The papers of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller primarily consist of correspondence, including personal correspondence to family and relatives, biographical materials; art collection files, and files pertaining to her philanthropic activities.
The American people need and expect to get more doctors -- practitioners with the latest in medical knowledge and the most advanced techniques and facilities. [p. 2]
"The picture of 1900 would not be complete, however, unless we found how people on the other side of the tracks were living." [p. 2]
For centuries men have thought that democracy was possible only if the people were educated. But now we must ask whether the people can be educated in a democracy. [p. 3]
"The real glory of this land we live in, the underlying fact which totally justifies it, is that here men have had a constantly expanding opportunity to realize on their capacities, intellectually and spiritually as well as materially." [p. 2]
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"...Yet the patriotism of the Los Angeles School Board was so intense that it developed an X-ray eye that enabled it to see Henry Ford II, Benson Ford, Donald David of the Harvard School of Business..." [p. 1]
"Past efforts at improving schools have brought about much satisfaction, but also much frustration." [p. 1]
