Theodore Roosevelt Association

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its five most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the Teddy Bears for Kids program, police awards, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2017

Report on the 2014 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in New York City. The report covers the events of the weekend, highlighting the various authors and speakers in attendance, and it notes the conferring of four TRA awards, including the annual Bertha B. Rose Award and USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Leadership Award. The TRA also gave awards to documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and the former Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Valerie Naylor.

Eleven color photographs accompany the text which is followed by a fourteen page album of eighty-four color photographs of the meeting venues, speakers, guests, and award winners.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it will publish a compilation of articles titled Spotlighting TR: Selections from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, 2007-2014. The book, edited by William N. Tilchin, will feature forty essays. The TRA also announces that its 2016 annual meeting will be held in Oyster Bay, New York. A text box lists the President and Executive Directors of the TRA, along with those responsible for assembling its journal, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and information regarding the governance of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2015

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the USS Theodore Roosevelt fund, the Teddy Bears for Kids program, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

William N. Tilchin provides a very brief history of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) prior to the appointment in 1974 of John A. Gable as its executive director. Tilchin notes that Gable began publishing the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) in 1975, and he believes that the TRAJ helped grow the membership of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

William N. Tilchin gives a report on the 2015 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Boston, Massachusetts. Tilchin lists the planners of the meeting, and he dwells on the events held at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University and at the Algonquin Club in Boston. Tilchin describes the major events of the weekend, including the conferring of the TRA Boston Police Awards, the Saturday symposium, and the annual dinner. Tilchin highlights the symposium speakers and their topics as well as the winners of TRA awards presented at the dinner.

Thirteen photographs of some of the speakers, guests, and dignitaries at the meeting populate the report along with two other images from the events, and two menus from the Algonquin Club.

Gregory A. Wynn addresses the role that the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) have played in shaping the historiography of Theodore Roosevelt. Wynn dwells on the work and contributions of John A. Gable, a long-time editor of the TRAJ in both fostering scholarship on Roosevelt and producing his own. Wynn highlights the work of Roosevelt biographers such as Edmund Morris, Kathleen Dalton, and Henry F. Pringle, and he identifies deficits in the study of Roosevelt that need to be addressed such as his presidency and his intellect.

A photograph of Wynn, the front cover of Dalton’s biography, and an excerpt of a letter from Gable to Wynn accompany the address.

Twelve page photo album consisting of seventy-two color photographs taken of the guests, speakers, award winners, and dignitaries at the meeting, symposium, award ceremonies, and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Boston, Massachusetts, October 2-3, 2015. Four pages cover the TRA Boston Police Award ceremonies, three pages focus on the symposium, and a further four pages are devoted to the annual dinner.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

William N. Tilchin addresses the members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) upon his assuming the presidency of the TRA. Tilchin recounts the difficult years experienced by the TRA between 2005 and 2009, and he praises his predecessor as President, Tweed Roosevelt, for his leadership during and after this period. Tilchin concludes his remarks by noting the various programs that will continue and new initiatives that have been undertaken such as the TRA book prize. A photograph of Tilchin and Roosevelt supplements the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016-10-29

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the USS Theodore Roosevelt fund, the Teddy Bears for Kids program, and the John A. Gable TRA Journal fund. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists along with a text box containing the mission statement of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the 2016 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Oyster Bay, New York. The report, accompanied by fourteen photographs and an illustration, briefly describes the major events of the meeting, including the symposium, awards ceremony, annual dinner, and field trips. The report lists the symposium speakers and their topics, award winners, dinner speakers, and meeting organizers. The report is followed by a fifteen page photo album of ninety color photographs showing the various venues, including Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, speakers, guests, award winners, and dignitaries in attendance.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2017

History of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) that traces the TRA back to the days following the death of Theodore Roosevelt in January 1919. The present day TRA came into being in 1956 following the merger of three Roosevelt memorial organizations. The history notes the TRA’s work in securing historic sites related to the life of Roosevelt, such as his birthplace and home, and the acquisition of additional sites to serve as memorials. It also looks at efforts to preserve historic documents about Roosevelt, and it notes the work of the TRA’s public speaking contests and police awards.

The second page of the article features two photographs from the TRA’s meeting at the White House with President Ronald Reagan on October 27, 1982.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Listing of the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) including the members of the Executive Committee, the Board of Trustees of the classes of 2000, 2001, and 2002, and the trustees for life and honorary trustees. This listing also marks the inauguration of the TRA Advisory Board with an initial class of sixteen members.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2000

Report on the 80th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in Norfolk, Virginia, onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, and at Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s retreat in rural Virginia. The report details the annual dinner, noting its ceremonies and speakers, including the conferring of the TRA’s Junior Officer of the Year Award for the USS Theodore Roosevelt and recognizing John A. Gable’s twenty-five years as Executive Director of the TRA. The report highlights the association’s visit to the aircraft carrier, including an air show and the results of the various TRA elections for members of the Advisory Board, Board of Trustees, and Executive Committee. The report provides brief biographies of some of those elected to various capacities, and it highlights the presentation of Theodore Roosevelt’s naval flag to the USS Theodore Roosevelt for display in its museum.

The report highlights the speech given by Tsakhia Elbegdorj, a former Prime Minister and President of Mongolia, and it provides coverage of the TRA’s visit to Pine Knot, including a history of the property and plans for its upkeep and use. Thirteen photographs populate the report, including four of Pine Knot and two of the aircraft carrier.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Listing of seventy-eight members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) who supported the 1999 annual meeting and forty-two members who donated to the TRA’s USS Theodore Roosevelt fund.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2000

Listing of the membership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in its five most expensive membership categories: Presidential, Bull Moose, Gubernatorial, Conservationist, and Rough Rider. The list also includes some of the supporters of the Friends of Sagamore Hill which acts as both a volunteer organization for Sagamore Hill National Historic Site and the Long Island, New York, chapter of the TRA. A text box with information on how to include the TRA in wills and estate planning is found on the second page of the listing.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2000

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) lists its financial supporters across a range of categories. It lists the contributors to the TRA from its six most expensive, or premium, membership categories. It also lists those who contributed to special needs funds of the TRA, like the USS Theodore Roosevelt fund, and the Teddy Bears for Kids program. The names of contributors in each category are alphabetized, and the logo of the TRA appears throughout the lists.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2014

A list of the leadership of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, including the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. This includes the trustee classes of 1999, 2000, and 2001, as well as honorary trustees and trustees for life.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Report on the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in San Antonio, Texas, October 30-31, 1998. The report covers the dinner, speakers, tours, TRA elections, and the conferring of TRA awards. The report highlights the presentation of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal and the TRA Junior Officer of the Year Award, and it details changes made to the governance of the TRA, including the creation of an Advisory Board and changes to the terms and expectations of members of the Board of Trustees. Eight photographs from the meeting populate the text, including five of President George Bush, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Listing of four foundations, one corporation, and seventy-nine individuals who served as patrons of the 79th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Two photographs of President George Bush with leaders of the TRA appear at the bottom of the listing.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999