Tag: Harvard History

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  The Lampoon As Social History

  Not to give our neighbors in the castle too much credit, but there is some interesting history to be learned from period pages of the Harvard Lampoon, especially when it…

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  Here, There and Back Again: A Tale of A Sign

  A couple months ago, I received a call from a very courteous gentleman in Santa Fe, inquiring whether or not I might want to buy an old, wooden sign. But…

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  Here’s a Health to King Charles

    Throughout  the course of the Restoration, I’ve been continually surprised and delighted to find little gateways back in time. Here’s another one. Last year, my dear friend Abbot Peterson…

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  The Real Gentleman’s C

  If you google the term “gentleman’s C,” chances are you’ll come up with some version of: “a grade given by certain schools (often Ivy League) to the children of wealthy…

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  There and Back Again: How FDR Shaped Thanksgiving

  I’ve always been particularly fond of the film “Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby. You know the one, I’m sure: it introduced Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” to the world. The gist…

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  Lathrop Brown, Long After Harvard

  [For this issue we’re delighted to have Pam Canfield Grossman, Lathrop Brown’s granddaughter, as guest author. – Eds.] Questions about my grandfather Lathrop Brown and his life after Harvard keep…