Parsons, Norman, 1931-2013

William J. Vanden Heuvel looks at the connections between Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, especially their shared commitment to American engagement with the world and promoting conservation. Vanden Heuvel highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and his support for an inheritance tax, and he notes that both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to regulate corporations and the wealthy for the benefit of the working class. Two photographs and a drawing of Sagamore Hill supplement the address.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2003-10-24

Creator(s)

Vanden Heuvel, William J. (William Jacobus), 1930-

Howard Ehrlich of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) describes the visit of Albertine Bloemendal, the 2009 winner of the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award from the Netherlands, to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Ehrlich notes other members of the TRA who spent time with Bloemendal, and he highlights the tour he gave of Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the placing of a cenotaph stone at Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York, to honor John A. Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). The report lists those members of the Roosevelt and Gable families in attendance along with members of the TRA, and it lists those who spoke at its dedication. A photograph of Gable appears at the center of the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005

Creator(s)

Unknown

Report on the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in San Antonio, Texas, October 30-31, 1998. The report covers the dinner, speakers, tours, TRA elections, and the conferring of TRA awards. The report highlights the presentation of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal and the TRA Junior Officer of the Year Award, and it details changes made to the governance of the TRA, including the creation of an Advisory Board and changes to the terms and expectations of members of the Board of Trustees. Eight photographs from the meeting populate the text, including five of President George Bush, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Creator(s)

Unknown

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the passing of Art Koch who assembled the “TR-Era Images” column for the TRA Journal and of Norman Parsons who served as President of the TRA from 2001 to 2006. The TRA also announces that its 2013 annual meeting will be held in Buffalo, New York. A text box lists the President and Executive Directors of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and information regarding the governance of the TRA.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2013

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Collection of thirty-two photographs from the 2008 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Oyster Bay, New York. Many of the photographs are close-ups of the various TRA leaders, speakers, guests or dignitaries at the assorted events.  Only two of the figures are identified in captions. Two pages of photographs are devoted to a parade in Oyster Bay; one page to the TRA’s annual dinner; one page to events at Sagamore Hill; and one page to ceremonies at Theodore Roosevelt’s grave at Youngs Memorial Cemetery.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

Creator(s)

Koch, Art

Harry N. Lembeck describes the events surrounding the 2006 annual meeting, symposium, and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Atlanta, Georgia. Lembeck notes the meetings of the executive committee, Board of Trustees, and other committees, and he highlights Bulloch Hall, site of some of the events and childhood home of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother. Lembeck gives a brief description of each of the four symposium presentations, and he provides coverage of the conferring of three TRA awards: the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Award, the Bertha B. Rose Award, and the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. Lembeck emphasizes the latter, noting the warm reception accorded the winner, Colonel George E. “Bud” Day.

Ten photographs of the various events accompany the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

The New York Sun reports on the results of the 80th Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) public speaking contest for the New York City public schools. The article lists the judges, the first, second, and third place winners and their topics, and notes the prizes given to the finalists. A photograph of the winners, judges, and members of the TRA in attendance appears at the end of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005-06-03

Creator(s)

Unknown

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) updates its membership on changes in the leadership of the TRA. Norman Parsons will continue to serve as President until a replacement is found by a search committee and the positions of Treasurer and Secretary have also changed hands, and William N. Tilchin has been appointed as the editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. The article notes that this issue of the journal is dedicated to Regina Louisa Haase Jeffries. A text box with the revised leadership team supplements the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

John G. Staudt describes the battles with cancer fought by the two winners of the 2005 Theodore Roosevelt Police Award for Long Island. Lee Krill of Nassau County, New York, and Kathleen A. McGowan of Suffolk County, New York, both successfully underwent cancer treatments and returned to police duty. Staudt describes the award ceremony at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, lists the speakers, and notes some of the dignitaries and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in attendance.

A photograph of the winners with some of the dignitaries and speakers supplements the article along with a photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt with veterans of his Rough Rider regiment. A text box acknowledging the support of Long Island Commercial Bank for the police awards is also included.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005

Genna Rollins describes the ceremonies surrounding the conferring of the 2004 Theodore Roosevelt Police Award for the Washington, D.C., area to Detective Kyle Olinger of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Department. Rollins describes the shooting, subsequent paralysis, and eventual return to duty of Olinger. Rollins highlights some of the speakers and dignitaries present at the ceremony. A photograph of Olinger appears at the center of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005

Creator(s)

Rollins, Genna

In “Best Wishes From Oyster Bay,” twenty-six friends, colleagues, and fellow historians offer their thoughts on the life and work of John A. Gable, the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the founder and editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Some of the themes that recur are Gable’s support and mentoring of historians and biographers in the early stages of their careers, his encyclopedic knowledge of Theodore Roosevelt, and his promotion of membership in the TRA. The authors also note his unsentimental critique of their work and his fostering a truce between the feuding Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York factions of the Roosevelt family. Two of the contributors, William N. Tilchin and Gregory A. Wynn, share some of their correspondence with Gable to demonstrate these themes, and almost all of the contributors highlight Gable’s generosity with his time and talents.

The piece includes a table of contents on its first page and it concludes with brief biographies of each of the authors. Twenty-three photographs populate the text, including twenty of Gable.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2005

Report on the annual natural history research grants awarded by the American Museum of Natural History and funded by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). The report notes the growth in the number of grants, their value, and the overall value of the grant fund. It highlights presentations by two Museum research fellows, and it traces the history of the TRA’s funding of the program. The report concludes with a paragraph on the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt and his father with the Museum.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2004

Creator(s)

Unknown

Report on the annual meeting and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in October 2003 in New York City. The report highlights three awards conferred by the TRA and the annual elections for members of the executive committee, board of trustees, and the advisory board. The report also touches on reports from various officers and committees, and it highlights the TRA’s involvement in publishing, art exhibitions, and documentary films about Theodore Roosevelt. The section closes with a look at the field trips undertaken by the members of the TRA in and around New York City to Roosevelt-related sites.

Three photographs from the annual dinner appear in the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2004

William J. Vanden Heuvel looks at the connections between Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, especially their shared commitment to American engagement with the world and promoting conservation. Vanden Heuvel highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and his support for an inheritance tax, and he notes that both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to regulate corporations and the wealthy for the benefit of the working class. Five photographs of Vanden Heuvel accompany the text of his address.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2003-10-24

Creator(s)

Vanden Heuvel, William J. (William Jacobus), 1930-

Report on the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Buffalo, New York, on October 19, 2002. The article notes the various reports given by officers of the TRA, and it covers the election of a slate of officers as well as members of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board. The report highlights the TRA’s approval of efforts to expand the Elkhorn Ranch site in North Dakota, use of the TRA website, and changes to the association’s by-laws.

Three photographs supplement the report, including two winners of the Bertha B. Rose Award, Paul F. McHale and Kent Conrad, honored for their work in securing Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor. An advertisement for Liberty Title Agency of Garden City, New York, appears at the end of the report. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the joint history conference, “The Big Stick and the Square Deal: The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt,” and annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Buffalo, New York, in October 2002. The report has three parts: a report on the conference and meeting; a full-page of thirteen photographs showing speakers, attendees, and dignitaries; and a full-page listing of patrons, supporters, and sponsors of the weekend’s events. The report highlights the conferring of the TRA’s Bertha B. Rose Award and its Distinguished Service Medal. The Rose Award was given to three members of Congress who helped secure Theodore Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor while the Distinguished Service Medal was given to the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. 

An additional photograph on the first page of the report shows eleven of the conference speakers.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Medals, awards, and grants sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) constitute much of the “News & Notes” section. The honors include: the conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to historian Stephen E. Ambrose; the 2002 TRA Police Award for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Police Department; the annual research grants given by the American Museum of Natural History; and the public speaking contests for New York City area schools. The section also highlights the Battle Efficiency Award won by the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt; the issuance of Theodore Roosevelt license plates by the state of New York; and a description of a fundraiser for the TRA’s Teddy Bear Fund, including a list of donors. The section concludes with the preface to Nathan Miller’s biography Theodore Roosevelt: A Life.

Photographs of Ambrose, a dinosaur exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, and participants in the New York City speaking contest appear in the section.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Alphabetized list of contributors to four fund drives sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA): the Teddy Bear, Capital funds, Pine Knot, and USS Theodore Roosevelt fund drives. The largest list of contributors is to the Teddy Bear fund. A photograph of two Roosevelt family members distributing teddy bears joins a photograph of the aircraft carrier, and a picture of TRA President Norman Parson with former President George Bush, as illustrations. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2002

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Report on the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held on November 3, 2001 at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City. The report covers the many sets of elections for officers and members of the advisory board and board of trustees for the TRA. The report highlights the election of Norman Parsons as the next President of the TRA, providing a brief biography of him, and it provides a synopsis of his address to the gathering. The nationwide tour of Theodore Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor, the status of the Pine Knot property, and the conferring of the TRA’s annual Junior Officer Leadership Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt are also discussed.

Photographs of the most recent presidents of the TRA, Parsons and Lawrence H. Budner, supplement the report.