Tag: Harvard Student Life
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Lathrop Brown and FDR: The Groton Years
Sometimes, in the glow of presidential personality, it’s easy to forget the fact that there were two residents of the FDR suite: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his Groton chum, Lathrop…
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110 Years Later: Harvard Changed? Yes, and No…
This week, one of our student researchers, Nina Ranalli of Eliot House, has the guest columnist slot. Having myself spent a large part of the last two years sifting through…
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Additional Views of the Union
Many of you asked to see a bit more of the Union as FDR knew it, so here are some additional shots I was able to dig up in the…
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The Chest of 1900
February 22, 1900 At the last meeting of the University Council it was suggested that an attempt be made to bring together for the benefit of our successors at the…
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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)…
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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…