Parcells, Paul W. (Paul Whitney)

Brief report on the 2017 annual meeting and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in New York City which describes the venues, symposium speakers, and the four TRA awards conferred at the annual dinner. Fifteen photographs accompany the text which is followed by an eleven page photo album of sixty-six color photographs of the various speakers, award winners, guests, and leadership of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

David Architzel describes the launch of a combined scholarship effort between the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation to provide scholarships to dependents of those who are or who have served on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Architzel explains how the scholarships will be funded and administered, and his report lists the names, majors, and universities attended of the first group of scholarship winners. The scholarship recipients are featured in individual photographs and in a group photograph with Architzel and Paul W. Parcells, both former commanders of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018

Creator(s)

Architzel, David

Report on the 2014 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in New York City. The report covers the events of the weekend, highlighting the various authors and speakers in attendance, and it notes the conferring of four TRA awards, including the annual Bertha B. Rose Award and USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Leadership Award. The TRA also gave awards to documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and the former Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Valerie Naylor.

Eleven color photographs accompany the text which is followed by a fourteen page album of eighty-four color photographs of the meeting venues, speakers, guests, and award winners.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2015

Report on the 80th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Norfolk, Virginia, onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, and at Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s retreat in rural Virginia. The report details the annual dinner, noting its ceremonies and speakers, including the conferring of the TRA’s Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt and recognizing John A. Gable’s twenty-five years as Executive Director of the TRA. The report highlights the association’s visit to the aircraft carrier, including an air show and the results of the various TRA elections for members of the Advisory Board, Board of Trustees, and Executive Committee. The report provides brief biographies of some of those elected to various capacities, and it highlights the presentation of Theodore Roosevelt’s naval flag to the USS Theodore Roosevelt for display in its museum.

The report highlights the speech given by Tsakhia Elbegdorj, a former Prime Minister and President of Mongolia, and it provides coverage of the TRA’s visit to Pine Knot, including a history of the property and plans for its upkeep and use. Thirteen photographs populate the report, including four of Pine Knot and two of the aircraft carrier.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2000

Brief report on the 2013 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Buffalo, New York, which included seven speakers, tours of Buffalo historical sites, and the conferring of three TRA awards. Most of the report consists of a photo album of fifty-six photographs of the various sites, speakers, attendees, award winners, and dignitaries. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2014

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Brief report and photo album from the 2012 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Chicago, Illinois. The report notes the highlights of the weekend meeting, including the various tours of sites in Chicago, the conferring of awards, and information on the symposium. The report is supplemented by forty-three color photographs of the Chicago skyline and the guests, speakers, and dignitaries at the meeting. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2013

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Report on the 2011 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Medora and Dickinson, North Dakota. The report highlights the various venues for the meeting including Dickinson State University, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and Medora, and it notes the winners of three awards conferred by the TRA. Thirty-eight photographs comprise most of the report, including twenty-six of the various guests, dignitaries, and speakers as well as twelve photographs of the North Dakota Badlands.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2012

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

In an address to mark his election as Chair of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), Tweed Roosevelt lays out his plans for the association, and he acknowledges the contributions of several members of the TRA’s leadership who have assisted him and the TRA during a difficult period in the association’s history. Roosevelt announces that he will focus on retaining and recruiting members of the TRA and that he will use his background in finance to improve the TRA’s fiscal condition.  

Two photographs of Roosevelt at the 2009 annual meeting of the TRA appear in the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

William N. Tilchin describes the Friends and Family Day Cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on May 30, 2009, which was attended by hundreds of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Tilchin notes the dinner and speeches of the evening before the cruise, and he relates some of the areas of the ship he visited. Tilchin also describes the air show provided by two fighter jets from the carrier. 

Eighteen photographs populate the essay, including fourteen taken during the visit of the TRA to the carrier.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

Harry N. Lembeck describes the ceremonies at the donation of a bust of Theodore Roosevelt to the onboard ship museum of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Lembeck discusses the work of the bust’s sculptor, Bruce B. Everly, and he notes some of the naval officers in attendance, including a past and present commander of the ship. A photograph of Everly with the first commander of the carrier, Paul W. Parcells, supplements the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

Creator(s)

Lembeck, Harry N.

Obituaries for Theodore R. Kupferman and Dorothy Horton McGee which examines their careers and community service, especially to the Theodore Roosevelt Association, which Kupferman headed as President and McGee served as a member of the Board of Trustees. Kupferman’s obituary highlights his brief political career, his tenure as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and his work with the Layman’s National Bible Committee. McGee is remembered as the Town Historian of Oyster Bay, New York, for her numerous books, and her love of sailing.

Three photographs supplement the text. In addition to photographs of Kupferman and Theodore Roosevelt, a third picture shows five crew members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, including three of its commanders.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2004

Report on the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s Bertha B. Rose Award. The report includes a biography of Bertha Benkard Rose that emphasizes her work in historic preservation, especially at Sagamore Hill. The report also includes brief notices about the twelve past winners of the award dating back to 1982, and it highlights the work of the 2003 recipient, Michael L. Manson. A text box lists all of the winners of the Rose Award, and the report also includes a list of the seventeen colleges and universities that granted Theodore Roosevelt honorary degrees from 1899 to 1917. A paragraph on Roosevelt’s history with New York City concludes the section.

A photograph of Manson with the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt accompanies the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2004

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt appears as a subject in four of the six articles found in this edition of the “News & Notes” section. Paul B. Madden recalls his visit to the ship as a twelve year old; the carrier won a coveted award from the U.S. Navy; and GreenPoint Financial Corporation made a large donation to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to support the ship. “News & Notes” also discusses the origins of Theodore Roosevelt’s use of the term “bully pulpit,” and it notes the 2001 winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize. 

An illustration of the carrier and a photograph of John A. Gable with members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives appear in the section. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the 81st annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Albany, New York, in October 2000. The report highlights the elaborate dinner, the keynote speaker, the conferral of the TRA’s Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and a roundtable of collectors of Theodore Roosevelt memorabilia. The report also gives updates on visits to the TRA’s website, the publication of a TRA CD-ROM, and provides results of the TRA’s annual elections for its officers and leadership. The report includes the speech given by David Allen Woods, the recipient of the Junior Officer of the Year Award, and it provides an update on the status of Pine Knot, Roosevelt’s presidential retreat in Virginia.

Three photographs of the speaker, guests, and dignitaries at the meeting accompany the report along with a text box listing financial supporters of the annual gathering.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the 78th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The report details the field trips, dinner, speakers, and elections that marked the weekend meeting. The report highlights the reelection of Lawrence H. Budner as President of the TRA, the address of William N. Tilchin, and the conferring of the Junior Officer Leadership Award for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Jesse Shapiro, winner of the TRA Public Speaking Contest for the New York City public schools, also addressed the dinner gathering. 

Eight photographs of some of the assembled guests, speakers, and dignitaries, including four commanders of USS Theodore Roosevelt, populate the report. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The 76th Annual Meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) took place at Norfolk, Virginia, as well as onboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. The Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal was presented to former Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman. The TRA also gave several gifts to the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and held its meeting of the Board of Trustees. One prominent topic during the Board of Trustees meeting was about the future of Pine Knot–the Virginia cabin of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

Other news items include the presentation of a number of Theodore Roosevelt-related awards, such as the TRA’s annual police awards, the appearance of Theodore Roosevelt on several television programs during 1995-1996, reports on several TRA-related activities like the annual teddy bear distribution, and an obituary of Dorothy R. Kidder. At the end of this section is a selection of several Theodore Roosevelt-related facts, including the names of the Secretaries of the Navy during Roosevelt’s presidency, and Roosevelt’s appointments to the Supreme Court.

Five photographs from the annual meeting, two illustrations of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, and a photograph of Secretary of the Interior Bruce E. Babbitt appear in the section.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

This edition of “News and Notes” covers a variety of topics such as the conferral of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize and the results of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) Public Speaking Contests. The section also notes the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the TRA, and it highlights the naming of a new commanding officer for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Updates on Pine Knot, the TRA Journal indexing, and the need for volunteers at both Sagamore Hill and the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace are noted. An obituary for Grace Green Roosevelt McMillian also appears in the section.

Photographs in “News and Notes” include one of some of the leadership of the TRA at Pine Knot; the winner of the TRA Public Speaking Contest for New York City; and one of John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park (incorrectly identified as Yosemite). A listing of the members of the executive committee of the TRA also appears in the section.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1993-1994

Seven of the nine pages of this edition of the “News and Notes” section deal with the meeting, dinner, ceremonies, and reports from the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on October 31, 1992. Highlights of the meeting include the presentation of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to the members of the Rio Roosevelt expedition team; the conferring of the TRA’s Bertha B. Rose Award to Paul Whitney Parcells; and the inauguration of the TRA Junior Officer Leadership Award for a member of the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The section includes TRA President Robert D. Dalziel’s annual report, and it highlights the donation of Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s rustic retreat in Virginia, to the TRA by Theodore Roosevelt IV. “News and Notes” also covers programs held at the Sagamore Hill and Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Sites, and it details the performance of the cast of “Phantom of the Opera” onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Five photographs from the annual dinner and two photographs of Pine Knot supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1992

Two page photo spread showing guests and dignitaries at the annual meeting and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association held on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on October 31, 1992.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1992

Creator(s)

Unknown

This edition of “News and Notes” begins with a summary of the events, elections, and speeches at the seventy-first annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) which included the selection of Robert D. Dalziel as the twelfth President of the TRA. The report includes a listing of those elected to the Board of Trustees as well as brief biographies of the past presidents. “News and Notes” also details the conferring of annual awards and prizes supported by the TRA including: natural history research grants from the American Museum of Natural History; the Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest for the New York City public schools; the TRA Police Award for the New York City Police Department; and the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize. The section also notes the passing of Archibald B. Roosevelt, Junior, changes in command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and highlights a lecture by David McCullough at the White House on Theodore Roosevelt.

Two photographs from the TRA annual meeting, a photograph of McCullough with President George Bush, and an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion appear in the section.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1990