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William Emlen Roosevelt sends President Roosevelt a deed for him and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, to sign relating to several plots of land. He additionally sends Roosevelt another letter under separate cover relating to a deed of land for Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, as well as blueprints of the parcels of lands being sold.
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1906-08-13
William Emlen Roosevelt states he would like to visit President Roosevelt to talk about the Smith Farm and other matters, and he asks Roosevelt to telegraph him if any of the mentioned days would work.
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1906-04-10
William Emlen Roosevelt informs William Loeb that he and his wife would be pleased to dine at Sagamore Hill with the Russian peace envoys.
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1905-09-06
William Emlen Roosevelt wishes President Roosevelt a happy early birthday, and says that while he cannot present his birthday wishes in person, he has ‘representatives who will do so.” His wife, Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt, is bringing an invitation from John H. Rhoades asking if Roosevelt and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, would be able to attend the opening night of an upcoming art exhibition. While the art exhibition is not for charity, all profits above the expenses will go to help the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.
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1904-10-26
John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1979. He details the TRA’s support of Bulloch Hall in Georgia, Youngs Memorial Cemetery and the adjacent Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary in Oyster Bay, and the American Museum of Natural History. Gable also reports on the association’s support of student essay and speaking contests, additions to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, and the Roosevelt Genealogical Project. He closes with an assertion that the United States is “in the midst of what can be called a ‘Roosevelt revival'” given the rise in membership of the TRA and the publication of a number of significant works on Roosevelt in 1979, most significantly Edmund Morris’s The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.
A photograph of a bust of Theodore Roosevelt is found on the third page of the report.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
Executive Director John A. Gable gives a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) during 1978. He notes an increase in both membership and contributions, and details the day-to-day work of answering phone and letter inquiries about Theodore Roosevelt. In addition to covering aspects of established programs like the student essay and speaking contests and support of research grants made by the American Museum of Natural History, he details the programs surrounding the twenty-fifth anniversary of Sagamore Hill as a public house museum, the TRA’s support of Bulloch Hall, the home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, in Roswell, Georgia, and the Roosevelt Genealogical Project.
Two photographs and one illustration are included as part of this article. One photograph shows John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, presenting a check to Emmett Rushin of the Roswell (Georgia) Historic Preservation Committee; the other is of Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) President Howard T. Hogan. The illustration is of the front cover of the TRA’s book, Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1979
John A. Gable reports on the work and achievements of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) for 1977. He notes a rise in membership and dues during the past year and discusses the many requests for help that the TRA office received from those pursuing work on Theodore Roosevelt. The report provides brief summaries of the work of the TRA that is covered in more detail in separate articles in this and past issues, such as the renovation and restoration of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and the visit to the White House by a delegation from the TRA.
The report also covers the annual student contests sponsored by the TRA, the research grants awarded by the American Museum of Natural History, the Association’s support of Youngs Memorial Cemetery and the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary for birds in Oyster Bay, and publications, such as the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, produced by the TRA.
A photograph of John A. Gable and P. James Roosevelt talking to President Jimmy Carter at the White House accompanies the report.
Notice about the history, programs, facilities, and leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bird Sanctuary located next to Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York. The notice includes a fundraising appeal letter from Mrs. Richard Derby (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt) asking for contributions to the Sanctuary, which is an arm of the National Audubon Society.
Two photographs accompany the article. One shows five children on a field trip undertaken by the Sanctuary and the other shows Mrs. Richard Derby and the President of the Sanctuary, Richard A. Houghton, Jr., at the Trailside Museum.
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to receive a letter from Archie Roosevelt and is hosting his family, Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and their son, Archibald Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill. Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Richard Derby also visited and Roosevelt was amused when Richard rode Archie’s old pony, Algonquin. Kermit Roosevelt has been appointed a Captain of Artillery in the American Expeditionary Force and now all of Roosevelt’s sons are fighting under the same flag. Ted Roosevelt is likely at the front with the 1st Division and Quentin Roosevelt is distressed at the lack of aircraft preventing him from serving at the front.
1918-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about family matters, particularly the new motor vehicle, which has caused them to build a new road.
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1911-07-28