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Report on the 1982 Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest for the New York City public high schools. The report gives a brief history of the contest and lists the administrators, judges, finalists, and winner.
A large drawing of Theodore Roosevelt speaking appears in the report.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1982
The annual Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) was recently conducted among New York City public high schools. The article lists the contest’s finalists, the judges and administrators, and the representatives from the TRA.
Two photographs accompany the article, and they both show members of the TRA with the winner of the contest, Suzy Seferian.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1980. He details the TRA’s work to rebuild a bandstand in Oyster Bay, New York, and notes the association’s financial support of Youngs Memorial Cemetery, the adjacent Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary in Oyster Bay, and the American Museum of Natural History. Gable also reports on the association’s support of student essay and speaking contests, additions to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, and the Roosevelt Genealogical Project. He notes the growth in membership and dues for the TRA, and he details the assistance the TRA has given to numerous scholars and writers and lists the publications that have emerged from their work. Gable closes by citing examples of the TRA’s support of the various historical sites associated with the life of Theodore Roosevelt.
A photograph of some of the leaders of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with officials from the Town of Oyster Bay, New York is found on the third page of the report.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1981
In this edition of “News and Notes,” John A. Gable notes the most recent publications on Theodore Roosevelt, quotes extensively from a news release from the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site about a children’s play, Teddy Roosevelt, performed there, and details the workings and the results of the annual Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest for the New York City public high schools. He also gives a brief history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Theodore Roosevelt Award and notes some of the past winners as well as the winner of the “Teddy” for 1981, Art Linkletter.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1981