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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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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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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For the June edition of the TR Site Speaker Nite series, we had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Sergio Garcia-Rios, Assistant Professor of Government and Latina/o Studies at Cornell University. His talk, Making it Home: How Immigrants are Redefining Incorporation, Assimilation and Identity, focused on the process by which immigrants in America have dev...
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Follow this link to watch Don Haas's presentation on YouTube. Last month, the TR Site had the pleasure of welcoming environmental educator Dr. Don Haas from the Paleontological Research Institution to its ongoing Speaker Nite series. His talk, “Fire & Brimstone & Fort McMurray: Considering the Implications of Apocalyptic Rhetoric in...
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Follow this link to watch Elizabeth Garner Masarik's presentation on YouTube. The TR Site’s ongoing Speaker Nite series recently featured Elizabeth Garner Masarik, a historian of the welfare state and women in Progressive Era America and a PhD candidate in History at the University at Buffalo. Her presentation, “Women, Babies, and Dea...
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Follow this link to watch Caitlin Blue’s presentation on YouTube. This past month, we partnered with the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center to bring Caitlin Blue to the TR Site for our ongoing Speaker Nite series. Ms. Blue is a Visitor Experience Specialist and historian who focuses on making history accessible to t...
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Follow this link to watch Dr. Adam Rome’s presentation on YouTube. For our first Speaker Nite of 2019, we featured Dr. Adam Rome, professor of environmental history at the University at Buffalo. His talk, "Fashion Forward? Reflections on the Environmental History of Style” explored the environmental impact of a world driven b...
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Follow this link to watch Joseph McCartin’s presentation on YouTube. Last month, we partnered with Cornell in Buffalo, the Partnership for the Public Good, and the Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO to bring Dr. Joseph McCartin to the TR Site for our ongoing Speaker Nite series. Dr. McCartin is a Professor of History at Georget...
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Follow this link to watch Jamila Michener’s presentation on YouTube. This past month, we partnered with Cornell in Buffalo to bring Dr. Jamila Michener to the TR Site for our ongoing Speaker Nite series. Dr. Michener is an Assistant professor in the department of Government at Cornell University and author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid,...
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Follow this link to watch Tonya Myles-Day’s presentation on YouTube. The TR Site’s ongoing Speaker Nite series recently featured Professor Tonya Myles-Day LMSW, Adjunct Professor of Social Work at Buffalo State College. Her presentation, “A Century of Social Work: The Power of Jane Addams”, combined her professi...
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Follow this link to watch Dr. Parshall’s Presentation on YouTube The TR Site’s March Speaker Nite featured Dr. Lisa K. Parshall, Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Daemen College. Her presentation, Standing at Armageddon: Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Battle for Democracy in the Presidential Nominating Process, expl...
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***Follow this link to watch Dr. Jacoby’s presentation on YouTube*** On Tuesday, September 26th, Dr. Karl Jacoby from Columbia University continued our lecture series with his talk, “Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves & the Hidden History of American Conservation.” Dr. Jacoby began by setting out two purpo...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Martinez-Matsuda's presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday, August 22nd, Dr. Veronica Martinez-Matsuda from Cornell University continued our lecture series with her talk, “Making ‘Unfree’ Labor: From Asian Exclusion to the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall.” This topic is particularly relevant in ...
Full Post**Follow this link to watch Dr. Wendland's presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday, July 22nd, Dr. Jay Wendland from Daemen College continued our lecture series with his talk, “The Media and the President: Who Shapes Whom?” This topic is always relevant, but particularly so in our current political climate, and this histo...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Krieg's presentation on YouTube.** Eric “Luke” Krieg visited the TR Site on Tuesday, February 28th, to continue our speaker series with his talk titled Race, Environmental Justice, and Community: Buffalo’s Curious History. He discussed the relationship between environmental risk and race, as well ...
Full Post“The future of the nation depends on upon the citizenship of the generations to come.” - Theodore Roosevelt, Fifth Annual Message to Congress, December 5th, 1905 - Theodore Roosevelt’s Fifth Annual Message to Congress wasn’t like the State of the Union addresses we’re used to seeing on TV today. In fact, his m...
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“One of the things I wish we could learn from you is how to make the game of football a rather less homicidal sport. I do not wish to speak as a mere sentimentalist, but I do not think that killing should be a normal accompaniment of the game, and while we develop our football from Rugby, I wish we could go back and undevelop it, and get it n...
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Recently, we welcomed Dr. Brenda Young, Professor of Biology and Director of Daemen College’s Global & Sustainability Program, to the TR Site’s fourth Tuesday speaker series. Dr. Young’s topic was “Feeding the World: Agriculture with a Conservation Ethic.” She began her presentation by asking three r...
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Just over one month ago Speaker John Boehner, the Ohio Republican and 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, surprised many pundits and politicos by announcing his resignation from Congress effective this Friday, October 30th. Boehner assumed the office of Speaker following the Republican victories in the 2010 midterm election...
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