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Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson’s campsite at the Halliday Well Recreation Center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-07
Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson’s campsite at the Halliday Well Recreation Site in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-07
Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson’s campsite near the Halliday Well Recreation Center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, with several state troopers and police vehicles present.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-07
David H. Burton recounts his two hour conversation with Alice Roosevelt Longworth of February 1970. Burton notes that the two talked about a biography of Warren G. Harding, Burton’s latest research project on Theodore Roosevelt, and Longworth’s visits to the White House during the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. Photographs of Burton and Longworth accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
Stacy A. Cordery, a biographer of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, reacts to David H. Burton’s recollection of his February 1970 visit with Longworth. Cordery notes that Burton’s story confirms some of her impressions of Longworth: that she tried to steer interviews to topics she favored, and that she despised Warren G. Harding. Cordery also asserts that Burton’s piece rightly points out Longworth’s kindness and generosity which are often ignored in favor of emphasizing her biting wit and disdain for those she did not like or respect. A photograph of Cordery appears at the center of her essay.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
This edition of the “News and Notes” section features a report on an exhibition entitled Theodore at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. The report lists the various entities that donated materials to the exhibition, quotes from the catalog introduction written by John A. Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), and notes some of the other exhibitions hosted by the Johnson Library. Readers are also reminded that two documentary films about Roosevelt, My Father the President and The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, are available for sale. The report provides more information about each film as well as contact information to enable purchases.
“News and Notes” also highlights the lectures and appearances of Gable and TRA President William Davison Johnston at various schools, notes the passing of Jean Schermerhorn Roosevelt, and praises the work of Nicholas LaBella, the Superintendent of Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York. This issue of the Journal is dedicated to LaBella. The section closes with a reminder that there are still aspects of Roosevelt’s life that need study, and it declares that the TRA is open to helping those who wish to pursue this work.
Two photographs are found in the section: one of Roosevelt standing in the back of an open car and another of LaBella. A detail of the Roosevelt photograph appears on the front cover of this issue.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1984
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.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1984
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.