Tag: History of American Popular Culture

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  Interior Design, and Redesign, Harvard 1900

  Shortly after last year’s FDR dinner, I received an email from a certain Mr. Dave Robinson in Maine, inquiring as to whether or not we’d be interested in taking a…

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  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…

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  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…

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  Bestsellers of 1903

  In our continuing search to furnish the Suite, we’re looking for period books, among them the bestsellers of 1903. 1. Lady Rose’s Daughter, Mary Augusta Ward 2. Gordon Keith, Thomas…

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  The Crimson Garter

  While a century and more isn’t that long ago in relative terms, in many ways FDR’s Harvard existed in an entirely different world than the one most of us knew.…

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  A Donation, and Musical Discovery

  Thanks to the folks at parlorsongs.com, we’ve received 20 presentation copies of sheet music from 1900-1903, selected especially for the Suite, and through the good offices of our former, and…