues that Theodore Roosevelt was an important figure in the early years of the silent film industry either as a subject or an inspiration for a film. LaBella notes the importance of Roosevelt’s African safari to the genre of nature films.

Advertisement for the book Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The ad gives a brief overview of the history of the home, talks about the authors, Hermann Hagedorn and Gary G. Roth, and describes in detail the contents of the book. 

An illustration of Theodore Roosevelt in a rocking chair with the caption “In His Favorite Chair On The Piazza” accompanies the text.

Advertisement for the book Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The ad gives a brief overview of the history of the home, talks about the book’s authors, Hermann Hagedorn and Gary G. Roth, and describes in detail the contents of the book. A picture of the book’s cover accompanies the text. An order form is included at the bottom of the page.

Advertisement for the book Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The ad gives a brief overview of the history of the home, talks about the book’s authors, Hermann Hagedorn and Gary G. Roth, and describes in detail the contents of the book. A picture of the book’s cover accompanies the text.

An order form is included at the bottom of the page.

Advertisement for the book Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The ad gives a brief overview of the history of the home, talks about the book’s authors, Hermann Hagedorn and Gary G. Roth, and describes in detail the contents of the book. A picture of the book’s cover accompanies the text.

An order form is included at the bottom of the page.

Advertisement for the book Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The ad gives a brief overview of the history of the home, talks about the book’s authors, Hermann Hagedorn and Gary G. Roth, and describes in detail the contents of the book. A picture of the book’s cover accompanies the text.

An order form is included at the bottom of the page.

President Roosevelt turns his head to the left and to the right to listen to two different reception addresses as he sits at an “Oyster Bay” table. Caption: The rival reception committees at Oyster Bay. (With Mr. Nelan’s acknowledge of the idea in Charles Dana Gibson’s drawing in last week’s Collier’s Weekly.)

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-29

Robert J. Collier suggests an edited list of people to invite to a breakfast in honor of President Roosevelt before he leaves on his safari.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-04

Collier’s Weekly would like permission to reproduce the upcoming portrait of President Roosevelt by John S. Sargent. Collier’s also wants permission for Charles D. Gibson to record some images of the social aspects of the administration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-06