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Film of the exterior of Sagamore Hill. Closeup of a postage stamp depicting the home followed by several viewing angles of the exterior of the home.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1955
Film of Sagamore Hill. Exterior still and panning shots of the porch from several angles. Interior panning shots of the Drawing Room, Nursery, Dining Room, Mother’s Room, Father’s Dressing Room, North Room, Front Hall, and Library. Closeups highlight certain household objects and trophies.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1955
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.
In a letter to his son Kermit Roosevelt, President Roosevelt describes a weekend visit to Pine Knot, the rural retreat purchased by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt in Virginia. Roosevelt notes that he did the cooking for himself and Edith, and that they enjoyed walking the property and sitting on the piazza. Roosevelt also writes of his efforts to bring the Russians and Japanese to the negotiating table to achieve a diplomatic settlement to the Russo-Japanese War.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1905-06-11
Natalie A. Naylor describes the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and his family with the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York, and his home, Sagamore Hill. Naylor looks at the history of the Roosevelt family on Long Island, and she emphasizes the important role Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt played in managing the Sagamore Hill farm and its finances. She highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s participation in gathering hay on the farm and his fondness for rowing in the nearby waters. Naylor also recounts the roles played by African Americans who worked and lived at Sagamore Hill, and she details the products of the farm and how they sustained the family.
Eight maps showing the evolution of Sagamore Hill and Long Island accompany the article as do seven photographs, five of which feature Theodore Roosevelt working and playing on his estate.
List of twenty-six sites on Long Island, New York, associated with or dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, including fourteen sites in Oyster Bay. The list includes four parks, three historic houses, and two statues, as well as office buildings, murals, and churches.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
The front cover of this issue shows Theodore Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill, as it appeared at the time of its completion in 1885. The back cover features a photograph of a newly completed barn on the property in 1907 along with two farm hands and three cows.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1907
The front cover of this issue features a photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt in a dynamic speaking pose before a crowd in 1902 while the back cover photograph shows a detail of the North Room at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, focusing on the fireplace, its mantel, and the bison heads mounted on both sides.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2002
Day Allen Willey provides a description of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential retreat, Pine Knot, with an emphasis on its simplicity and remoteness. Two photographs of the cabin, one of the interior and one of the exterior, accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1907-02-23
Seventeen topics compete for attention in the ten pages of this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The restoration of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site by the National Park Service and the acquisition of Theodore Roosevelt’s rustic retreat, Pine Knot, by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) receive extensive coverage. The section also highlights the ninetieth anniversary of the establishment of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and the visit by President Bill Clinton to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
“News and Notes” covers the various student awards and contests sponsored by the TRA as well as the natural history research grants given by the American Museum of Natural History. The section also provides information about the Woman’s Roosevelt Memorial Association and defends Roosevelt’s stance on women’s issues. An article by Bill Bleyer about the restoration of Sagamore Hill is reprinted in “News and Notes” along with a letter from a TRA member who complains about the glorification of Roosevelt in the pages of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
Seven photographs of various subjects, including Sagamore Hill, Pine Knot, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt appear in the section.
This sprawling edition of “News and Notes” encompasses sixteen pages and contains thirty-four parts. The conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) police awards for New York City, Boston, and western New York State opens the section along with a feature on the design of a new medal for the award by sculptor Marc Mellon. News of the ceremonies and outings of the 1993 annual meeting of the TRA in Charlottesville, Virginia, follows with a description of the association’s required elections, a field trip to Pine Knot, and the naming of the Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The meeting also saw the presentation of the Bertha B. Rose Award to Barbara J. Comstock and historian William Henry Harbaugh.
“News and Notes” also provides a history of Pine Knot, Theodore and Edith Roosevelt’s presidential retreat, discusses the reopening of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site after an extensive renovation, and highlights the contributions of Conrad L. Wirth and Horace M. Albright to both the TRA and the National Park Service. The Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands is featured with news of its hosting a conference of European historians; the conferring of the annual Lawrence J. Saunders Awards for essays in American history; and the publication of a book on Dutch-American relations by the Center’s director, Cornelius A. van Minnen. The section closes with a detailed look at the process of compiling a comprehensive article and picture index for the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal from 1975 to 1992 by the staff and volunteers of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York.
Twenty photographs illustrate the section with entire pages devoted to the Boston Police Award ceremonies and the TRA annual meeting.
Two photographs of Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s home near Oyster Bay, New York. One shows the exterior of the home with its large veranda and much of it overgrown with vines. The other shows Roosevelt speaking to a crowd from the veranda in 1916.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
Reprint of an article that originally appeared in Ms. Magazine in August 1976. Author Harriet Shapiro interviewed Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby at her home in Oyster Bay, New York. Much of the piece is devoted to Ethel’s memories of life with her family at their family home Sagamore Hill. She relates how her parents, Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, dealt with the children, and she notes how the Roosevelt siblings paired off, and she talks of her relationship with her older sister Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
A familiar picture of the assembled Roosevelt family and a close-up of Ethel Roosevelt Derby accompany the article.
President Roosevelt expresses his support of the movement to make Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace into a national park in order to preserve the building in which he was born.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-26
George E. Graham, a member of the Roosevelt Home Club, recently issued a statement charging United States Representative Herbert Parsons, who until recently was a member of the club, with playing politics with the club. Neither Parsons nor any members he brought in, Graham states, ever contributed to the goal of the club of purchasing the home where President Roosevelt was born to make it into a memorial. Graham further says that Parsons, in spite of being the Chairman of the Finance Committee, did not fulfill any of his duties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-02
Paul L. Beaubien, regional archaeologist, writes to Superintendent Jay of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, forwarding his personal research file containing photographs and notes related to his work at the Elkhorn Ranch site in 1957. Beaubien notifies Jay of an upcoming visit by Herbert E. Kahler and Merrill J. Mathes. Beaubien also plans to prepare a memorandum suggesting further excavations at the Maltese Cross Cabin site.
1959-08-14
Postcard depicting colored images of Theodore Roosevelt’s cabin, located in Bismarck, North Dakota. On the back, the letter writers let Herman and Muriel Hoff know that they are still traveling and are headed to Montana tomorrow. Two more have joined their group, which now numbers sixteen.
1932-10-06
Photograph postcard depicting the gate entrance to the Roosevelt cabin when it was located in Bismarck, North Dakota.
1924-1959
Colored photograph of the original site of Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin near Medora, North Dakota. A wooden sign marks the original site. Prairie and rock formations are in the background, along with a wooden fence.
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A close-up, color photograph of graffiti carved into Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin.
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