Nobel Prizes--Medals

President Roosevelt observes two men, holding a pitchfork with a “Nobel Peace Medal” attached to it, and gestures that he wants no part of their argument. A “telegrapher” and “telegraph company” are arguing over downed lines. Meanwhile, a teddy bear watches from a haystack, “Me for the haystack!”

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Comments and Context

The point of Clifford Kennedy Berryman’s cartoon is one that is often missed by history and historians: President Roosevelt intervened in labor/management disputes, but was not constrained to do so in every instance. When private businesses and employees, or unions, had disagreements that did not represent situations where fundamental fairness was threatened, the president felt no compunction to interfere.

Reproduction of Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Prize medallion engraved “Pro Pace et Fraternitate Gentium,” and the certificate that accompanied it.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

Unknown

Secretary of Defense Weinberger quotes extensively from Theodore Roosevelt in his address to the crowd assembled for the launching of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. He notes Roosevelt’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize, emphasizing that Roosevelt’s record demonstrates a commitment to peace bolstered by a strong navy. Weinberger also reviews the defense policy of the administration of President Ronald Reagan, and relates how the Theodore Roosevelt will strengthen the nation’s navy and its ability to guard the world’s sea lanes.

 

A photograph of Weinberger speaking at the ship’s launching supplements the text of the speech.

Brief article that quotes from speeches by Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger and President Ronald Reagan in which both of them talk about the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Theodore Roosevelt. Both Weinberger and Reagan note that Roosevelt’s prize medal is now in place at the White House. An illustration of one side of the peace medal accompanies the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1985

President Reagan addresses members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association gathered at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on the occasion of the Theodore Roosevelt’s 125th birthday. Reagan emphasizes the donation of the Nobel Peace Prize medal won by Roosevelt to the White House, and he refers to Roosevelt as a “New World Renaissance Man.”

Two photographs of Reagan at the White House meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association on October 27, 1982, accompany the message.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the luncheon at the White House on October 27, 1982, on the occasion of the presentation of Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize Medal to President Ronald Reagan. The report describes the ceremony and lists all of the guests, including the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the Roosevelt family, and White House staff.

Five photographs of the gathering, all of which feature Reagan, accompany the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Remarks by William Davison Johnston, President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, upon the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize Medal awarded to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, to President Reagan at the White House in October 1982.

A photograph showing both sides of the medal awarded to Roosevelt and a photograph of Johnston and Reagan at the White House ceremony accompany the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Edmund Morris imagines meeting Theodore Roosevelt outside of a restaurant in Washington, D.C. They discuss Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize and they compare the political scene of 1982 with that of 1902.

Four photographs are included in the piece: one each of Edmund and Sylvia Morris; one of a group of Roosevelt historians; and one of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the sixty-third annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held on October 30, 1982 at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York. The notice contains the remarks given by the TRA President, William Davison Johnston, and it details the reports given by the Executive Director, the Treasurer, and the chair of the nominating committee. The notice also lists some of the guests in attendance, lists the past presidents of the TRA, and provides brief biographies of some of the leaders of the association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1983

Address by Leslie G. Foschio in which he provides an overview of the life of Theodore Roosevelt. He argues that young people, in particular, should look to Roosevelt as an example and as an inspiration for how to meet the challenges facing the United States.

Two photographs of a bust of Roosevelt and a photograph of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York accompany the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

John A. Gable details President Theodore Roosevelt’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. Gable looks at Roosevelt’s mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, his refusal to accept the prize money, and his acceptance speech in 1910. Gable discusses the distribution of the prize money to various charities during World War I, and he closes with an overview of Roosevelt’s foreign policy achievements.

A photograph of the case that enclosed the Nobel Peace Prize diploma accompanies the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal