On Thursday I went to the Hasty Pudding Play with some fellows and again on Friday with the Quincy’s & dined there also. Saturday afternoon after rowing I went into the Touraine & saw Muriel…. Then took the 8 PM … Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that thanks to a $20,000 donation from a supporter who wishes to remain anonymous, we’ve been able to bring two fantastic projects to fruition: The FDR Suite Timeline, and a new presidential biography, FDR: A Life … Continue reading
Tradition holds that as the defeated British soldiers retired off the field at Yorktown, their regimental band struck up an ancient march, The World Turned Upside Down: If buttercups buzz’d after the bee If boats were on land, churches on … Continue reading
I was at the Suite yesterday, the day after Thanksgiving, beginning what’s going to be a three-month intensive effort to catalog the objects in the collection for inclusion in our new Internet museum. I was working away contentedly at Lathrops’ … Continue reading
Just when I thought there was no more Harvard Class of 1904 memorabilia to be found anywhere, one of our supporters discovered this remarkable tankard on E-Bay and donated it to the Foundation, where it will join our fireplace collection. … Continue reading
Hello Everyone! Well I don’t need to tell you how warm it’s been in Cambridge, because chances are you’ve been as warm or warmer. Still, despite the heat and the bang-bang-booms coming from the Quincy House renovations next door, we’ve … Continue reading
Ladies and Gentlemen: As you know, we have been working madly away on a joint project with the HAA, Six Buildings That Shaped Harvard History. Well, our work is finally done, after eight months trial and travail. The film will … Continue reading
Hello everyone! Well spring has certainly sprung in Cambridge, and while our weather wildly swings between days in the 80′s and nights in the teens, I thought I would take a moment to bring you up to date on a … Continue reading
Hello All! Several of you have written to me in the last few weeks wondering why things have been so quiet lately. The fault, I’m afraid, is all mine. On the professional front, we’ve had a one of the strangest, … Continue reading
Greetings All! Just a very quick note to welcome in the new semester, and let you know of two developments. First, a brand new tour: ( If for any reason, this link doesn’t work for you, you may watch this … Continue reading