MS-190: James Gelbert '65 Teddy Roosevelt Artifact Collection

Authors

Amy Lucadamo, Gettysburg College

Class Year

2000

Files

Description

The James Gelbert ’65 Teddy Roosevelt Artifact Collection includes pieces that would have been contemporary to Roosevelt and those created after his presidency. There are campaign buttons and a Facts about the Candidate booklet as well as tourist kitsch and teddy bears. There are also a few campaign buttons from either the 1952 or 1956 president race (Eisenhower/Stevenson.) Finally there is a card file that Gelbert kept of his book collection which was also donated to Musselman Library in August 2015.

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Publication Date

September 2015

Keywords

Teddy Roosevelt, campaign, buttons, teddy bears

Disciplines

American Politics | History | Political History | United States History

Copyright Note

This finding aid appears in Gettysburg College’s institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.

Recommended Citation

Lucadamo, Amy. “MS-190: James Gelbert '65 Teddy Roosevelt Artifact Collection” (September 2015). Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids. Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College.

Document Type

Finding Aid