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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs David Gray that Roosevelt has written a long letter about his “English experiences.” Roosevelt’s secretary does not want the letter to get lost, so Gray of the Harvard Club for the proper address to send the letter.
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1911-10-10
Theodore Roosevelt invites Guy Skull to his office to discuss Skull’s book.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt informs Langdon P. Marvin that he is pleased to hear the elephant head has not been removed from Harvard Hall. Roosevelt is equally pleased to learn that Marvin voted for Henry L. Stimson for New York governor. He had heard a rumor that Marvin supported William Barnes. Roosevelt is sorry he cannot attend the Harvard Club of New York City’s dinner this year but plans to come next year.
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1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt informs Langdon P. Marvin he cannot attend the Harvard Club dinner as he will be out of town.
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1911-01-30
On Theodore Roosevelt’s behalf, his secretary thanks Felix Frankfurter for the Supreme Court’s opinion on western deposit guarantee laws and invites him to lunch on January 20.
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1911-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his pleasure at the letter he received from Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. He entreats Fiske to dine with him when he is in New York, either at his home or at the Century or Harvard Clubs.
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1915-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Mark Sullivan about scheduling a meal with Senator William Edgar Borah.
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1914-12-22
President Roosevelt asks Frederick Getman Fincke to send his regards to the Harvard Club.
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1902-01-22
Edward Stanford Martin requests an autograph from Theodore Roosevelt on behalf of the Harvard Club of New York to add to their library collection, they are requesting Roosevelt sign his lectures on “Applied Ethics.”
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1911-10-20
William Morrow assures Theodore Roosevelt that the elephant head will not be removed from Harvard Hall.
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1911-02-09
Brief report on the 2017 annual meeting and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in New York City which describes the venues, symposium speakers, and the four TRA awards conferred at the annual dinner. Fifteen photographs accompany the text which is followed by an eleven page photo album of sixty-six color photographs of the various speakers, award winners, guests, and leadership of the TRA.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2018
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) reminds its members that its 2018 annual meeting will be held in New York City with comedian Conan O’Brien as the dinner speaker, and it also encourages members to consider a copy of its book Spotlighting TR: Selections from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, 2007-2014 as a holiday gift. 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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2018
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the death of John. E. Willson, a member of the Board of Trustees of the TRA and a generous benefactor in support of its journal. The TRA also announces that its annual meeting will again be held in New York City, marking consecutive gatherings in 2017 and 2018, with comedian Conan O’Brien as the speaker at its annual dinner. 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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2017
John A. Gable describes in detail the life and work of Hermann Hagedorn, historian, biographer, and long-time Director of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and its successor, the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Gable covers Hagedorn’s life as a child of German immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, his education and teaching at Harvard, and his early career as a writer and poet. He notes Hagedorn’s difficulties as a German-American during World War I and the start of his friendship with Theodore Roosevelt that would define his career. Gable traces Hagedorn’s leadership of the Roosevelt Memorial Association over nearly four decades, discusses his many publications on Roosevelt, and looks at his other writings, including a number of biographies and many works of poetry.
Two photographs accompany this article. One is a formal portrait of Hagedorn and the other shows Hagedorn with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of Sagamore Hill in June 1953.
Resident members of the Harvard Club of New York are invited to subscribe to a fund for the benefit of the recently resigned president of Harvard University Charles William Eliot and his wife, Grace M. H. Eliot. The fund will go to the Eliots for the duration of their lives, and afterwards will be given to Harvard University. As a member of the class of 1880, the recipient is requested to send their check to Richard Welling.
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1909-01-18
William Wheelwright Skiddy invites John Campbell Greenway to attend a reception given by the Yale Club of New York for the Harvard Club. Governor Roosevelt has been invited to speak about the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt has agreed to attend if Greenway accepts. Skiddy requests that Greenway write to Roosevelt to advise him of his attendance.
1899-02-03
James J. Higginson is fund raising for the Building Committee of the Harvard Club of New York City.
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1903-01-05
Charles S. Fairchild hopes that President Roosevelt will subscribe to the fund that supports the Harvard Club of New York City. The club has outgrown their current facility and deserves support since it is useful to alumni and the university.
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1901-11-27
The premiums on President Roosevelt’s three life insurance policies have been paid and Douglas Robinson recommends a fourth. He has arranged for the commissions on two of the policies to be paid as charitable contributions to the Orthopaedic Hospital and the Children’s Aid Society. James W. Alexander, president of Equitable Life Insurance Company, has requested to meet Roosevelt.
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1901-11-16