An Insider’s View of the TR Site
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"Happy and fortunate is the man who can spend three days at the exposition. If he spends his time rightly it will be worth to him a year at college for the attainment of useful knowledge." (Leslie's Weekly, May 11th, 1901) For a man such as Theodore Roosevelt with his varied interests and a voracious appetite for knowledge (it was said...
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As the organizers of Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition planned for the event’s May 1901 opening, they used a variety of ways to promote the fair. For example, the Pan-Am’s Publicity Bureau sent a series of posters to postmasters throughout the United States and the Western Hemisphere. The posters were designed to entice viewers to...
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When Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States in 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley, he moved into the Executive Mansion with his wife (Edith), and their six energetic children. In January of 1902, less than six months after arriving at the White House, Theodore Roosevelt’s oldest daughter, the not-quite-eight...
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UPDATE: Since the Speaker Nite presentation referenced in this blog post -- and, indeed, since this blog post was written -- the American Museum of Natural History has requested that the Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt be removed from the museum’s steps. Read more here. Follow this link to watch the Speaker Nite presentat...
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Note: Digital images of the entire Log Cabin register are available by following this link. One of the most intriguing items in the TR Site’s collection is a visitors’ log [1986.010.001] that looks pretty unremarkable at first glance. This book was the guest register from a Pan-American Exposition building called the Log Cabin &...
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Looking for something to keep your mind occupied during the coronavirus shutdown? We’ve pulled together some of our favorite Speaker Nite recordings and grouped them into thematic playlists. Enjoy! Theodore Roosevelt is inextricably linked to the Progressive Era -- he is one of the most recognizable presidents from that period and when he sp...
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Looking for something to keep your mind occupied during the coronavirus shutdown? We’ve pulled together some of our favorite Speaker Nite recordings and grouped them into thematic playlists. Enjoy! TR is often remembered as the conservation president. After all, he established 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, four national gam...
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Looking for something to keep your mind occupied during the coronavirus shutdown? We’ve pulled together some of our favorite Speaker Nite recordings and grouped them into thematic playlists. Enjoy! The history of Buffalo and Western New York is long and has many twists and turns. These recordings highlight just a few elements of that ...
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Looking for something to keep your mind occupied during the coronavirus shutdown? We’ve pulled together some of our favorite Speaker Nite recordings and grouped them into thematic playlists. Enjoy! In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt observed, “Altogether, there are few harder tasks than that of filling well and ably the office of President ...
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Looking for something to keep your mind occupied during the coronavirus shutdown? We’ve pulled together some of our favorite Speaker Nite recordings and grouped them into thematic playlists. Enjoy! Theodore Roosevelt is often remembered as the first modern U.S. President, but he did many other things over the course of his lifetime. ...
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When he died on January 26, 1930, Ansley Wilcox was just a day away from his seventy-fourth birthday. Having served as an attorney in Buffalo for decades, Ansley left behind a strong legacy in Western New York. He argued multiple cases in front of the United States Supreme Court. As he aged, however, Ansley focused less on a trial-based legal...
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Follow this link to watch Lauren Becker's presentation on YouTube. The 2020 Speaker Nite series started off with a wonderful turnout and a fantastic speaker! We had the pleasure of welcoming independent researcher, exhibit designer, nature enthusiast, and friend-of-the-Site Lauren Becker; her topic was, “Roosevelt vs. Olmsted: Pa...
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For the last edition of the 2019 Speaker Nite series, we had the pleasure to welcome Constance J. Moore and Nancy M. Broermann to the Site to present The Suffrage Conundrum: Theodore Roosevelt & Maria Storer. The presentation was just a small dive into the deep and remarkable life of Maria Storer, which is elaborated on in Moore and Broermann&r...
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Theodore Roosevelt’s death on January 6, 1919, came as a shock to the nation. Perhaps it should not have; the former president spent six weeks in the hospital in late 1918 and lived in constant pain from rheumatism, gout, anemia, arteriosclerosis, and more. He continued to suffer from the effects of tropical diseases contracted during his 191...
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Follow this link to watch Jackie Albarella's presentation on YouTube. The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site was thrilled to welcome Jackie Albarella as the presenter for our September edition of the 2019 Speaker Nite Series. Albarella is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, artist and author. Her presentation Presidential Photographers explores...
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