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 collection contains 1/4 inch audio cassette recordings of the "Apna Street" and "Life in an Indian Village" radio series produced and narrated by Julian Crandall Hollick for NPR's Weekend Edition-Sunday.

The collection contains the office files of Marcia T. Thompson, program officer in the Office of the Humanities and the Arts at the Ford Foundation from 1953-1983. Contents include background papers, reports, correspondence, grant files, and materials relating to the Symphony Orchestra Program, the Cash Reserve Program, the Ford Foundation Stabilization Program, the Office of the Humanities and the Arts, the Education and Culture Program, and the National Arts Stabilization Fund (NASF).

This collection contains grant files, chronological correspondence files, reports, meeting notes, and conference materials of E. Walter Coward, Jr.

Collection consists of photographs and associated materials that document the art collection the Ford Foundation acquired between 1966 and 1967 through the Art Purchase Program. The collection is comprised of one series of artwork photograph files. These files generally contain photographs, photograph negatives, and invoices that regard a piece of art (or a set of art) that the Foundation purchased for the New York City headquarters building it opened in 1967. The files provide photographic evidence of the artwork, information about the artist who created it, information about the material details and dimensions of the artwork, and information about the purchase of the item. They are organized by the name of the artist.