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Postcard showing the attic in The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. Several pieces of furniture are placed around the room, including trunks, chairs, and a spinning wheel. Charles C. Myers comments on the hardness of the old wood beams in the attic.
1911
Postcard showing a hallway and staircase in The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. Furniture and wallpaper lines the hallway. The Cent Shop, created to resemble Hephzibah’s shop in The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is visible to the right of the staircase. Charles C. Myers notes he visited this place on August 19, 1911.
1911-08-19
Postcard showing the dining room in The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. The room is fully furnished and decorated. To the left of the fireplace, a secret staircase is hidden in a closet. Charles C. Myers notes he visited the room on August 19, 1911.
1911-08-19
Postcard showing a bedroom in The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. The room is fully decorated with furniture and artwork, including a matching canopied bed, chair, and curtains.
1911-08-19
Postcard showing the parlor in The House of the Seven Gables. The room is fully decorated with furniture and artwork. A fireplace and an opened china cabinet are seen on the far wall.
1911-08-19
Postcard showing the old kitchen in The House of the Seven Gables. Two chairs sit in front of the large fireplace. Inside the fireplace are many cooking utensils. Charles C. Myers comments the kitchen is set up to look like how it would have been used.
1911-08-19
Postcard showing the Cent Shop in The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. The room is decorated to resemble Hepzibah’s Shop in The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and sells gingerbread elephants and “Jim Crows.”
1911-08-19
Postcard showing a side view of The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. The house is believed to have been the inspiration for The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
1911
Two views of the master bedroom at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. The front cover photograph shows the room in February 2012 devoid of much of its decoration as the site was about to undergo a major renovation. The back cover features a photograph of the same room on July 12, 2015 just before the site was reopened to the public.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2015-07-12
List of twenty-six sites on Long Island, New York, associated with or dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, including fourteen sites in Oyster Bay. The list includes four parks, three historic houses, and two statues, as well as office buildings, murals, and churches.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
Natalie A. Naylor describes the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and his family with the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York, and his home, Sagamore Hill. Naylor looks at the history of the Roosevelt family on Long Island, and she emphasizes the important role Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt played in managing the Sagamore Hill farm and its finances. She highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s participation in gathering hay on the farm and his fondness for rowing in the nearby waters. Naylor also recounts the roles played by African Americans who worked and lived at Sagamore Hill, and she details the products of the farm and how they sustained the family.
Eight maps showing the evolution of Sagamore Hill and Long Island accompany the article as do seven photographs, five of which feature Theodore Roosevelt working and playing on his estate.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it will partner with the National Park Service to financially support repair and restoration work at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2005
The Theodore Roosevelt Association announces that it will hold a cocktail reception in the historic house museum that once belonged to naval commander Stephen Decatur in Washington, D.C. The announcement notes that Theodore Roosevelt criticized Decatur’s actions in his book The Naval War of 1812.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2005
Report on the opening of a revamped museum at Old Orchard, the former home of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. The report notes some of the dignitaries and guests present at the reception, and it describes some of the new exhibits that portray the life of President Theodore Roosevelt. The report also highlights the involvement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in saving the house, and it provides a brief history of Old Orchard. Nine photographs populate the report, including four of the exhibits, along with three large advertisements from sponsors of the museum opening.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2004
Photograph showing the front of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1994-1995
Announcement of the formation of the Friends of Sagamore Hill, a cooperating association designed to help the National Park Service operate and maintain Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in the face of budget and service cutbacks. The article notes the importance of volunteers in running Sagamore Hill, and it says that the Friends group also joined the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) as an official chapter. Some of the leadership and members of the Friends of Sagamore Hill are listed, and the article concludes with news of a benefit theatre performance for the historic site. Two photographs of Sagamore Hill accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1997
Photograph of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1979-05-09
This sprawling edition of “News and Notes” encompasses sixteen pages and contains thirty-four parts. The conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) police awards for New York City, Boston, and western New York State opens the section along with a feature on the design of a new medal for the award by sculptor Marc Mellon. News of the ceremonies and outings of the 1993 annual meeting of the TRA in Charlottesville, Virginia, follows with a description of the association’s required elections, a field trip to Pine Knot, and the naming of the Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The meeting also saw the presentation of the Bertha B. Rose Award to Barbara J. Comstock and historian William Henry Harbaugh.
“News and Notes” also provides a history of Pine Knot, Theodore and Edith Roosevelt’s presidential retreat, discusses the reopening of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site after an extensive renovation, and highlights the contributions of Conrad L. Wirth and Horace M. Albright to both the TRA and the National Park Service. The Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands is featured with news of its hosting a conference of European historians; the conferring of the annual Lawrence J. Saunders Awards for essays in American history; and the publication of a book on Dutch-American relations by the Center’s director, Cornelius A. van Minnen. The section closes with a detailed look at the process of compiling a comprehensive article and picture index for the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal from 1975 to 1992 by the staff and volunteers of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York.
Twenty photographs illustrate the section with entire pages devoted to the Boston Police Award ceremonies and the TRA annual meeting.
Seventeen topics compete for attention in the ten pages of this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The restoration of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site by the National Park Service and the acquisition of Theodore Roosevelt’s rustic retreat, Pine Knot, by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) receive extensive coverage. The section also highlights the ninetieth anniversary of the establishment of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and the visit by President Bill Clinton to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
“News and Notes” covers the various student awards and contests sponsored by the TRA as well as the natural history research grants given by the American Museum of Natural History. The section also provides information about the Woman’s Roosevelt Memorial Association and defends Roosevelt’s stance on women’s issues. An article by Bill Bleyer about the restoration of Sagamore Hill is reprinted in “News and Notes” along with a letter from a TRA member who complains about the glorification of Roosevelt in the pages of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
Seven photographs of various subjects, including Sagamore Hill, Pine Knot, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt appear in the section.
Leslie G. Foschio explains how the home of Ansley Wilcox of Buffalo, New York, became, over time, the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site. Foschio provides an overview of Roosevelt’s career, looks at the history of the Wilcox Mansion, and explores intersections in the lives of Roosevelt and Wilcox. Foschio documents how the house was saved from the wrecking ball more than once, and he details the efforts of local politicians and volunteers who rallied in the 1960s to save the home and secure it a place in the ranks of National Park Service sites.
A drawing of the Wilcox Mansion and an illustration of Roosevelt in a dynamic speaking pose supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1983-10-26