University of Nebraska Press

Advertisement and order form from the University of Nebraska Press for Velvet on Iron: The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt. Two paragraphs of text outline how Roosevelt’s diplomacy has been misunderstood and how Marks’s work aims to counter “the myths and misconceptions” that surround Roosevelt’s foreign policy.

A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt at his desk at Sagamore Hill accompanies the advertisement.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1980

John A. Gable opens this edition of the “News and Notes” column by quoting extensively from an article in Psychohistory Review by Kathleen Dalton that addresses why Theodore Roosevelt was so popular with the American people. He talks about Roosevelt related gatherings in Buffalo, New York, Tampa, Florida, and Harvard University, and he notes the winner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Essay Contest at Long Island University. Gable notes one of his recent speaking engagements and closes with a further endorsement of Frederick W. Marks’s study of Roosevelt’s diplomacy, Velvet on Iron.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1980

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.

John A. Gable opens this edition of “News and Notes” by quoting from the notice placed in the New York Timesby the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) upon the death of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. He notes the recent work of biographers, historians, and journalists on Theodore Roosevelt, and he details some of his work as Executive Director of the TRA, giving lectures to high school students, taping a cable television program on Roosevelt, and conducting tours of Youngs Cemetery and Sagamore Hill. Gable highlights the support of the Pizza Hut restaurant chain for the Roosevelt Genealogical Project.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1980

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.

John A. Gable summarizes the symposium held at Harvard University to mark the one hundred year anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s graduation, and describes the Roosevelt collection in the Harvard libraries. He notes the scholarship of Sylvia Jukes Morris and Frederick W. Marks, and he details the outcome of the annual Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) essay contest at the New Rochelle, New York high school. He closes the “News and Notes” column with a plug for the TRA Journal and an invitation to join the association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1980

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.