Archive – FDR’s Harvard

• Christmas Revised: December 1900

  When the streets of the city are whitened with snow And windows coated with rime, When the tree is awaiting its wonderful fruit, And the bells are beginning to chime,…

• 110 Years Later: Harvard Changed? Yes, and No…

  This week, one of our student researchers, Nina Ranalli of Eliot House, has the guest columnist slot. Having myself spent a large part of the last two years sifting through…

• Additional Views of the Union

  Many of you asked to see a bit more of the Union as FDR knew it, so here are some additional shots I was able to dig up in the…

• The Chest of 1900

  February 22, 1900 At the last meeting of the University Council it was suggested that an attempt be made to bring together for the benefit of our successors at the…

• George Washington Lewis

  I’ve been doing a bit of research on the Porcellian Club, in advance of the architectural walking tour I’m leading this November for the Harvard Alumni Association entitled Presidential Pathways:…

• FDR and Harvard’s First Great Social Experiment: The Union

  “To whom the conception of a Harvard Union is due is beyond my knowledge; but we owe the fostering of the idea to many men, and we owe the grounds…