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Theodore Roosevelt has already called John Wallace Springer’s attention to Alexander Phimister Proctor with as strong an endorsement as he could give.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-03-15
Theodore Roosevelt offers “three cheers for the entire Proctor family,” especially Proctor’s mother Tirzah Smith Proctor, as well as all of her daughters and granddaughters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-18
Gifford Pinchot recommends Alexander Proctor as the sculptor for a statue of Buffalo Bill. Pinchot thinks Proctor “knows and understands the West, and the spirit of the West.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-03-10
This edition of “News and Notes” focuses on the restoration and conservation of two Theodore Roosevelt memorials: an equestrian statue of Roosevelt as a Rough Rider located in Portland, Oregon, and a conservation themed memorial in Tenafly, New Jersey. Separate articles provide background for each memorial, detailing their donors, sculptors, and the reasons why they are in need of restoration. The section also highlights the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) annual teddy bear drive, a controversy involving a Roosevelt related question on a quiz show, and the TRA’s goal to have 2,000 members in the year 2000. Three photographs supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2000
Report on the rededication of the Rough Rider statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, Oregon, on July 15, 2000. The report details the ceremonies surrounding the unveiling of the restored statue, noting the speakers, music, and dignitaries in attendance. The report also highlights the speeches and interviews given by John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, in Portland, and it highlights the work of William D. Schaub who headed the local restoration committee. Brief biographies of Henry Waldo Coe, who donated the statue, and of its sculptor, Alexander Phimister Proctor, conclude the article.
Three photographs of the statue and a text box listing the donors to the restoration committee supplement the report.
John A. Gable critiques a book and an article that have been cited to undermine the case for awarding Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor. Gable considers Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan: The Making of a President by Harold Samuels and Peggy Samuels and an article by military historian Mitchell A. Yockelson. Gable argues that the panel considering the merits of Roosevelt’s case should consider these works so that they can see the weakness of the argument against awarding Roosevelt the medal. Gable highlights some of the deficiencies in each of these works and refers to the Samuels’s book as “a blatant hatchet job.”
A photograph of Gable with Tweed Roosevelt and two photographs of the Roosevelt Rough Rider equestrian statue in Portland, Oregon, supplement the letter.
A picture of the equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider in Portland, Oregon, appears on the front cover of this issue while the back cover features the famous photograph of the Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898 with Roosevelt at the center of the picture.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2001
Photograph showing President Roosevelt with his “Tennis Cabinet” on the White House lawn on March 1, 1909, when a farewell luncheon was held for the group. Shown from left to right behind Theodore Roosevelt are military aide Archie Butt, Third Assistant Secretary of State William Phillips, Commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop, Chief of U.S. Forest Service Gifford Pinchot, Comptroller of Currency Lawrence O. Murray, U.S. District Attorney Henry L. Stimson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Associate Justice William H. Moody, U.S. District Attorney John Carter Rose, Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry, G. W. Woodruff, French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, William Walter Heffelfinger, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Commission of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp, John Avery McIlhenny, Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, U.S. Marshal Seth Bullock, Solicitor General Henry Martyn Hoyt, U.S. Marshal John R. Abernathy, Luther S. Kelly, Secretary of State Robert Bacon, Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill, William Wingate Sewall, Commissioner General of Immigration Daniel J. Keefe, First Assistant Secretary of State James Callan O’Laughlin, James Bronson Reynolds, Henry S. Pritchett, and secretary William Loeb. In the foreground is the Alexander Phimster Proctor sculpture, “Stalking Panther,” which was presented to Roosevelt by his “Tennis Cabinet” at the luncheon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-03-01