TR liked to sing hymns in church. He had favorite hymns and knew many by heart. Yes, as Vince surmised, TR sang very loudly in church, but he didn't carry a...
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gardunne63
Apr 2, 2004 1:17 am
... She had > famous concerts in the White House, and of course TR attended these. But seldom said much, or expressed opinions. This was his wife's thing, not...
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JAMES SUMMERVILLE
mapheus2002
Apr 2, 2004 1:32 am
If memory serves (which it often does not), I've read that TR's favorite hymn was "How Firm a Foundation." If I'm mistaken, someone please correct this for all...
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Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Apr 2, 2004 2:13 pm
Dan Philippon's CONSERVING WORDS: HOW AMERICAN NATURE WRITERS SHAPED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT (University of Georgia Press, February 2004) includes a massive...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
Apr 2, 2004 6:20 pm
Correct ! "How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord" was TR's favorite hymn. ... From: "JAMES SUMMERVILLE" <mapheus@...> To:...
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Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Apr 2, 2004 6:32 pm
re: TR and music He enjoyed listening to cowboy ballads and folk-songs. In 1910, the pioneer folk-music collector and archivist John Lomax published a...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
Apr 3, 2004 12:50 pm
While Scot Joplin composed "The Strenuous Life Rag" in honor of TR, and while Alice once convinced the band at the White House to play some Joplin, as far as I...
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sherryj@...
shirleyshirl...
Apr 3, 2004 6:58 pm
... Interesting to know! I've got a CD that I don't pay much attention to, and I'll have to check and see if it's on there....
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
Apr 13, 2004 4:39 pm
" TR: An American Lion" I am pleased to announce that "TR: An American Lion," the four-hour documentary brilliantly directed and produced by David de Vries,...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
Apr 22, 2004 12:49 pm
... From: John A. Gable To: Wick Parcells ; Tweed Roosevelt ; Steve Abbot ; Rogina Jeffries ; Norm Parsons ; Mark A. Ames ; Liz Roosevelt ; Lee Yeakel ; Jerry...
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TRA
TRA@...
Apr 22, 2004 3:58 pm
Just a note - Susan Hemberry is the contact only if you are having a problem... Linda Milano ... From: John A. Gable To: Linda Milano ; tr-m@yahoogroups.com ;...
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gardunne63
May 4, 2004 2:33 pm
I've heard several of TR's speeches. I know the quality of the recordings some 100 years afer these speeches does not gel with my modern, lazy ears. However,...
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TRA
TRA@...
May 4, 2004 3:23 pm
Don't forget that recording methods were quite different at the time, also. They did not bring recording equipment to actual, live speeches. To make a ...
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Michael Cawelti
captglvr@...
May 4, 2004 6:20 pm
Julie, It is my opinion that the recording devices of the time were so finicky, that the person being recorded had to do things with their voice that made it...
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mike_shaver@...
May 4, 2004 9:58 pm
Michael does well to explain the quirks of the early recording process. The speed in which the cylinder was spinning and the play-back speed are not always the...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 4, 2004 11:12 pm
Mo Rocca and the 2004 TR Public Speaking Contest for New York City We are pleased to announce that the Finals of the Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 10, 2004 12:35 am
... From: John A. Gable To: Wick Parcells ; Tweed Roosevelt ; Steve Abbot ; Rogina Jeffries ; Norm Parsons ; Mark A. Ames ; Liz Roosevelt ; Lee Yeakel ; Jerry...
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JackyRed@...
Jackyred
May 10, 2004 3:32 pm
From the Sunday NY Times. '1912': The Making of the President 1912 Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs -- the Election That Changed the Country. By James Chace. ...
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MacKinnon Simpson
simpsonm001@...
May 10, 2004 6:28 pm
Aloha, I am doing a book on Oahu Railway. A caption on a photo of William Howard Taft begins, "In 1905 William Howard Taft, Secretary of War in Teddy...
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erenehan@...
May 10, 2004 6:46 pm
This story was sent to you by: Ed Renehan ... What to do? ... Edward J. Renehan Jr.; Kathleen Dalton; Natalie Naylor; Lewis L. Gould May 9, 2004 What I'd...
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Linda Shookster
mrmoose@...
May 10, 2004 11:39 pm
That sounds like a great venue for a project!!! I believe that Theodore Roosevelt abhorred the nickname "Teddy." Theodore Roosevelt, or just the ...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 10, 2004 11:40 pm
Yes, restoring the farming aspects of Sagamore Hill might be nice in some ways. But do we have farm animals ? That would be pigs, horses, and cows. That is...
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TRA
TRA@...
May 10, 2004 11:40 pm
TR really did not like being called Teddy - although he used it for a while when he was around college age, he outgrew it. His wife Edith called him Theodore....
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 10, 2004 11:42 pm
Was Theodore Roosevelt the Vice President under Bill McKinley ? Use the man's full and correct name, unless Taft is to be "Big Bill" Taft. John Gable in Oyster...
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gclinton@...
May 10, 2004 11:42 pm
The email Ed Renehan recently sent to the group got me thinking about what Sagamore Hill means to me and what I hope it will mean to generations of kids to...
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todd larmer
epic610@...
May 11, 2004 11:20 am
john... having gone to gettysburg college, i am well aware of the logistical problems of administering an important historical site. yet, doesn't it seem...
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JackyRed@...
Jackyred
May 11, 2004 11:21 am
In a message dated 5/10/2004 8:11:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, TRA_Gable@... writes: Was Theodore Roosevelt the Vice President under Bill McKinley ?...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 11, 2004 11:22 am
We used to have a room in the Old Orchard Museum dedicated to the children, the children's room, with exhibits on their lives. We lost that along with our...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 11, 2004 4:31 pm
Make that six children. There were difficulties in TR's times in receiving large or even moderately large groups at the house. That was solved by adding the...
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John A. Gable
TRA_Gable@...
May 11, 2004 4:48 pm
While full or even close to full restoration of the old farm life, with pigs and horses and cows and crops, does not seem to me particularly practical, or a...
