______Guide to MS-190: James Gelbert ’65 Teddy Roosevelt Artifact Collection

Gettysburg College, Musselman Library Special Collections & College Archives

Processed by Amy Lucadamo, College Archivist

September 2015 MS-190: James Gelbert ’65 Teddy Roosevelt Artifact Collection

Inclusive Dates: 1904-1999

Bulk Dates: 1904

Processed by Amy Lucadamo, College Archivist September, 2015

Provenance

This collection was given to Gettysburg College in August 2015 by James Gelbert, Jr. ’65 along with a large, Teddy Roosevelt book collection and several photographs from his parents, James Edward Gelbert ’37 and Marianne Elizabeth Hultberg ’39.

Content and Scope

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.

Series Description

This Collection is made up of one series of artifacts.

Box List

Box 1

Image File Z:\specoll\Image s -- Accessions in Object ID Object PastPerfect\2016 (PastPerfect) Title Type Description Date -0042 Blue iridescent glass, Wheaton Glass 1st edition, Teddy 22016004201.JP 2016-0042-01 Presidental Bottle Bottle Roosevelt bottle G Stuffed bear with tee shirt from "Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt" a one-man play. Tee shirt is signed by Stuffed bear from Bear, John Davidson, 2016-0042-02 "Bully" Teddy 3/1999 Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt figurine with figurine with removable head removable head and and teddy bear teddy bear inside 2016-0042-03 inside Half-Figure ceramic 2016004203.JPG bottle of Teddy Teddy Roosevelt Roosevelt Steak 2016-0042-04 Steak Sauce Bottle Sauce 2016004204.JPG small, blue and white ceramic dish with Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt's 2016-0042-05 Ceramic Dish Dish, Ring picture on it. 2016004205.JPG Teddy Roosevelt Small porcelain bust 2016-0042-06 bust Bust of Teddy Roosevelt 2016004206.JPG Rough Rider Lead Rough Rider 2016004207a.JP 2016-0042-07a figurine Toy figurine - rider G Rough Rider Lead Rough Rider 2016004207b.JP 2016-0042-07b figurine Toy figurine - horse G Button, T.R. lapel button 2016-0042-08 T.R. lapel button Campaign 1904 1904 2016004208.JPG Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt Campaign pin, Campaign pin, Pin, reproduction from 2016-0042-09 reproduction Campaign 1904 original 2016004209.JPG Facts About the Facts about the Candidate miniature 2016-0042-10 Candidate Book book, 1904 1904 2016004210.JPG Teddy Roosevelt Pin, Teddy Roosevelt 2016-0042-11 campaign pin Campaign campaign pin, 1904 1904 2016004211.JPG Roosevelt and Roosevelt and McKinley Pin, McKinley campaign 2016-0042-12 campaign pin Campaign pin, 1900 1900 2016004212.JPG Hall of Fame for Hall of Fame for Great Americans Great Americans Medal, Medallion - Teddy Medallion - Teddy Commemo Roosevelt, heavy, 2016-0042-13 Roosevelt rative gold colored 2016004213.JPG Sagamore Hill Sagamore Hill envelope and envelope and 2016-0042-14 ticket Envelope admission ticket 1953 2016004214.JPG small Sagamore Hill Sagamore Hill ceramic pitcher, 2016-0042-15 ceramic pitcher Pitcher possibly a creamer 2016004215.JPG Bullch Hall 2016-0042-16 postcard Postcard Bullch Hall postcard 2016004216.JPG Coin, Teddy Roosevelet Teddy Roosevelt Commemo commemorative gold 2016-0042-17 coin rative coin 2016004217.JPG Coin, Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt Commemo commemorative 2016-0042-18 coin, copper rative copper coin 2016004218.JPG large Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt commemorative 2016-0042-19 stamp Stamp stamp 2016004219.JPG Teddy Roosevelt Package, Teddy Roosevelt 2016-0042-20 sugar packet Product sugar packet, empty 2016004220.JPG Coin, Abraham Lincoln Commemo Abraham Lincoln 2016-0042-21 coin rative commemorative coin 2016004221.JPG Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt at at San Juan Hill San Juan Hill toy train 2016-0042-22 toy train box car Toy train box car 2016004222.JPG Mt. Rushmore toy Mt. Rushmore toy 2016-0042-23 train boxcar Toy train train boxcar 2016004223.JPG Beany Teddy Toy, Beany Teddy 2016-0042-24 Roosevelt stuffed Roosevelt "I Want FDR Again" campaing pin Pin, Franklin Delano 2016-0042-26 I Want FDR Again Campaign Roosevelt 2016004226.JPG Roosevelt Pin, [FD] Roosevelt 2016-0042-27 campain pin (FDR) Campaign campaign pin, blue 2016004227.JPG Roosevelt Pin, [FD] Roosevelt 2016-0042-28 campaign pin Campaign campaing pin, red, 2016004228.JPG

(FDR) white, and blue

Adlai Stevenson and Adlai and Estes Pin, Estes Kefauver 2016-0042-29 campaign pin Campaign campaign pin, small 2016004229.JPG "I Like Ike and Dick" campaign pin for Dwight D. I LIke Ike and Dick Pin, Eisenhower and 2016-0042-30 campaign pin Campaign Richard Nixon 2016004230.JPG James Gelbert '65 Teddy Roosevelt Book Collection card James Gelbert '65 file, index cards, Teddy Roosevelt wooden card box Book Collection Box, Index with Gettysburg 2016-0042-31 card file Card College seal sticker

Box 2

100th 100th Anniversary Anniversary of of the Teddy Bear, the Teddy Bear, Bear, teddy bear in 2016004225. 2016-0042-25 bear Teddy original box 2002 JPG

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