Articles

Articles by Michael Weishan about the FDR Suite and Harvard of the Gilded Age, taken from the project’s blog between 2009 and 2025

  • Lathrop Brown and FDR: The Harvard Years

    (This is the second installment in a continuing series taken from the unpublished notes of filmmaker Pare Lorentz. For the introduction to these articles, click HERE.) The Lathrop Brown Interviews:…

  • Lathrop Brown and FDR: The Groton Years

    Sometimes, in the glow of presidential personality, it’s easy to forget the fact that there were two residents of the FDR suite: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his Groton chum, Lathrop…

  • 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…

  • Wallpaper Redux

    So, long story short… Before we committed ourselves to a final decision on the study wallpaper, I thought it advisable to check one more time behind the massive radiator where…

  • 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…