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In his “Faithfully yours” column, Journal editor William N. Tilchin highlights the contents of the issue and provides some of the guidelines for submitting manuscripts to the Journal. He closes with some personal thoughts about the death of Leslie Dangel Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt Association President Tweed Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2011
Terrence C. Brown updates members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) on his travels around the country to witness some of the programs of the TRA in action. Brown notes the public speaking contests, the Teddy Bears for Kids program, and highlights the plans of two local chapters. He also recalls his first visit to Pine Knot in Virginia and plans to rebuild the ship’s museum aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, and he highlights the work of TRA President Tweed Roosevelt. A photograph of Brown as an eleven year old boy appears in the column.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2011
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that this issue of its journal is dedicated to the memory of Leslie Dangel Roosevelt, the wife of TRA President Tweed Roosevelt. The TRA also announces that its 2011 annual meeting will be held in Dickinson and Medora, North Dakota. The section includes a text box listing the President and Executive Directors of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, and guidelines for submitting manuscripts.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2011
Terrence C. Brown, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), inaugurates a column called “Grass Roots” which he will use to communicate with the members of the TRA. Brown notes that two regional chapters have been added to the TRA in North Dakota and Florida, and he highlights the TRA’s cooperation with the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, noting the site’s support of the Teddy Bears for Kids program and providing the TRA with office space. Brown also informs the TRA membership that he has been cutting the association’s expenses.
A photograph of Brown as a ten year old boy appears in the column.
William N. Tilchin introduces a new feature, “Faithfully yours,” to the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Tilchin, the editor of the Journal, notes that its title comes from a letter closing used by former Journal editor John A. Gable and Theodore Roosevelt. Tilchin highlights some of the articles in the current issue, and he discusses the painful process of reviewing James Bradley’s The Imperial Cruise. A photograph of Tilchin accompanies the editorial.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
Harry N. Lembeck provides a report on the 2009 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Tampa, Florida. Lembeck notes the business meeting, including the election of officers, and he highlights the seven speakers at the meeting, providing a brief synopsis of each of their addresses. Lembeck also notes the conferring of the Bertha B. Rose Award and the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Award. Thirty-seven photographs taken by Art Koch of the speakers, guests, and members of the TRA leadership accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
William N. Tilchin provides an introduction to former Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal editor John A. Gable’s last major public address of October 23, 2004. Tilchin notes that Gable’s speech called for a comprehensive study of Theodore Roosevelt and conservation and that Douglas Brinkley has met that need with his 2009 book The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America. The journal reprints Gable’s address in its handwritten version with Gable’s final edits added by Tilchin.
In the speech, Gable asserts that Theodore Roosevelt’s record as a conservationist and an environmentalist has not been adequately explored by historians and biographers, and he notes the work of Tweed Roosevelt in trying to correct this shortcoming. Gable also argues that Roosevelt, a man of many seeming contradictions, was both a use-conservationist and a preservationist when it came to natural resources, and he quotes Theodore Roosevelt and cites examples from his record as president to bolster his argument.
Four photographs of Gable supplement the text. Gable’s address first appeared in volume 26, number 3, 2005 issue of the journal.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its leadership has selected Tweed Roosevelt to serve as the Chair of the TRA, and it notes that the next issue of its journal will feature speeches from and a report on the TRA’s 2009 annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. The section includes a text box listing the Chair and Executive Director of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, and guidelines for submitting manuscripts.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
William N. Tilchin describes the Friends and Family Day Cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on May 30, 2009, which was attended by hundreds of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Tilchin notes the dinner and speeches of the evening before the cruise, and he relates some of the areas of the ship he visited. Tilchin also describes the air show provided by two fighter jets from the carrier.
Eighteen photographs populate the essay, including fourteen taken during the visit of the TRA to the carrier.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its 2009 annual meeting will be held in Tampa, Florida, and that its symposium will address the topic of the Spanish-American War. The announcement lists the eight scheduled speakers and highlights a tour of Tampa. The reverse of the announcement features a registration form which lists the costs for various levels of participation in the weekend activities.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
Wallace Finley Dailey describes the October 3, 2008, presentation given by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns during a visit to Harvard University as part of its commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. Dailey also details a major photography exhibit chronicling Roosevelt’s life drawn from some 200 photographs from the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard. Dailey provides details about the photographs to be found in the five areas of the exhibit.
Three photographs accompany the essay, including ones of Dailey and Burns, along with a picture of the exhibit cases, and an illustration of Sagamore Hill.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it has created new membership categories and expanded benefits for its members, and it reports that Tweed Roosevelt will be writing a new column for the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal called “Forgotten Fragments.” The section also promotes the 2008 annual meeting of the TRA to be held in Oyster Bay, New York. A text box listing the officers of the TRA along with guidelines for submitting articles to its journal supplements the announcements.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008
William N. Tilchin provides a detailed look at the 2007 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Boston, Massachusetts. Tilchin notes the committee and leadership meetings of the TRA, and he highlights the field trips to the USS Constitution, Harvard University, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tilchin’s account also covers the awards presented by the TRA, including the police award for Boston, the Bertha B. Rose Award, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Leadership Award. Tilchin also notes the various speakers and the topics they addressed in different venues during the weekend meeting.
Fifty photographs populate the report, including five pages with six photographs each, which show the various guests, dignitaries, award winners, speakers, and TRA leaders.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces the agenda, speakers, and field trips for the association’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 2007. The announcement lists the eight speakers, the field trips to Harvard University and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and it notes that the TRA leadership will host a forum on the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center. The announcement includes a mail-in registration form.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
Harry N. Lembeck interviews James Bruns, the new President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Bruns discusses his background in museum and historical society work, especially his tenure with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and his work with the Atlanta, Georgia, Historical Society. Most of the interview focuses on the TRA’s plans to build a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Research Center. Bruns discusses the purposes of the museum, its possible location, financing, and its importance to the future of the TRA. A photograph of Bruns appears on the first page of the interview.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007-04-03
Allen W. Williams provides a brief history of the Spectacle Club, an organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which holds an annual dinner in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. Williams notes some of the past speakers, describes the ceremonies at the dinner, and says that the group is seeking to become a chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The article includes four photographs from the club’s most recent dinner, a photograph of its venue, and the club’s logo.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
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.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its annual meeting for 2006 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. The announcement includes a list of the four speakers at a symposium on the Roosevelt family, and it notes their publications and the topic they will be addressing.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2006
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it will take a field trip to Pine Knot, Virginia, to tour Theodore Roosevelt’s rustic retreat and listen to presentations by three speakers on the topic of Roosevelt and conservation as part of its 2005 annual meeting activities. A small photograph of the cabin supplements the announcement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2005