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USS Theodore Roosevelt fund

USS Theodore Roosevelt fund

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists the six couples and eleven individuals who donated $100 or more to the USS TR Fund in the wake of the TRA’s visit to the aircraft carrier in May 2009. A text box with the mission statement of the TRA appears below the list of donors. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

A Word About the Theodore Roosevelt Association

A Word About the Theodore Roosevelt Association

Article that relays the mission statement and purpose of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). It also gives examples of the TRA’s work such as the preservation of historic sites associated with Theodore Roosevelt and the collection of documents and films relating to his life. It notes other work of the association such as publishing and sponsoring student contests, and it touches on its governance and leadership.

An illustration of Roosevelt’s head appears in the upper right corner of the article box.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its five most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the Teddy Bears for Kids program, police awards, and public speaking contests. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and text boxes containing the mission and vision statements and the social media platforms used by the TRA appear on the last page of the list.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the Teddy Bears for Kids program, police awards, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and text boxes containing the mission and vision statements and the social media platforms used by the TRA appear on the last page of the list.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2020

Update 2020: Theodore Roosevelt Association Scholarships

Update 2020: Theodore Roosevelt Association Scholarships

David Architzel describes the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) ongoing relationship with the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation which provides scholarships for those students who are dependents of those who are, or who have, served on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Architzel lists the five winners of the 2020 scholarships, as well as their majors and the colleges they are attending. An individual photograph of each of the winners appears in the report along with two text boxes which contain the mission and vision statements of the TRA and its social media platforms.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2020

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

The Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal presents a 1905 booklet, Theodore Roosevelt, written by the French scholar Leon Bazalgette and translated by Roosevelt biographer Edmund Morris. Bazalgette composed the booklet as an “examination of the works of Theodore Roosevelt,” and he divides Roosevelt’s books into three categories: history, politics, and nature. Bazalgette examines numerous works in each category, and he explains how the books and writings reflect the thoughts and beliefs of Roosevelt. Bazalgette asserts that Roosevelt’s time in the West as a cowboy was the most important period of his life, and he admits that he likes Roosevelt’s writings from and about this period and place the best. Bazalgette quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s western trilogy, and he highlights passages Roosevelt wrote about bird songs.

The translation of the booklet is followed by a brief biography of Bazalgette written by Morris, along with a list of Roosevelt books cited by Bazalgette. Two text boxes at the conclusion of the work list the mission and vision statements of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) along with a listing of its social media platforms.

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the Teddy Bears for Kids program, police awards, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and text boxes containing the mission statement of the TRA and the social media platforms used by the TRA appear on the last page of the list.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

E-mail interview of Darrin P. Lunde by Gregory A. Wynn

E-mail interview of Darrin P. Lunde by Gregory A. Wynn

In an e-mail interview with Gregory A. Wynn of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), Darrin P. Lunde, author of The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, a Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History, admits that he came to study and write about Theodore Roosevelt while contemplating his own career as a museum naturalist. Lunde realized that he and Roosevelt had a similar preoccupation with natural history stretching back to their youths. Lunde explains and defends Roosevelt’s hunting record, praises his powers of observation, and highlight’s Roosevelt’s contributions to conservation.

The front cover of The Naturalist and a photograph of Lunde with Tweed Roosevelt supplement the text of the interview. A text box with the mission statement of the TRA appears on the last page of the interview.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the Teddy Bears for Kids program, police awards, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018

An outdoor life well-considered

An outdoor life well-considered

Duane G. Jundt praises Michael R. Canfield for providing context for the development of Theodore Roosevelt as a naturalist and for a nuanced discussion of his hunting in Theodore Roosevelt in the Field. Jundt also praises Canfield for his exhaustive research and for his frequent use of examples from Roosevelt’s journals and notebooks to illustrate his work. Jundt indicates that the book plows familiar ground, and he faults Canfield for not providing maps to Roosevelt’s many outdoor adventures and for not discussing the importance of eyeglasses to Roosevelt’s development as a naturalist.

Five excerpts from Roosevelt’s natural history notebooks and journals, a photograph of Roosevelt, a letter, and the front cover of Canfield’s book populate the review. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears at the end of the essay.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its five most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the Teddy Bears for Kids program, police awards, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2017

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the USS Theodore Roosevelt fund, the Teddy Bears for Kids program, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Seeking to preserve and to enhance a valuable legacy

Seeking to preserve and to enhance a valuable legacy

William N. Tilchin examines the history of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) with an emphasis on the work of John A. Gable, the long-time executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the founder and editor of the TRAJ. Tilchin explains that Gable founded the TRAJ as a way to grow the membership of the TRA and to provide an outlet for the study of Theodore Roosevelt. Tichin notes that Gable succeeded in both tasks, and he explains the changes he has made to the TRAJ during his tenue which began in 2006. The changes include requiring peer review of submitted manuscripts, publishing regular columns like “Presidential Snapshots” and “The Material Culture of Theodore Roosevelt,” and updating the design and layout of the journal.

The article includes nineteen front cover illustrations from the TRAJ as well as six pages of excerpts from articles, reviews, and speeches. A text box with the mission statement of the TRA appears at the end of the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association gratefully acknowledges its leading financial supporters

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the USS Theodore Roosevelt fund, the Teddy Bears for Kids program, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Theodore Roosevelt, the Dreyfus Affair, and a dueling French aristocrat

Theodore Roosevelt, the Dreyfus Affair, and a dueling French aristocrat

Louis B. Livingston chronicles the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores during their time together as cattle ranchers in the Dakota Badlands. Livingston focuses on the controversy as to whether the two seriously contemplated a duel to settle their differences, and he charts their divergent paths once they left the West after the ruin of their ranches. Livingston details de Mores’s obsession with antisemitism which he argues helped precipitate the notorious Dreyfus Affair in France, and he documents Roosevelt’s outspoken opposition to antisemitism during his political career.

Six photographs supplement the article, including two of de Mores and three of Roosevelt during their ranching years. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears at the end of the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The material culture of Theodore Roosevelt (#11): The Chicago miracle

The material culture of Theodore Roosevelt (#11): The Chicago miracle

Gregory A. Wynn provides the backstory to a rare item from his Theodore Roosevelt collection. Wynn describes a handbill produced at the time of the Republican convention of 1912 in Chicago that sarcastically claimed that Roosevelt would walk on the waters of Lake Michigan. Wynn examines the biblical roots of the handbill’s message and notes that Roosevelt’s detractors would have produced and endorsed its message. Wynn highlights President Lyndon B. Johnson’s invoking the handbill at the dedication of Theodore Roosevelt Island in 1967.

A photograph of Wynn, a photograph of the Roosevelt statue on Theodore Roosevelt Island, and a full page reproduction of the handbill illustrate the essay. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) appears at the end of the feature.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The material culture of Theodore Roosevelt (#10): A fascinating and obscure–and rare–TR pamphlet

The material culture of Theodore Roosevelt (#10): A fascinating and obscure–and rare–TR pamphlet

Gregory A. Wynn presents an item from his Theodore Roosevelt collection, an obscure pamphlet, Roosevelt: Lover of Books, that was published by the Syracuse, New York, public library in 1920. The pamphlet includes a variety of lists, including books and book introductions written by Roosevelt, and references to famous authors found in Roosevelt’s writings. The pamphlet also includes a section, “T.R.’s note book,” that provides brief reviews of other authors and their work taken from Roosevelt’s books. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears in the column.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2014

Theodore Roosevelt, the corporations, and American democracy

Theodore Roosevelt, the corporations, and American democracy

Nick Salvatore examines the growth of the corporation in the decades after the Civil War, and he also notes the many political movements and parties that emerged during Theodore Roosevelt’s political life to manage these combinations. Salvatore details Roosevelt’s response to industrial concentrations, including the reforms enacted during his second term in office like the Hepburn and Pure Food and Drug Acts. Salvatore asserts that Roosevelt wanted to enact reforms and oversee corporations to forestall revolution, hoping to prevent the rise of Socialism. He concludes his essay with a look at the campaign of 1912, highlighting the policy positions of Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene V. Debs. 

In addition to a photograph of Salvatore, the essay features two photographs of Roosevelt in dynamic speaking poses, as well as a photograph of Debs. A text box at the end of the article contains the vision statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. 

 

 

Forgotten fragments (#15): The Battle for Cuzco Well

Forgotten fragments (#15): The Battle for Cuzco Well

Tweed Roosevelt recounts the Battle of Cuzco Well during the Spanish-American War in Cuba. A combined Navy and Marine Corps force captured the water supply that supplied the Spanish garrison at Guantanamo Bay, one of the finest natural harbors in the Caribbean. Roosevelt believes that the successful seizure of the well allowed American forces to hold and use Guantanamo for naval operations that were crucial to the prosecution of the war. Roosevelt asserts that the Battle of Cuzco Well was instrumental in maintaining the existence of the Marine Corps whose usefulness had been called into question at the time of the conflict. Roosevelt relates some of the earlier history of the area, describing battles between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins’ Ear in the mid nineteenth century. 

Three photographs, two illustrations, and a map supplement the essay. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) appears at the end of the essay. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The launch of A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt in November 2011

The launch of A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt in November 2011

At the London book launch for A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas Eden provides an overview of Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, noting its main tenets and its achievements, and he highlights how Roosevelt’s policies came to influence his presidential successors. Eden also reviews the historiography of Roosevelt, demonstrating the renewed appreciation for Roosevelt since the low point of the 1930s. Eden asserts that A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt demonstrates that many scholars are now interested in studying Roosevelt, a marked change from when he began his work.  


A photograph of four of the contributors to the book, its front cover, and its table of contents accompany the text. A text box contains the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal