Archive – FDR’s Harvard

• Why We Fight

  In 1942, in the first full, dark year of the War, famous Hollywood director Frank Capra had a problem. Commissioned by the Government to make a series of films to…

• Bird’s-Eye View of Harvard

  A while back, I acquired this wonderful 1895 bird’s-eye view of Harvard for the Suite, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it. (The original is 11 x 17;  click…

• Boodle & Co.

  Dearest Mama, I have jumped into a den of wild animals on my return, beginning with a dinner at the Club last Saturday, two private performances of the Pudding show…

• Bloody Monday

  Those of us fond of history (and I included myself in this group) often have a tendency to romanticize the past, or at least think that life today presents a…

• Tree Exercises, and Odd Historical Paths Taken

  One of the most interesting things about the FDR Restoration Project is that I never know down which fascinating historical path I’ll be drawn next. Take yesterday for instance: Dave…

• Interior Design, and Redesign, Harvard 1900

  Shortly after last year’s FDR dinner, I received an email from a certain Mr. Dave Robinson in Maine, inquiring as to whether or not we’d be interested in taking a…