The Rediscovery and Renewal of FDR's Harvard Past

Posts Tagged: Chester Robinson ‘04

Posts Tagged ‘Chester Robinson ‘04’

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

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 don’t think we’re concentrating on [...]

Boodle & Co.
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Friday, April 16th, 2010

My apologies for not posting any news for the last several weeks, but these have been busy, heady days. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we’ve been able to begin the process of furnishing the Suite, slowing rolling back the years to May, 1904.
I thought you might be interested in seeing some of the [...]

Recent Acquisitions and New Views of the Suite
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Posted in FDR Suite Contents, FDR Suite Donations, FDR Suite Renovations, FDR at Harvard, Franklin D. Roosevelt Life & History, Late 19th Century Interior Design, Lathrop Brown, Social Life at Harvard | 4 Comments »

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

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 a classmate of FDR’s. I [...]

Interior Design, and Redesign, Harvard 1900
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Posted in FDR at Harvard, Franklin D. Roosevelt Life & History, Harvard History, Harvard Student Life, History of American Popular Culture, Late 19th Century Architecture, Late 19th Century Interior Design, Social Life at Harvard | 1 Comment »