INTRODUCTION
TO THE
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
GUBERNATORIAL CENTENNIAL
CD-ROM BASED WEB BOOK
The Theodore Roosevelt Association, in cooperation with New
York State’s Temporary Commission to Commemorate the Centennial of
the Governorship of Theodore Roosevelt, has published this CD-ROM to
mark the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s term as Governor of
New York, from December 31 1898 until December 31, 1900, and to spread
knowledge about TR’s career and beliefs.
This edition includes the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, along
with 2 volumes of TR’s gubernatorial papers, Public Papers of Theodore
Roosevelt, Governor, 1899 and Public Papers of Theodore Roosevelt,
Governor, 1900, important works in understanding not only TR’s years as
Governor of New York but also his entire career and his philosophy of life
and government.
The Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, edited by Albert Bushnell
Hart and Herbert Ronald Ferleger, was first published in 1941, and then
republished in 1989 in a new edition with introduction, bibliography, and
TR chronology. The TR Cyclopedia is now out of print. The Theodore
Roosevelt Cyclopedia gives Roosevelt’s thoughts and opinions, in his own
words, alphabetically by subject, from “Abbey Theatre” to “Youth.” This
reference book contains well over 4000 quotations. The material added for
the 1989 edition includes an introduction explaining the origins and contents
of the TR Cyclopedia; an annotated bibliography listing principal
biographies, monographs, published collections of TR’s works and letters,
and bibliographical guides and catalogues (as of 1989); and a chronology of
TR’s life. A new supplement of TR quotations has been compiled for this
CD-ROM.