print email comment close The Bear Facts ... URL: http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/edu/infobyte/teddies.htm Description: Small collection of information about the Teddy bear. Includes a timelime showing how in 1903 President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt agreed that a toy bear with his name could be made, and fun facts, such as "the scientific term for teddy bear collecting is arctophily." This material was prepared to accompany the Bears in Toytown exhibit, held at the Provincial Museum of Alberta, Canada. Publisher: Royal Alberta Museum Extra Keywords Steiff LII Database Information: Record 25346 created by Maria Brandt on 01/28/2008 Last modification on 01/29/2008 Published: 02/07/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25346