Tag: Franklin D. Roosevelt Life & History

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  Lathrop’s Desk

  “The rooms look as if struck by sheet lightning, the sitting-room having the chairs and tables but no curtains or carpets. The bed is in place in my room and…

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  Of Arms and a Man, and a Foundation

  For over a year now, we’ve been searching for some sort of logo for the Foundation. We’ve thought of many different options, only to discard them one by one: too…

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  All the King’s Horses…

  Who said you couldn’t put Humpty-Dumpty back together again? Several days’ worth  of hard work later, the Suite has emerged with its new coat of paper, remarkably transformed, looking for…

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  Wallpaper At Last!

  An epic campaign ended today as the first rolls of  historic wallpaper were applied to the walls of the FDR Suite study. You may remember all the trials and tribulations…

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  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…

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  Time Machine

  One of the things that amazes me most about this project is that every now and then, a piece of the puzzle drops mysteriously from the sky, as if by…