http://fdrsuite.org/blog The Rediscovery and Renewal of FDR's Harvard Past Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Harvard Alumni Association invites you to a collection series: Presidential Pathways: A Walking Tour of Harvard Featuring Michael Weishan, Author, PBS Host, President of the FDR Suite Foundation. Saturday, September 25, 2010 11:00 am -1:00 pm (Registration and meeting time 10:45 am) Meeting location: John Harvard Statue, Harvard Yard This behind-the-scenes ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1610 [caption id="attachment_1544" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="The family crest of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; the three ostrich feathers are very similiar to those born by the English heir-apparent."][/caption] For over a year now, we been searching for some sort of logo for the Foundation. We've thought of many different options, only to discard them ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1543 How's this for an elliptical tale: I was sitting last evening in FDR Suite, attending a small get-together hosted by Claire Mays, '81, who's our first guest since the Suite was sufficiently completed to lose its air of camping. There were nine of us, and we were sitting around in ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1478 Who said you couldn't put Humpty-Dumpty back together again? Several day's worth  of hard work later, the Suite has emerged with its new coat of paper, remarkably transformed, looking for the first time in over a century very nearly like a Victorian room: [caption id="attachment_1456" align="aligncenter" width="650" caption="The study looking ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1455 An epic campaign ended today as the first rolls of  historic wallpaper were applied to the walls of the FDR Suite study. You may remember all the trials and tribulations we had in piecing together the pattern from fragments I discovered last summer behind the large radiator. Then Kari Pei, ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1438 Dearest Mama, I have jumped into a den of wild animals on my return, beginning with a dinner at the Club last Saturday, two private performances of the Pudding show & a crowd of 1903 men here for Herbert Burgess' ushers' dinner... FDR to Sara, May 3rd, 1904: Just so that you ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1424 [caption id="attachment_1405" align="aligncenter" width="455" caption="Our latest find"][/caption] 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 preordained writ. I noted in a previous post how a strange and unlikely attraction ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1403 Though here at the Restoration we're usually too covered in archival dust to pay much attention to current events, we noticed an article in today's New York Times that might interest our readers: [caption id="attachment_1392" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption=""Bet on Private Sector for Recovery Could Prove Risky," headlines the  New York Times, ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1391 I was sitting in the Suite a few weeks ago, looking around, and I must admit to being quite impressed. With furniture mostly in place, pictures on the walls, mementos scattered everywhere, the place is really starting to become a real Victorian room with personality. This last is truly the ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1367 I'm delighted to announce that New England's premier bedding manufacturer, Gardner Mattress, has agreed to donate custom mattresses for the FDR Suite bedrooms. While this may not sound like a world breaking-news event, finding a qualified company to make mattresses for our period beds had turned out to be quite ... http://fdrsuite.org/blog/?p=1346