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Wallace Finley Dailey provides a history of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection housed in the Harvard University libraries, and he highlights the interaction between the staff at Harvard and the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Dailey lists both recent works on Theodore Roosevelt that have made use of the collection and some of the acquisitions made to grow the collection. Dailey also writes at length about the continuing efforts to make the collection searchable and usable through an online catalog, and he notes collaborative projects with Google and the Theodore Roosevelt Center to scan items from the collection. Dailey also gives an update on his work, including assisting researchers and mounting exhibits, since his last report in 2008.

Two photographs, including one of Dailey, and an illustration of the collection bookplate, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Wallace Finley Dailey provides an update on the status of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection housed in the Harvard University libraries. Dailey notes his meetings with the staff of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), highlights recent works on Theodore Roosevelt that have made use of the collection, and lists some of the acquisitions made to grow the collection. Dailey also writes at length about the continuing efforts to make the collection searchable and usable through an online catalog. A photograph of the card catalog and online catalog systems at Harvard accompanies the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2008

Wallace Finley Dailey describes the changes and additions to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University since his last report in 1994. Dailey notes the repair and restoration of thousands of pamphlets, the addition of manuscripts from Roosevelt family members, and the addition of books and articles whose authors made use of the collection in writing their works. Dailey also describes the process of moving the collection’s guides online, and he highlights the various exhibits mounted by Harvard Library using material from the collection. He closes the report by noting that the collection received Theodore Roosevelt’s Pigskin Library, and that it served as the centerpiece of an exhibit.

A photograph of the Pigskin Library appears on the first page of the report, and a text box with a quote from Roosevelt about reading appears at its end.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal