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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! A Century of Social Work: From Jane Addams to Today Women, Babies & Death: The U.S. Children's Bureau in Progressive Era America TR, the La...
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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! Fashion Forward? Reflections on the Environmental History of Style Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves & the Hidden Histor...
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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! From All Corners of the Earth: Visitors to Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition Buffalo’s Presidential Connections Olaf “Bill”...
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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! Presidential Photographers The Media & the President: Who Shapes Whom? Buffalo’s Presidential Connections Neurological Ailments o...
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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, the Labor Question & 'Malefactors of Great Wealth': Lessons for a New Age of Inequality Theodore Roosevelt: America's Greenest P...
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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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The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site welcomed Dr. Karen Pastorello as our guest and presenter for the August edition of the 2019 Speaker Nite series. Dr. Pastorello is recently-retired from Tompkins Cortland Community College, where she was a Professor of History and also served as Chair of the Women and Gender Studies Program. Dr. Pastorello&rsqu...
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President William McKinley’s assassination on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition left the entire nation and particularly the host city of Buffalo is a state of shock and grief. In the aftermath, decisions needed to be made quickly about what private and public – if any – ceremonies should be held in Buffalo to honor this i...
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Follow this link to watch Christopher Faricy's presentation on YouTube. The July edition of the TR Site’s Speaker Nite Series was presented by Dr. Christopher Faricy, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. His talk, “Me and the IRS: What Am...
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Throughout his life, Theodore Roosevelt was a frequent contributor to magazines and journals, receiving acclaim for his work. After his presidency ended, TR used his writings to maintain his voice in the public discourse, and he was often featured in national publications. His status as a former president (and an outspoken one at that) meant that h...
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The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site (TR Site) is undertaking a broad reevaluation of its children's/family programming. Summer intern Leslie Hoag, a History major and Museum Studies/Public History minor at SUNY College at Brockport, has taken on the project. In addition to surveying the field to see what other museums are offeri...
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