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Reverned Sherrill describes Dickinson, North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt’s connection to the area. Dickinson State Teachers College will be hosting a series of lectures honoring the centennial of Roosevelt’s birth, and Sherrill would like Robert F. Kennedy’s brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, to take part as one of the speakers.
1957-10-08
Hermann Hagedorn supports the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium to be held at Dickinson State Teachers College and agrees to be an honorary patron of the project.
1957-10-03
Reverend Sherrill responds to Festus L. Minnear’s request that speakers for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium in Dickinson also stop in Fargo. Sherill suggests Minnear contact the individual speakers directly, or contact the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission for help in procuring speakers.
1958-02-10
Edward Converse Blackorby is making arrangements for Senator John F. Kennedy’s attendance and speech at the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium. He suggests one of the topics selected by the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission for Kennedy’s speech.
1957-01-13
The New York State Education Department, collaborating with the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission, is promoting “Responsible Citizenship” to mark the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. The pamphlet includes a brief biography of Theodore Roosevelt and suggestions for Roosevelt-themed curriculum.
1957-10
Report on the activities of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission, submitted to the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
1957
Hermann Hagedorn, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission, offers President Scott a membership in the National Committee of Sponsors of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Observance.
1957-07-30
A compilation of Senate documents on the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt.
1958
Information on Theodore Roosevelt and the activities surrounding the centennial of his birth.
1958
Two excerpts from the final report of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission that highlight the work of a young John A. Gable in promoting Theodore Roosevelt in his hometown of Lenox, Massachusetts. The article includes a photograph of Gable with Hermann Hagedorn, one of Gable’s predecessors as Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1959-07-09
John A. Gable describes in detail the life and work of Hermann Hagedorn, historian, biographer, and long-time Director of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and its successor, the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Gable covers Hagedorn’s life as a child of German immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, his education and teaching at Harvard, and his early career as a writer and poet. He notes Hagedorn’s difficulties as a German-American during World War I and the start of his friendship with Theodore Roosevelt that would define his career. Gable traces Hagedorn’s leadership of the Roosevelt Memorial Association over nearly four decades, discusses his many publications on Roosevelt, and looks at his other writings, including a number of biographies and many works of poetry.
Two photographs accompany this article. One is a formal portrait of Hagedorn and the other shows Hagedorn with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of Sagamore Hill in June 1953.
Careful consideration will be given to the request for President Eisenhower to be a Theodore Roosevelt centennial speaker in the spring or summer of 1958 in Dickinson, North Dakota.
1957-11-23
Denny Griswold discusses public relations efforts including “Case Study No. 694,” the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s promotion of the centennial celebrations of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth.
1958-12-29
Public service advertisement promoting the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission and the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
1958
Percy C. Spencer, chairman of the board for the Sinclair Oil Corporation, encloses an advertisement honoring the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission which will appear in a series of Sinclair public service messages.
1958-06-09