Dickinson State University (DSU), located on the edge of the
North Dakota Badlands, strives to be a premier university in the
Upper Great Plains. DSU is also the physical home of the
Theodore Roosevelt Center. To celebrate the centennial year of
Theodore Roosevelt's birth in 1958, a Theodore Roosevelt
Centennial Commission was created by the United States House of
Representatives. The Commission worked with the Theodore
Roosevelt Association to coordinate activities to commemorate
the anniversary of Roosevelt’s life. In observation of the
centennial, Dickinson State University, then Dickinson State
Teacher's College, organized a symposium to honor Roosevelt's
memory and to give recognition to the role North Dakota played
in his life. The symposium theme was Responsible Citizenship,
and the keynote speakers included Senator John F. Kennedy,
Howard K. Beale, Hermann H. Hagedorn, Secretary of the Interior
Fred A. Seaton, and Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin. The 1958
Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium collection