Reagan, Ronald

This edition of “News and Notes,” seven pages in length, is divided into six sections. “TR Quasquicentennial Year Ends” covers events marking the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth at venues in Indianapolis, Indiana, Oyster Bay and Buffalo, New York, Harvard University, and the National Archives in Washington, D.C. It notes that the final event of the celebration year was appropriately held at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in New York City, and it highlights some of the lectures and interviews given by John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), during 1983. An illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion and a photograph from the 125 Anniversary Dinner in New York City supplement the section.

The “Annual Meeting of the TRA Board of Trustees” examines the financial health of the TRA and notes that there needs to be an increase of revenue for the Association. It also covers changes to the By-Laws of the TRA regarding membership categories and terms for members of the Board of Trustees. It closes by noting the governance of the TRA and listing its officers and members of the Executive Committee.

“Filming ‘The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt'” discusses the production of this documentary film and highlights the narration provided by actor George C. Scott and the music of John Philip Sousa. It notes its fluid mixing of reenactments and archival film footage. A photograph of the Roosevelt family as portrayed by actors and descendants and one of Gable in a cameo role accompany the section.

In “TR and the Wall Street Journal,” Gable attacks an article written by Art Pine of the Journal about the history of debt collection from foreign nations because of its sometimes “misleading” and “false” statements about Roosevelt. Gable enlists the work of historians Barbara Tuchman and Frederick W. Marks to refute some of Pine’s reporting.

The “News and Notes” section focuses on the celebrations, ceremonies, and lectures highlighting the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth in New York City, Oyster Bay, and Washington, D.C. The section repeats in shortened form some of the information provided in other articles in the issue, looks at the various lectures and interviews given by John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and notes personnel news from the various Roosevelt sites managed by the National Park Service.

A photograph of Harold and Sheila Schafer in Medora, North Dakota, is found on page two of the section.

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Report on the award ceremony for Eisha Dyer and Jessica Van Ausdall Kraft who were each given the Bertha B. Rose Award for service to the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The article reprints the citations given to Dyer and Kraft, with special emphasis on their work in preserving Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.

A photograph of Dyer and Kraft accompanies the article.

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This edition of “News and Notes” highlights some of the ceremonies marking the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. It details some of the content and arguments put forth in Paul Schullery’s American Bears: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt, provides a report on the donations and finances of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) for fiscal year 1982, and reviews a colloquium on historic preservation held at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. The column also covers Roosevelt birthday celebrations in Buffalo, New York, and Tampa, Florida, the annual meeting of the committee overseeing the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, and the TRA Public Speaking Contest for the New York public high schools. The column concludes with a notice about the Centennial of Medora, North Dakota.

A photograph of Selwa Roosevelt and the logo of the Medora, North Dakota, Centennial appear in the column.

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Edmund Morris imagines meeting Theodore Roosevelt outside of a restaurant in Washington, D.C. They discuss Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize and they compare the political scene of 1982 with that of 1902.

Four photographs are included in the piece: one each of Edmund and Sylvia Morris; one of a group of Roosevelt historians; and one of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

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Summary of a reception for members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held at the Sulgrave Club in Washington, D.C. on October 27, 1982. The notice features an excerpt from the remarks of William Davison Johnston, the President of the TRA, who recited Theodore Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena” quotation. The summary notes that the film My Father the President was shown and it lists the members of the reception committee.

Three photographs of various members and leaders of the TRA at the reception accompany the article.

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Report on the luncheon at the White House on October 27, 1982, on the occasion of the presentation of Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize Medal to President Ronald Reagan. The report describes the ceremony and lists all of the guests, including the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the Roosevelt family, and White House staff.

Five photographs of the gathering, all of which feature Reagan, accompany the report.

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Two photographs of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House with President Ronald Reagan.

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1983

The cover of this issue features a photograph of President Ronald Reagan working at a desk under a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. There is a brief caption and the president’s signature beneath the photograph. The cover page is followed by a page announcing that this issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal is a special issue dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Roosevelt’s birth. It features an illustration used on a special commemorative plate designed for the anniversary. It is followed by the Journal‘s first ever table of contents along with a listing of the officers of the association and members of its three major committees. The Journal concludes with a full page political cartoon by Robert Carter depicting Roosevelt with his hand on Uncle Sam’s shoulder. The back cover has a full page photograph of the exterior of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City.

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1983

In “News of the Association,” John A. Gable discusses plans for the Quasquicentennial of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth during 1982 and 1983. He provides a detailed look at an article about Roosevelt’s conservation legacy in National Geographic Magazine and also examines Paul Schullery’s article about Roosevelt and fishing in The American Fly Fisher. Gable discusses Roosevelt’s use of the Antiquities Act, notes the passing of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), and quotes extensively from a letter from Alton A. Lindsay praising the value of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal to scholars. Gable notes the TRA’s support of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York, praises the documentary film My Father the President about life at Sagamore Hill, and acknowledges the work of Wallace Finley Dailey of Harvard University in compiling a bibliography of journal and magazine articles about Roosevelt.

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1982

Excerpt from Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s Theodore Roosevelt and His Time about the October 1912 assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bucklin covers the shooting, Roosevelt’s speech, his hospitalization, and the motivations of the shooter, John Schrank.

A drawing of Roosevelt’s speech showing the hole made by the assassin’s bullet accompanies the excerpt.

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