The Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library is a repository of information on
Theodore Roosevelt. It is online.
After his death in 1919,
his family and admirers have from time to time, attempted to establish a Theodore Roosevelt
Presidential Library
A presidential library, presidential center, or presidential museum is a facility either created in honor of a former president and containing their papers, or affiliated with a country's presidency.
In the United States
* The presidential libr ...
and Museum. All have failed. The first attempt became a national historic site in New York City and the papers themselves were donated to Harvard University. There was another attempt in the 1990s near where Roosevelt had his home in
Sagamore Hill, NY. The latest attempt is in North Dakota, where Roosevelt lived for a few years in the 1880s.
On April 30, 2013, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly passed a bill appropriating $12 million to
Dickinson State University
Dickinson State University (DSU) is a public university in Dickinson, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. It was founded in 1918 as Dickinson State Normal School and granted full university status in 1987.
History
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to award a grant to the Theodore Roosevelt Center for construction of a building to be named the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. To access these funds, the Theodore Roosevelt Center must first raise $3 million from non-state sources. As of May 2017, the physical library is expected to be completed in 2019.' The center is also home to the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library which has formed partnerships with the Library of Congress and Harvard University, among other institutions. They currently have over 64,000 items online.
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Theodore Roosevelt Centerdigital library includes documents owned by Roosevelt, such as correspondence both to and from him, photographs, speeches, and his diaries and notes, as well as items about him such as newspaper and magazine articles and political cartoons. Audio recordings and films are also available for visitor use.
Among others, the participants in the digitization project include
Dickinson State University
Dickinson State University (DSU) is a public university in Dickinson, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. It was founded in 1918 as Dickinson State Normal School and granted full university status in 1987.
History
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,
Harvard University, The
Library of Congress,
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: ''Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe'', or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, ...
, the
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, the Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection, and the Theodore Roosevelt
Birthplace,
Inaugural Site,
National Memorial National memorial or National Memorial may refer to:
* National Memorial (Thailand)
* National memorial (United States)
*National Martyrs' Memorial, in Bangladesh
* National Memorial of the Republic of Belarus
See also
*Memorial (disambiguation)
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, and
National Park
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.
References
External links
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library
{{United States state and local political parties
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Dickinson State University