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Colorized postcard of a teddy bear wearing an outfit decorated with beads and patches and a feathered headdress. The bear is standing up and holding a bow and arrow. A note on the reverse asks the recipient of the postcard if her teddy bear looks like the one on the front.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1909
Postcard with an embossed “Teddy B” and bear on the front. The bear is standing on his back legs, holding a stick and hat in his paws. On the reverse is a note from Hattie Stevens to Pearl Cassaidy. Stevens asks Cassaidy “How do you like your teddy”.
1909
Postcard showing an embossed Teddy Bear and Billy Possum clasping hands as the Teddy Bear leaves Washington, D.C. and Billy Possum walks towards the capitol. A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt is featured to the left of the bear and a photograph of William H. Taft is featured to the right of Billy Possum.
1909
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
James Summerville describes the activities of the new Nashville, Tennessee, chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), including its involvement in the TRA’s police award and teddy bear programs. Summerville also relays some of Theodore Roosevelt’s history with the state of Tennessee, noting his visits to the state, his appreciation of its history, his views on Andrew Jackson, and his efforts to help fund the preservation of Jackson’s home, The Hermitage.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1999
Brief report and photo album from the 2012 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Chicago, Illinois. The report notes the highlights of the weekend meeting, including the various tours of sites in Chicago, the conferring of awards, and information on the symposium. The report is supplemented by forty-three color photographs of the Chicago skyline and the guests, speakers, and dignitaries at the meeting.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2013
Terrence C. Brown stresses the variety of programs offered and groups reached by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). He notes the connection of Theodore Roosevelt with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Rifle Association, and he highlights the TRA public speaking competitions, police awards, and Teddy Bears for Kids. Brown also lists the conferring of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize, the work of the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands, and the stewardship of the homes of Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill and the birthplace in New York City.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2012
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.
Tweed Roosevelt lists 100 firsts by Theodore Roosevelt, ranging from the more widely known at number one, that Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize, to the obscure at number 100, that Roosevelt was the first American president to have a wife sail on a battleship. In addition to a photograph of the author, the column features ten photographs of Roosevelt, some of which depict his firsts, from riding in a car to flying in an airplane.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
In an issue devoted to his memory and service to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), it is not surprising that John A. Gable appears on both the front and back covers of this issue. The front cover features a photograph of Gable from 1975, the journal’s first year of publication, while the back cover shows Gable at his last public appearance in an official capacity for the TRA at a Teddy Bears for Kids event in New York City on December 8, 2004.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2004-12-08
Nineteen numbered paragraphs detail the work and programs of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). The paragraphs describe the various activities of the TRA from its support of historical sites related to the life of Theodore Roosevelt to its establishment of chapters scattered across the United States. An illustration of Pine Knot, Roosevelt’s presidential retreat in Virginia, appears at the end of the list.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2004
Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley tell the story of the most famous bear hunt in American history: Theodore Roosevelt’s unsuccessful hunt for black bear in Mississippi that gave birth to the teddy bear toy. Ambrose and Brinkley provide political context for the trip to Mississippi, list the members of the hunting party, and describe the hunt of November 15, 1902. The article also describes Clifford Berryman’s cartoon depiction of the hunt which led to the creation of the teddy bear.
A photograph of Brinkley and his wife, and three photographs of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) distributing teddy bears at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, accompany the article. A text box with the vision statement of the TRA appears at the end of the article.
Three biographies–of Holt Collier, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gifford Pinchot–come under scrutiny in the “Reviews” section along with a play and documentary about Roosevelt. Tweed Roosevelt finds the biography of Holt Collier, who led Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 1902 bear hunt, notable for its descriptions of slavery in antebellum Mississippi, but he finds its coverage of Roosevelt flawed. Gregory A. Wynn recommends Kathleen Dalton’s biography Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life for its coverage of Roosevelt’s life after the presidency, its recognition of the important influence women had on his life, and for making Roosevelt “a hero for liberals.” The section also contains an excerpt of a review of Dalton’s work from Kirkus Reviews.
Gary A. Clinton admires Laurence Luckinbill’s play Teddy Tonight for capturing the spirit of Roosevelt in his own words, and he finds that it resonates in a nation reeling from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. A review of The History Channel’s documentary TR: An American Lion lists the “talking head” historians who appear in the film along with members of the Roosevelt family. The review highlights the negative coverage given Roosevelt’s attitudes on race and imperialism, and it praises the actors who provide the film’s narration and voice of Roosevelt. The section concludes with excerpts from four positive reviews of Char Miller’s biography of Gifford Pinchot.
Medals, awards, and grants sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) constitute much of the “News & Notes” section. The honors include: the conferring of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to historian Stephen E. Ambrose; the 2002 TRA Police Award for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Police Department; the annual research grants given by the American Museum of Natural History; and the public speaking contests for New York City area schools. The section also highlights the Battle Efficiency Award won by the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt; the issuance of Theodore Roosevelt license plates by the state of New York; and a description of a fundraiser for the TRA’s Teddy Bear Fund, including a list of donors. The section concludes with the preface to Nathan Miller’s biography Theodore Roosevelt: A Life.
Photographs of Ambrose, a dinosaur exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, and participants in the New York City speaking contest appear in the section.
Alphabetized list of contributors to four fund drives sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA): the Teddy Bear, Capital funds, Pine Knot, and USS Theodore Roosevelt fund drives. The largest list of contributors is to the Teddy Bear fund. A photograph of two Roosevelt family members distributing teddy bears joins a photograph of the aircraft carrier, and a picture of TRA President Norman Parson with former President George Bush, as illustrations.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2002
This edition of “News & Notes” opens with the announcement that a conference scheduled to mark the centennial of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency had been cancelled because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The section notes that the long awaited second volume of a biography of Roosevelt by Edmund Morris was scheduled for release in November 2001 and that Sylvia Jukes Morris’s biography of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was to be reissued in paperback. “News & Notes” highlights Roosevelt’s induction into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, the conferring of a historic preservation award to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), and the announcement of the winners of the TRA’s Rose Award. Obituaries for Tilly DeVries and Lion DeVries of the TRA and a summary of this issue’s book reviews complete the section.
Three photographs from ceremonies celebrating Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor award appear in the section.
John A. Gable examines three titles in the “Book Reviews” section, encompassing a work on leadership, a study of the two branches of the Roosevelt family, and a collection of wartime letters. Gable notes that James M. Strock’s Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership should be considered a management book, but he believes that its study of Theodore Roosevelt’s philosophy of life gives it wide appeal. Gable highlights the feud between the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, branches of the Roosevelt family in his review of The Three Roosevelts, and he stresses the main points of the book: that Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt represented a progressive front over a century of American history and that Theodore Roosevelt was more progressive than conservative. In his glowing review of Andrew Carroll’s War Letters, Gable highlights a letter written by Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his son Quentin Roosevelt, and he notes the contributions of historian Douglas Brinkley to the book.
In her review of A Tale of Two Teddies, Linda E. Milano emphasizes that this children’s book does not tell the familiar tale of Theodore Roosevelt’s bear hunt, but rather looks at the competition among the earliest makers of the teddy bear. A photograph of Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and two text boxes with information about the Theodore Roosevelt Association appear in the section,
The varied work and programs of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) are listed under nineteen topic headings, all of which are addressed in brief paragraphs. These include programs like the teddy bears for hospitalized children, police awards in major cities, and the support of historical sites related to the life of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2001
In an address marking the 50th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt, great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, recalls his great-grandfather’s time in the Badlands. He notes how Roosevelt gained in health, earned the respect of his cowboy peers, and witnessed the decimation of the land and its wildlife. Roosevelt calls for increased funding for public lands management, criticizes Congressman Don Young of Alaska for his environmental views, and says that the United States should consider a mandatory public service program.
Two photographs of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt on his favorite horse Manitou, and a photograph of the author from 1977 supplement the address.
Announcement that Robert G. Stanton has retired from a career with the National Park Service and that a fund has been established in his name and honor to support the annual Teddy Bear Drive sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The article reviews Stanton’s career with the Park Service and provides an overview of the teddy bear program. A photograph of Stanton appears at the top of the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1997