http://fdrsuite.org/blog The Rediscovery and Renewal of FDR's Harvard Past Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:45:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems like ages, but here, at last, are some of the first views, post renovations. The walls are still bare, and the furniture a bit sparse, but we're getting there! [caption id="attachment_1122" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Our newly replicated Morris chairs (thanks to the exquisite craftsmanship of Lary Shaffer at Scarborough Marsh ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1118 We at the Foundation are happy to relate that Mr. Curtis Roosevelt has landed in Boston, via an 18 hour trip from Western MA through 1.5 feet of snow! No matter. The Roosevelt stamina lives on. Here's Mr. C. R, 1/2 hour off the gate, and thrust into a studio at ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1098 As part of our opening festivities yesterday, members of the Adams Senior Common Room joined us for a bit of good cheer as we christened our newly restored (and just arrived one hour before) piano. Here are Adams House tutor Matt Corriel and I signing "The Bird in the Gilded ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1105 Yesterday I received the nicest note from one of our supporters. She's had some health issues this year, and didn't feel up to making the trip to Cambridge. Instead, she sent us a check for two tickets, asking that we give them to someone who might not otherwise be able ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1094 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 Robinson, grandson of Chester Robinson '04 arrived in Cambridge from Maine bearing a whole host of original materials he and ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1047 Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, corporate sponsors, members, and the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, we are finally under construction! A few snaps: [caption id="attachment_1033" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="A lonely presidential seat sits in the bathroom, now minus the tub. Once fixtures were removed, it was discovered that there was substantial water ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1030 Hello All! I'm back from the rainy west, and have received inquiries from a number of you regarding the exact schedule for the FDR Lecture and Dinner on the 27th. [caption id="attachment_959" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Curtis Roosevelt and FDR at Mt. Hood, September 1937"][/caption] Here it is: • 4:30   Third Annual FDR Memorial Lecture in ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1019 [caption id="attachment_1012" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ah, so good to be back here at Harvard and enjoying this lovely white!"][/caption] Thanks to Donn Leonard, our tireless and talented chef, we've turned up this wonderful menu, served on March 4th 1938 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC and hosted by President Roosevelt, which ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1007 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 "A Handbook of American Private Schools." I simply couldn't resist sharing this with you: Now granted, the original idea here was ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=994 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 look at some of the Harvard photos and ephemera he'd inherited from his grandfather, Chester Robinson, '04, a friend and ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=983