Tag: Franklin D. Roosevelt Life & History

Opulence

For those of you who enjoy time travel stories, one of the very best is Time and Again (1970) by Jack Finney. I won’t bore you with a detailed synopsis;…
The Widow

“Having a good time was of major importance in those days at Harvard. Customary procedure was to study for ten days with a tutor before an examination and never open…
A Missing Place…Revisited

Wow! Of all the topics we’ve covered recently, my previous post certainly caught everyone’s attention, and rightly so. Thanks to so many of you who commented below or wrote me…
A Missing Place

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

Opulence