Vivian, John (John H.)

John A. Gable provides a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in 1979. He details the TRA’s support of Bulloch Hall in Georgia, Youngs Memorial Cemetery and the adjacent Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary in Oyster Bay, and the American Museum of Natural History. Gable also reports on the association’s support of student essay and speaking contests, additions to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, and the Roosevelt Genealogical Project. He closes with an assertion that the United States is “in the midst of what can be called a ‘Roosevelt revival'” given the rise in membership of the TRA and the publication of a number of significant works on Roosevelt in 1979, most significantly Edmund Morris’s The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.

A photograph of a bust of Theodore Roosevelt is found on the third page of the report.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Executive Director John A. Gable gives a comprehensive report on the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) during 1978. He notes an increase in both membership and contributions, and details the day-to-day work of answering phone and letter inquiries about Theodore Roosevelt. In addition to covering aspects of established programs like the student essay and speaking contests and support of research grants made by the American Museum of Natural History, he details the programs surrounding the twenty-fifth anniversary of Sagamore Hill as a public house museum, the TRA’s support of Bulloch Hall, the home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, in Roswell, Georgia, and the Roosevelt Genealogical Project.

Two photographs and one illustration are included as part of this article. One photograph shows John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, presenting a check to Emmett Rushin of the Roswell (Georgia) Historic Preservation Committee; the other is of Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) President Howard T. Hogan. The illustration is of the front cover of the TRA’s book, Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

In the “Notes” column, John A. Gable summarizes the dedication ceremonies for the Richards-Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Boston University and promotes the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) publication Sagamore Hill: An Historical Guide. He notes the contributions of various members of the TRA for their efforts in preserving Sagamore Hill, the Inaugural Site in Buffalo, and the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in New York City. He remarks on the lecture series centered on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Sagamore Hill as a historic site and closes with a paragraph about what readers will find in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1978