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A chronology tracing the creation of the Olympic National Park, beginning from when the lands were first ceded to the United States Government by Native American groups, and continuing through the various proclamations, legislative bills, and other events impacting the location.
Includes a list of cited references.
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A history of the Olympic National Forest boundary, noting the presidents involved with the creation and alteration of the boundaries of the National Forest, National Monument, and National Park.
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Douglas Eden dismisses Stephen Kinzer’s The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of the American Empire as a piece of polemical journalism that should not be taken seriously as a work of history. Eden asserts that the work will appeal to certain segments of the academy and media, and he highlights episodes from the early years of the Cold War to demonstrate the author’s bias and lack of understanding of key events of that era, such as the start of the Korean War. Eden also notes that despite appearing in the book’s title, Mark Twain does not figure prominently in the work. The front cover of the The True Flag and one of its photographs supplement the review.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2018
Joseph R. Ornig relays the story of how the city leaders of Temple, Texas, passed an emergency ordinance requiring presidential trains to stop in the city. The ordinance was passed when it was learned that President Theodore Roosevelt did not plan to have his train stop in the city while traveling to San Antonio, Texas, in April 1905. Roosevelt did, in the end, make a brief stop in Temple, and Ornig notes that President Harry S. Truman referred to the incident during his 1948 visit.
Two photographs, one of Roosevelt and one of the crowd in Temple, Texas, accompany the essay.
William N. Tilchin provides an overview of President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy in which he identifies the three precepts which guided his diplomacy–engagement with the world, building and maintaining American naval power, and fostering the Anglo-American “special relationship”–along with the three phases of Roosevelt’s foreign policy. Tilchin examines episodes such as the Venezuelan and Moroccan crises to demonstrate how Roosevelt’s diplomacy led to the the peaceful conclusion of these episodes. Tilchin notes that Roosevelt’s precepts fell out of favor until the events of World War II led to their revival and their use by subsequent administrations, and he highlights figures such as Henry Kissinger and George P. Schultz who practiced “Rooseveltian” statesmanship.
A photograph of Tilchin, photographs of three United States Secretaries of State, an image of Roosevelt, and a political cartoon populate the essay.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2013-09-21
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, with President Harry S. Truman on the White House grounds in June 1947. The young Roosevelt presented Truman with a set of commemorative stamps in honor of his father, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1947-06-25
Seven books, including two memoirs, are examined in six review essays in this edition of the “Book Notes” section. Michael L. Manson reviews two books on Theodore Roosevelt’s 1914 scientific expedition to Brazil; one penned by Roosevelt and the other by Joseph R. Ornig. Manson praises the forewords to both books written by Tweed Roosevelt, and he finds Ornig’s book provides a detailed look at the expedition and the cast of characters besides Roosevelt who made it successful. Stacy A. Cordery notes that journalist Joseph Alsop’s memoirs deal mostly with the major events and figures of the mid to late twentieth century, and she reveals Alsop’s opinions of various senators, presidents, and generals.
Richard P. Harmon faults Peter Collier’s The Roosevelts: An American Saga for focusing too much on the private lives of the two Roosevelt families, and he says that many of Collier’s assertions are not backed by evidence and that the book relies too much on a psychohistory approach. James Summerville asserts that H. Paul Jeffers’s look at Roosevelt’s tenure as Police Commissioner of New York City, Commissioner Roosevelt, disappoints and that readers should turn to Jay S. Berman’s study or to coverage of this period of Roosevelt’s career in biographies. John A. Gable provides a positive and short review of a short book, William H. Harbaugh’s fifty page history of Pine Knot, which Gable says is written with “charm and style.” Robert D. Dalziel, President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), reviews the memoirs of Hamilton Fish, a winner of the TRA’s Distinguished Service Medal. Dalziel says that Fish’s opinions are straightforward and blunt like their author.
Two photographs appear in the section: one shows three members of the Rio Roosevelt Expedition of 1992 and the other dignitaries of the Dutch government at the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to come to office after the death of a predecessor and then be subsequently elected in his own right. Several other vice-presidents had previously entered office after the death of a president, but were not elected to the office. After Roosevelt, several other vice-presidents have come to office following the death of a president, and were subsequently elected.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1986
John Robert Greene tells the story of Frederick Morgan Davenport of New York state, whose political affiliations would move from the Republican party to the Progressive party, back to the Republicans, and would end with him as a supporter of the New Deal working for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Greene covers Davenport’s early career as a minister and teacher with an interest in the history of American revivals. He details his entry into New York politics and discusses his interest in adoption of the direct primary which led him to seek the support of Theodore Roosevelt. Greene examines the warfare in the Republican party between 1912 and 1916, and he notes Davenport’s work for Syracuse University in the 1920s. Davenport’s support of President Herbert Hoover and his work on behalf of tariff reform are covered as is Davenport’s gradual embrace of the New Deal while heading two agencies dealing with government personnel matters. Greene notes that Davenport was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1951.
Two of Davenport’s campaign posters, a photograph of the 1912 Progressive Party convention in Chicago, and a political cartoon from the 1912 campaign illustrate the article.
William N. Tilchin examines the foreign policy views of President Theodore Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman. Tilchin provides an overview of the major crises and decisions faced by both presidents, and he also looks at the administrations between Roosevelt and Truman and how each president approached the practice of diplomacy. Tilchin notes the importance of four Secretaries of State: John Hay and Elihu Root under Roosevelt and George C. Marshall and Dean Acheson under Truman, and he outlines their core beliefs and how they influenced each president. Tilchin concludes by comparing aspects of Roosevelt’s and Truman’s foreign policies and by asserting that each understood the primacy of power in international affairs.
A photograph of Roosevelt on horseback, without an accompanying caption, supplements the text. A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is found on page two of the essay.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1984
List of animals donated to the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. by Presidents of the United States. Twelve presidents from Grover Cleveland to Richard Nixon are on the list. Between January 1902 and November 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made twenty-seven donations of thirty-eight individual animals and birds, including thirteen opossums, to the zoo.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1980
John A. Gable reviews Nathan Miller’s The Roosevelt Chronicles, a history of the Roosevelt family in America. He acknowledges that Miller covers the lives of the well known Roosevelts: Theodore, Franklin, Eleanor, and Alice Longworth, but he believes that the real value of the book comes from its examination of lesser known members of the famous family. Gable looks at four of these figures: Nicholas Roosevelt, a pioneer in steamboats; James Roosevelt Bayley, an important figure in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church; Robert B. Roosevelt, Theodore’s uncle, who was a conservationist; and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Theodore’s son, who would earn the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day, 1944.
Frederick W. Marks describes the research he undertook for his book Velvet on Iron, and surveys the historiography of Theodore Roosevelt beginning in the 1920s. He argues that there persists a divide between his record as a restrained diplomat and the perception “of him as bellicose and impulsive.
A photograph of Marks accompanies his article.
Article about the adaptation of the one man play “Bully,” starring James Whitmore as Theodore Roosevelt, into a film for theatrical release. The article lists the writer, director, and producers of the play and film and covers their career highlights. It quotes extensively from three newspaper reviews of the play and details Whitmore’s acting career.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1978
Review of the one man play “Bully” with Theodore Roosevelt portrayed by James Whitmore. The article quotes reviews from four newspapers including the Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor. The article and quoted reviews praise the production, and background information is provided about Whitmore as well as the play’s writer, director, and producer. The cooperation and assistance of members of the Roosevelt family and the Theodore Roosevelt Association in the production is also discussed.
A photograph showing Whitmore dressed as Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform accompanies the review.
Brief notice about the production of a play, “Bully,” on the life of Theodore Roosevelt, starring actor James Whitmore. The notice lists the writer, director, and producer and quotes from a review of the play.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
Senator Burdick from North Dakota prefaces and reprints an article by Steve Schmidt, originally published in the Bismarck Tribune, in the “Senate” section of the Congressional Record. The article argues for the change in designation of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and also a change from the park’s classification as “historical” to “natural.” Both Burdick’s preface and Schmidt’s article provide “background leading to the introduction of S. 1609,” Burdick’s congressional bill to make the site a full-fledged national park, which would ultimately occur in 1978.
1975-06-19
Representative Lemke writes to James B. Connolly of the Dickinson Chamber of Commerce regarding the upcoming dedication ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Connolly is helping to plan the ceremony. Lemke will meet with President Harry S. Truman to invite him to attend the ceremony and Lemke asks for the reasons that June 10 was chosen for the dedication. Lemke also notes that the Elkhorn Ranch needs to be acquired by the National Park Service before the park is dedicated.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-12-22
Superintendent Hanks writes to Hermann Hagedorn, Secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial Association, to thank him for the Association’s donation of a book to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Hanks also thanks Hagedorn for the names of the Association’s Board of Trustees as Hanks intends to invite them to the dedication ceremony for the park. Hanks hopes Hagedorn can attend the dedication ceremony.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-03-31
Representative Lemke writes to James B. Connolly regarding the upcoming dedication ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Lemke approves of Connolly’s idea of inviting governors from neighboring states to the dedication. Lemke also asks Connolly to find out what the sellers of the Elkhorn Ranch site are asking for the land.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-09-17
Representative Lemke assures James B. Connolly that he will try to persuade the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior to attend the dedication ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Lemke inquires if progress has been made on the National Park Service’s acquisition of the Elkhorn Ranch property.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-11-16