Seymour, Catryna Ten Eyck, 1931-

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1980

John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1980. He details the TRA’s work to rebuild a bandstand in Oyster Bay, New York, and notes the association’s financial support of Youngs Memorial Cemetery, 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 notes the growth in membership and dues for the TRA, and he details the assistance the TRA has given to numerous scholars and writers and lists the publications that have emerged from their work. Gable closes by citing examples of the TRA’s support of the various historical sites associated with the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

A photograph of some of the leaders of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with officials from the Town of Oyster Bay, New York is found on the third page of the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1981

Article about the 1979 Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest featuring contestants from New York City public high schools. The article names several of the schools that participated and lists the student finalists,  contest judges, and the members of the committee that organize the competition. It also touches on the other student contests sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

 

Two photographs accompany the article. One shows the winner of the contest, Melissa Heenan, delivering her speech during the finals competition, and the other shows her holding her prize of a Theodore Roosevelt bust with her coach Carol Millet.

 

A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the article.

John A. Gable updates members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) on his work as Executive Director, giving presentations at New York area high schools and doing a radio interview with the founder of the Good Bears of the World organization. He notes awards given to TRA members, endorses Edmund Morris’s biography of Theodore Roosevelt, and highlights praise given to the TRA Public Speaking Contest. Gable also notes the annual Masonic pilgrimage to Roosevelt’s grave in Oyster Bay and closes by urging current TRA members to bring new members to the organization.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1979

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.