Getting Comfortable With Being At Home
You remember those first days of lockdown? That rudderless feeling of not knowing what comes next? Wondering how you’re going to sustain the things you’ve been working on?
Thinking Out Loud about "Video Production"
The Roosevelt Story, Episode 6: Museum Exhibit: FDR’s Final Campaign
“FDR’s Final Campaign” immerses visitors in the final momentous months of President Roosevelt’s life and presidency.
Going Straight to the Source
Primary sources connect us to our history and the people who made it. President Roosevelt created the FDR Presidential Library and Museum with this in mind, turning over the records of his administration to the national trust (along with a great deal of private property).
Short, easy words for strong messages
This morning during my scroll through the Economist app, this quote by A. A. Milne popped up:
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like ‘What about lunch?’
We think this is a sound communication strategy so that’s what we did when Family Services asked us to create a series of short films about their programs.
How well do you know what’s important to you?
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
My war refugee grandmother told me a story about passing books in secret among her neighbors when she was a young woman in Ukraine.
At Home with the Roosevelts Ep. 26 – Museum Collection: We Want FDR Again
An election year is a great time for a visual trip through FDR’s political campaigns with FDR Library Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt. Learn the stories behind dozens of colorful and unusual items from the Museum’s extensive collection of political posters, buttons and ephemera. Directed and produced by Drake Creative.
At Home with the Roosevelts Ep. 25 – Author Talks: Harold Holzer
A conversation about the often contentious relationship between the White House and the news media featuring Harold Holzer, author and director of the Roosevelt House, and Paul Sparrow, director of the FDR Presidential Library. Directed and produced by Drake Creative.
At Home with the Roosevelts Ep. 24 – Curator Conversations: Remaking the FDR and Truman Museums
FDR Library Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt begins a new “conversations” series with other presidential library curators. This week he talks with Clay Bauske, Supervisory Curator at the Harry S. Truman Library, about the process of remaking a museum’s permanent exhibits. Directed and produced by Drake Creative. Picked up for broadcast by CSPAN American History TV.
At Home with the Roosevelts Ep. 22 – Author Talks: Kathryn Smith
This is the first video in our new #AtHomeWithTheRoosevelts series “Author Talks.” In this video FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow interviews author Kathryn Smith about two amazing women she has written about – Missy LeHand and Gertie Legendre. Directed and produced by Drake Creative.
At Home with the Roosevelts Ep. 19 – Museum Collection: The Yalta Cloak
The distinctive naval cloak that FDR wore at the 1945 Yalta Conference with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin has become closely linked to his public image as America’s wartime commander in chief. FDR Presidential Library and Museum Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt talks about the history of this iconic garment. Directed and produced by Drake Creative.