Tag: Harvard Student Life

• A Project in Search of a Piano – And a Donor – Plus, A Discovery!

  “The study furniture was two desks and chairs, a large day bed, a piano and two casual chairs. FDR sang 1st bass on the Freshman Glee Club (I, 2nd bass)…

• Piecing Together FDR’s Rooms, Literally

  It all started so simply. Last fall while photographing the FDR Suite, I noticed some curious bits of something dangling behind the large radiator in the main study. What could…

• September Contest

  Here’s a scene that FDR knew intimately. It was taken in May 1900, during the period Franklin was in Cambridge finalizing his room arrangements at Westmorly Hall for the upcoming…

• FDR and Harvard’s First Great Social Experiment: The Union

  “To whom the conception of a Harvard Union is due is beyond my knowledge; but we owe the fostering of the idea to many men, and we owe the grounds…

• FDR’s Harvard Through The Brush of Edward Penfield

  Many of you may not be aware (as I was not, despite 3 years residence) that Adams House possesses a tremendous artistic treasure built into its walls, one that gives…

• The Music of FDR’s Harvard

  For those of you interested in learning more about what music was like in the early years of the past century, this fascinating excerpt from the 1910 Encyclopedia of American…