Tag: History of American Popular Culture

• 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…

• Tree Exercises, and Odd Historical Paths Taken

  One of the most interesting things about the FDR Restoration Project is that I never know down which fascinating historical path I’ll be drawn next. Take yesterday for instance: Dave…

• And On An Entirely Unrelated Note

  In researching Chet Robinson’s history for the previous piece, I was investigating the private Stone School in Boston which he attended, and came across the following ad in something called…

• 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…

• 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…