Tag: FDR Suite Renovations

• Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant To Launch New Capital Campaign

  We are thrilled today to announce two $50,000 grants from the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust to help fund the Foundation’s operations for the next two years. In addition to providing…

• A Missing Place

  One of the most delightful aspects of my “job” with the FDR Suite Foundation has been the interaction I’ve had with our students over the last four years. They are an…

• New Views

  A very quick post here to show you two major developments. The desk and draperies have arrived! As have some of the textiles, like the mantle-piece cover: I’ll be taking…

• Restoring FDR’s Harvard, One Pixel at a Time

  A number of our readers have been curious as to how we’ve found all the framed art that hangs on our walls. Well, let me tell you –  it’s been…

• EBay, FDR and the Fall River Line

  I have another circular tale for your consideration: During our recent open house over the Harvard-Yale weekend, many of you wanted to know how we found period items for the…

• Salmagundi

  The Victorians loved words with strange and exotic origins, and here’s one of my favorites: SALMAGUNDI (slm-gnd n. pl. sal·ma·gun·dis) 1. A salad of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions,…