The collection contains reprints, reports, remarks, addresses, correspondence, news clippings, articles, and other materials.

Collection contains the papers of Alberta Arthurs, a consultant in the cultural and philanthropy fields and a former Director of the Arts and Humanities Division at the Rockefeller Foundation. Most of the papers regard Arthurs' career in philanthropy from when she departed the Rockefeller Foundation in 1996 to about 2006. Papers, speeches, drafts, notes, proposals, research materials, correspondence, photographs, and conference materials provide evidence of the various projects Arthurs managed and supported during this time period. Some of the key focuses of these initiatives and studies include the relationship between nonprofit and for-profit organizations within the arts field, cultural policy, cultural diplomacy, the relationship between culture and development, the role of emerging technologies within the arts, communication and convening in the arts field, and convening for cultural policy.

The Benjamin E. Washburn papers contain few items of a personal nature. Consisting of reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, books and journals, the papers concern Washburn's employment with the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission (1913-1914) and the International Health Board/Division (1915-1939).

The Charles Burton Fahs Papers contain materials on the life and career of Charles Burton Fahs, as well as personal materials about his family, including parents Sophia Lyon Fahs and Charles Harvey Fahs, wife Jamie Ross Fahs, and children James Harvey Fahs and Barbara Ruth Fahs Charles.

The Claude H . Barlow collection covers the period from 1919 to 1964. Important subjects covered in this collection are: Bilharzia Snail Destruction Section; canal clearance; hookworm; sanitation; schistosomiasis; self-infection with schistosomiasis, fluke; snail research and studies; Fluke; and copper sulphate.

This collection contains materials related to the group Collaboratives for Humanities and Arts Teaching (CHART), a project of the Rockefeller Foundation that operated from 1983-1994. While a few documents come from as early as 1983 or as late as 1994, the bulk of the materials date between 1987 and 1993. Series 1 includes substantial correspondence from CHART director Judith Renyi to the Rockefeller Foundation, CHART site directors, and many others, as well as some additional planning materials. Major Rockefeller Foundation correspondents include Alberta Arthurs and Hugh B. Price. Series 2 contains details about potential CHART sites, the CHARTnet telecommunications network between teachers, the Africa in the U.S. Classroom project, and other reports on national education issues. This series also contains considerable information about the creation and publication of the CHART book, Fire in the Eyes of Youth, a copy of which text is in the public relations materials in box 21. Series 3 includes materials such as agendas, handouts, and transcripts from various conferences which CHART members either attended or helped to organize. Finally, series 4 houses many of CHART's public relations materials, including newspaper clippings and other media as well as formal information kits. Substantial content throughout the collection also relates to individual projects sponsored by CHART, such as Humanitas and PATHS. Overall, major topics covered include the humanities, the arts, multicultural and international education, school reform and restructuring, and the funding for such reforms.

The Conrad W. Anner papers include correspondence and reports relating to his employment by the China Medical Board of The Rockefeller Foundation and the China Medical Board of New York, Inc., during which time he worked on construction projects at Peking Union Medical College. A few items relate to his work at Colonial Williamsburg.

The David H. Stevens papers contain little material of a personal nature. Consisting of reports, correspondence, pamphlets, articles, speeches, and a book manuscript, the papers focus narrowly upon Stevens's term as Director of the Humanities Division of The Rockefeller Foundation (1932-1949) and upon some of his retirement activities. Such correspondence as exists in this collection is mainly concerned with Stevens's contacts among Foundation personnel and grantees or the disposition of his papers with the Foundation archives. Approximately eighty percent of the material in this collection consists of reports and other records related to the operations of the Humanities Division. None of the material relates to Stevens's service with the General Education Board.

The Dean Rusk Papers document the non-official professional activities of Dean Rusk (1909-1994), carried out during his tenure as president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1952 to 1961. There are no personal papers in this small collection.

Acronym Key AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science; AALDI Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists in India; AIBDA Asociacion Interamericana de Bibliotecarios y Documentalistas Agricolas (Interamerican Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists); AID Agency for International Development (U.S. Department of State); CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research; CIMMYT Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center); IAALD International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; IADS International Agricultural Development Service; IAP Indian Agricultural Program; IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute; ICA Instituto Colombiano Agropêcuario (Colombian Farming Institute); ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research; ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; IDRC International Development Research Center; IICA Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas (Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences); IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; INCAP Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama; IRRI International Rice Research Institute; NAL National Agricultural Library;

The E. C. Stakman Papers contain few items of a personal nature. Consisting of clippings, correspondence, program notes listing Dr. Stakman as a speaker, reprints, and speeches (mostly testimonials to Dr. Stakman), the papers reflect only the public side of his career. Over three-quarters of this collection consists of reprints. Most of the correspondence here is incoming rather than from the hand of Dr. Stakman. Only a few items reflect his activities on behalf of The Rockefeller Foundation.

Important subjects covered in this collection include: the early history and interrelationships of the Rockefeller Foundation, General Education Board, Rockefeller Sanitary Commission, China Medical Board, International Health Board, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial; and the 1928 reorganization of the Foundation.

This collection is primarily made up of correspondence but also includes biographical information, conference materials, publications, and news releases.

Important subjects in this collection include World War I in Albania and malaria control in Greece, Albania, Costa Rica, British Honduras, and Brazil.

The Francis X. (Frank) Sutton papers primarily consist of material related to Sutton's time at the Ford Foundation, spanning his tenure as Assistant to the Vice President, Deputy Vice President, and his work writing the history of the Ford Foundation as a consultant. This collection documents Sutton's involvement beyond the Ford Foundation as well; it contains a substantial amount of information on the Aga Khan University in Pakistan, the Rockefeller Foundation and Bellagio Conference, and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Additionally, there is a small amount of material on the American Foundation for Intellectual Cooperation with Europe (AFICE) which documents its foundation and eventually, its termination. Personal files can be found at the end of the collection (Series 6) which consist of family correspondence, awards, publications, datebooks, and notebooks – most of which document Sutton's cross-organization involvement, travels, and projects.

Records consist of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, memoranda, manuscript drafts, and a ledger.

Important subjects in this collection include: malaria control, drainage of mosquito breeding, development and use of spraying equipment for insecticides.

The George E. Vincent collection covers the period from 1929-1945. Material includes some correspondence and a family bulletin commenting on the rise of Nazi Germany. The major portion of the collection consists of testimonials to the career of Mr. Vincent. Among the correspondents are George E. Vincent and A. C. Krey.

Primarily contains correspondence.

Important subjects in this collection include arbovirus research, encephalitis, International Health Division, microbiology, public health, Rockefeller Foundation reorganizations, Rockefeller Foundation virus labs, tick fever, tuberculosis, and yellow fever.

This collection is primarily made up of correspondence, clippings, and photographs.

The J. Austin Kerr papers document Dr. Kerr's 40-year career with the Rockefeller Foundation where he studied and implemented methods to control and eradicate yellow fever, malaria, and hookworm disease. During his career, Kerr lived in Paraguay, Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia, Egypt, Italy, India, the Philippines, and the U.S. The collection contains memos, personal and professional correspondence, critiques of institutions, drafts of papers, notes, research reports, photographs, gifts presented to Kerr, and Kerr's manuscript collection. The manuscript collection is comprised of 159 documents cataloged by Kerr that include published papers, memos, drafts, personal correspondence, and reflections on his work. The majority of the materials in series 1 are duplicated in series 2. Kerr annotated many of the documents from 1970-1976 during his retirement.

The J. George Harrar Papers mainly consist of material relating to Harrar's various activities outside The Rockefeller Foundation between 1958 and 1982. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence, but it also contains publications, speeches, clippings, awards, interviews, photographs, and books.

Almost all of the material included in the collection is administrative and is indicative of trends and overviews as the result of a large amount of statistics included here. The collection briefly sketches Dr. Ferrell's association with the International Health Division of The Rockefeller Foundation.

The John A. Pino papers contain correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, publications, meeting minutes, bulletins, and notes related to Pino's more than 50-year career in international agricultural research and development.

Important subjects covered in this collection include: fallout, atomic medicine, disaster mobilization, civil defense, genetics, Japan, radiobiology, information retrieval, yellow fever, cancer, radiation, Congressional hearings, hunting and fishing, pathology, leukemia, and malaria.

1. George K. Strode, A. J. Warren, John H. Janney, Collins, and Francis Schwentker at a picnic, Romania, 1938. 4. George K. Strode toasting at a picnic, Romania, 1938. 5. Group portrait taken at the International Health Division (IHD) Regional Staff Meeting, Santiago Chile, July 1-7, 1946. Included in the photograph are: George Bevier, A. J. Warren, John Hydrick, Lewis Hackett, Guy Hayes, John H. Janney, Clifford Wells, Peterson, Bruce Sasse, and Esther Hirst.

The John H. Knowles papers consist of professional and personal correspondence, reports, manuscripts, scrapbooks, appointment calendars, information files, photographs, slides, tapes, and a film relating to his administrative posts at Massachusetts General Hospital and The Rockefeller Foundation, and to his medical career. Most of the papers date from his tenure at Massachusetts General Hospital. There is very little concerning The Rockefeller Foundation or his personal life.

The personal papers of John J. McKelvey, Jr. including select correspondence, papers, reports, and publications primarily pertaining to McKelvey's work as Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation Agricultural Program.

The John Marshall Papers include correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, trip diaries, and photograph negatives. Materials span a period from his last semester at Harvard to condolences his widow received after his death. The bulk of the collection dates from 1940 to 1962.

The collection consists of personal and office correspondence, clippings, conference information and proceedings, memoranda, and reports.

Collection contains the research files of John Z. Bowers including articles, manuscripts, notes, photocopies, and other background materials.

The Joseph H. Willits Papers will be of interest to the historian of social science and education in the United States. Dr. Willits's keen interest in the quality of academic life is amply documented in his correspondence and manuscripts. The papers focus on Dr. Willits's years after his retirement from The Rockefeller Foundation in 1954 and include correspondence and reports relating to The Educational Survey (1954-1959) and his work on the manuscript "Excellence and Mediocrity in Colleges and Universities" (1961-1969). Approximately one-sixth of this collection refers to his pre-retirement career: this portion (mostly in Series 1) includes speeches, correspondence, and reports generated from his association with the Wharton School and The Rockefeller Foundation. Personal correspondence, however, has been scantily preserved.

The Kenneth C. Smithburn papers document the career of research scientist Kenneth C. Smithburn in the identification and isolation of viruses, particularly the Yellow Fever virus in Africa. The papers also document more broadly the Foundation's interest in public health through the International Health Division and its successor, the Division of Medicine and Public Health. The papers span the years 1922 to 1974, with the bulk falling between the years 1938 through 1959.

Kenneth N. Dayton's papers contain material on the nomination of a new president of the Rockefeller Foundation.

The Lawrence B. Dunham Papers document the wide range of activities in which Dunham engaged during his lifetime. The papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of speeches, clippings, pamphlets, and a scrapbook. Most of this material postdates 1934. Approximately one-quarter of this collection consists of private correspondence; another quarter of it covers Dunham's tenure on the Domestic Relations Court of New York City. There are no separate items regarding Dunham's association with the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, and his work as Director of the Bureau of Social Hygiene is not amply documented here. Users of this collection are advised to supplement their research on any of Dunham's activities for which separate folders exist by examining the correspondence folders covering the same period.

Important subjects in this collection include: rural schools, race relations, and New Orleans history. Among the correspondents are Jackson Davis, Edmund E. Day, Edwin Embree, Abraham Flexner, Raymond B. Fosdick, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Louis Shores, S. L. Smith, and Anson Phelps Stokes.

Important subjects in this collection are Argentina - Instituto de Bacteriologia, Buenos Aires; Argentina - nursing school, Rosario; Argentina - political situation, especially as it affected universities; Chile - Quinta Normal Health Center; disease control - malaria, especially in the Lurin Valley, Peru; disease control - yellow fever, especially in Bolivia and Peru; Ecuador - National Institute of Hygiene, Guayaquil; epidemiology - general; epidemiology - malaria; epidemiology - yellow fever; insecticides - Paris green, DDT and others; Peru - Ica Health Center; public health - administration; public health - nursing; Russia - general commentary after two trips; and South America - life and customs, general commentary.

This collection documents various conferences, meetings, and workshops attended by Lincoln Chen, both during his tenure at the Rockefeller Foundation and at the Global Equity Initiative. The files include agendas, participant lists, articles and pre-readings, promotional information, and notes.

Type of records include: Reports, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, reprints, speeches, and a manuscript

The material in the Mary E. Ferguson papers deals with the research, writing, and publication of "China Medical Board - Peking Union Medical College: A Chronicle of Fruitful Collaboration, 1914-1951," published in New York, 1970. The strength of the collection lies in the primary source documents: interviews with former staff at the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), correspondence relating to the book's conception through publication, and reports of China during the Japanese occupation and after nationalization in 1951. Much of the research correspondence had been photocopied from the files of the China Medical Board, Inc., and the Rockefeller Foundation. (The book is an administrative history of PUMC, and most of the research material deals with the staff and administration of the institution.)

Types of records include: correspondence, memos, reports, diaries, and interviews.

Types of records include: correspondence, obituaries, reprints, and photographs.

The Nelson C. Davis Collection will be of interest both to the historian of medical research and of medical education. The lecture notes and class papers prepared by Dr. Davis at all levels of his training have been preserved in this collection. Also included are drafts of papers, some of them unpublished, at various stages of preparation, reprints of his published articles, and a wide variety of supporting research materials (such as reprints and periodicals), many taken from Portuguese- or Spanish-language publications. A substantial portion of his laboratory diary (kept at Bahia from 1928 to 1933) can be found in this collection as well as a number of field notebooks and records of experiments. Personal correspondence, however, has been rather scantily preserved.

The Boards represented in this series are the most important philanthropies that have been developed from the Rockefeller fortune: the Bureau of Social Hygiene; the China Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation and its successor, the China Medical Board, Inc.; the Davison Fund; the General Education Board; the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial; the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now known as Rockefeller University); the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission; the Sealantic Fund; and the Spelman Fund of New York.

This collection consists of Richard Lyman's personal papers with content focused primarily on his work with the Rockefeller Foundation, including but not limited to program reviews and reports, board files and administrative records as well as policy papers and historical sketches.

Films documenting Robert H. Kokernot's scientific work in Africa for the Rockefeller Foundation.

This small collection consists only of Robert Winter's diary.

The collection comprehensively documents the philanthropic activities of the Rockefeller Foundation through available records in the areas of projects (grants), fellowships, general correspondence, administration, program and policy, board minutes and officers' actions, China Medical Board records, the International Health Board/Division (IHB/IHD), the activities of a variety of the Foundation's field offices, as well as officers' diaries, oral histories, and associated photographs and audiovisual materials.

Records include: correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports.

This material consists of administrative and program and policy information in the form of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports.

Consists of films, video and audio materials.

The scope and breadth of the Biographical File is inconsistent. Some files are rich, while others are sparse.

Primarily documents appropriations, with a small selection of financial records and audiovisual materials.

Contains slides, prints and other still images. Primarily documents activities in Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. Images and associated correspondence also include selections made for use in several annual reports, newsletters, and select other publications and reports as well as images of staff, officers, trustees and events.

Currently contains Communications Office photographs.

The preponderance of the collection consists of various summaries of the Rockefeller Foundation and GEB grant administration files prepared by the Foundation staff for use by senior staff and Foundation counsel as they responded to written questions from the Cox and Reece investigations and as they prepared for Dean Rusk's testimony at the Cox committee hearing.

This collection consists of awards, memorabilia, artwork, certificates, plaques and other objects.

Contains documents of record.

Contains the papers of Rockefeller Foundation presidents, vice presidents and other executive officers.

Fellowship files.

Types of record include: recorder cards.

Consists of fellowship files and associated fellowship recorder cards.

The Mideast Wheat Research and Training Project records contain general correspondence and administrative documents pertaining to the Turkish wheat stations and the various foundations and institutions connected to wheat research in Turkey during the 1970s. Correspondence, reports, and printed material detail the Center's wheat research work and plant breeding and its interactions with Turkish authorities and with other agricultural institutes and university agronomists. This collection documents the day-to-day work of the Center; for materials regarding the establishment and administration of the Wheat Research Center one should consult the files on Turkish Wheat Research in the Rockefeller Foundation project files, RG 1, Accession 83, Series 105 (804).

The Belem Field Office records document the activities of the Belem Virus Laboratory from 1954 to 1970. Records consist of administrative and professional correspondence relating to laboratory operations, research activities, and communications and cooperation with researchers at other virus labs and research organizations, particularly in Latin America, Trinidad, and the U.S.

Important Subjects

The records include correspondence, conference proceedings, financial materials, annual reports, fellowships material, officers diaries, and personnel records.

The New Delhi Field Office records (RG 6.7) of the Rockefeller Foundation Archives document the operation of the office and the programs it administered in the medical, agricultural, and social sciences. The records span the dates 1935 to 1976, but 90% of the record group dates from the period 1956 to 1973 and relates to the Indian Agricultural Program (IAP), operated by the RF's Natural Sciences and Agriculture Division. The IAP records provide a comprehensive account of the RF's role in establishing an international collaborative program of technical assistance. They also constitute an important source for the study of the history of modern agriculture and agricultural education in India.

The International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation maintained an office in Paris from 1917 as the headquarters for the work of the Commission for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in France. In 1922, anticipating the transfer of the tuberculosis work to the French, and the expansion of work in Europe, the Board agreed to share space and administrative expenses with the Rockefeller Foundation's Division of Medical Education. The Nursing Survey of the IHB was to be carried on from the same location. Other administrative units of the Foundation concerned with work in Europe used the same office.

Records often include administrative and professional correspondence, reports, studies, surveys, and documentation of office or laboratory activites.

Contains reports, surveys and collected papers from Field Staff of the Rockefeller Foundation, International Health Board/Division, and China Medical Board. Also includes a selection of Officers Actions, Minutes, Board and Program reports and publications.

Comprised of photographs separated from the paper collection at the time of micfofilming.

Correspondence of The Rockefeller Foundation consists principally of material not directly connected with an institutional grant. It includes: inter-office memoranda, correspondence between field officers and the home office, extracts from officers' diaries, forms and other material relating to fellowships; casual requests for information, employment, or aid; printed matter and letters of abuse received by the Foundation. As such, the General Correspondence provides insight into the day-to-day workings of the Foundation.

Rockefeller Foundation general correspondence:

Correspondence of The Rockefeller Foundation consists principally of material not directly connected with an institutional grant. It includes: inter-office memoranda, correspondence between field officers and the home office, extracts from officers' diaries, forms and other material relating to fellowships; casual requests for information, employment, or aid; printed matter and letters of abuse received by the Foundation. As such, the General Correspondence provides insight into the day-to-day workings of the Foundation.

Correspondence of The Rockefeller Foundation consists principally of material not directly connected with an institutional grant. It includes inter-office memoranda; correspondence between field officers and the home office; extracts from officers' diaries, forms and other material relating to fellowships; casual requests for information, employment, or aid; printed matter; and letters of abuse received by the Foundation. As such, the General Correspondence provides insight into the day-to-day workings of the Foundation.

Correspondence of The Rockefeller Foundation consists principally of material not directly connected with an institutional grant. It includes: inter-office memoranda, correspondence between field officers and the home office, extracts from officers' diaries, forms and other material relating to fellowships; casual requests for information, employment, or aid; printed matter and letters of abuse received by the Foundation. As such, the General Correspondence provides insight into the day-to-day workings of the Foundation.

Rockefeller Foundation general correspondence:

Rockefeller Foundation general correspondence:

Rockefeller Foundation general correspondence:

Types of records include: correspondence, reports, photographs, newspaper articles, and oversized architectural plans.

Contains the correspondence and reports of the International Health Board/International Health Division (IHB/D) of the Rockefeller Foundation, including the Rockefeller Institute Virus Laboratories.

The microfilm contains minutes of the Foundation.

Record Group 16 includes: Minutes and Annual Reports; Officers' Actions; Documents of Record; and Grants and Expenditures.

Open records in this record group primarily consist of the Decorations.

Types of records include: grant and fellowship material.

Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

The Foundation's archives include:

The Rockefeller Foundation maintained a vast collection of published pamphlets, academic papers, book manuscripts, magazine articles, and other booklets that reference the Foundation or members of the Rockefeller family or were created by RF officers, staff, or grantees

The Rockefeller Foundation maintained a vast collection of published pamphlets, academic papers, book manuscripts and program reports and summaries, or other booklets that reference the Foundation or members of the Rockefeller family or were created by RF leaders, employees, or grantees.

The Rockefeller Foundation Pamphlet Collection consists of 41 archival boxes and approximately 23 cu. ft. of records. The Rockefeller Foundation maintained a vast collection of published pamphlets, academic papers, book manuscripts, magazine articles, and other booklets that reference the Foundation or members of the Rockefeller family or were created by RF leaders, employees, or grantees. The pamphlets date from 1878 to 1988, with the majority containing dates between 1935 and 1975.

This collection is entirely made up photographs which document the activities of the Rockefeller Foundation during the years 1905-1980.

Contains speeches and remarks prepared and given by Richard W. Lyman at various seminars, conferences and events, as well as Rockefeller Foundation Board meetings and celebrations during the period 1987-1988.

Types of records include: correspondence, memoranda, and organizational materials.