Collection ID: FA249

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Rockefeller, David (1915-2017)
Extent:
22.22 Cubic Feet and 101 4x6 card boxes.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and Content:

David Rockefeller's staff at Chase Manhattan Bank maintained a 5-foot-wide card index of business, personal, civic, and philanthropic contacts, and a set of this card file was shared with, and further maintained by, the Rockefeller family office staff at Room 5600 in Rockefeller Center. David Rockefeller's network of contacts was estimated at 100,000 names documented across 200,000 cards.

The collection presented here is the card files maintained by and received from the Rockefeller family office, including additions, revisions, and indexes produced after David Rockefeller's retirement from Chase Bank and the subsequent closure of his Chase office.

Spanning more than 60 years (1945 to 2008, with some revisions made through 2010), the card file served as a history record of contacts, relationships, and activities; instant recall for people, places, meetings, events, and trips; a source of shared information with Room 5600 staff or others; and as a tool for writing memoirs, press releases, and other biographical information.

The card index is comprised of four files, represented as four series, the Contact Card File, its associated Cross-File cards, the Trip File and the Morgue File.

Arrangement:

Arranged in series as follows: Series 1: Contact Card File; Series 2: Cross-File Cards; Series 3: Trip File; Series 4: Morgue File. Within series all cards are maintained in original order. Alphabetical by last name of individual or business/institution.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Series 2: Cross-File Cards is open for research. In accordance with the terms of donation from the David Rockefeller estate, Series 1: Contact File, Series 3: Trip File, and Series 4: Morgue File are restricted for 25 years from the date of David Rockefeller's death and will be open for research in 2042.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
15 Dayton Avenue
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, United States
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