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Superintendent Jay is pleased with Historian Don Rickey’s report and believes that it will be useful for museum planning at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Additional copies of the report are being produced and one will be sent to the North Dakota State Historical Society.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957-06-28
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it is suspending its plans to build a Theodore Roosevelt museum, and that it is searching for a new Executive Director. The TRA also plans a “Theodore Roosevelt Strenuous Life Weekend” in August 2009 to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s ascent of Mount Katahdin in Maine. The announcement highlights Roosevelt’s relationship with William Wingate Sewall and Wilmot S. Dow of Maine who would work as ranch hands for Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands, and it notes that the weekend events will be guided by the actor Joe Wiegand.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
Harry N. Lembeck interviews James Bruns, the new President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Bruns discusses his background in museum and historical society work, especially his tenure with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and his work with the Atlanta, Georgia, Historical Society. Most of the interview focuses on the TRA’s plans to build a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center. Bruns discusses the purposes of the museum, its possible location, financing, and its importance to the future of the TRA. A photograph of Bruns appears on the first page of the interview.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007-04-03
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the agenda, speakers, and field trips for the association’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 2007. The announcement lists the eight speakers, the field trips to Harvard University and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and it notes that the TRA leadership will host a forum on the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center. The announcement includes a mail-in registration form.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007