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Rockefeller Archive Center

Rockefeller Archive Center

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Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, United States
The Rockefeller Archive Center is a repository of historical materials and a research center dedicated to the study of philanthropy and the many domains touched by American foundations, individual donors, and the civil society organizations they support. It was established in 1974 initially to gather, preserve, and make accessible the records of the Rockefeller family and their far-reaching philanthropic endeavors, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The Archive Center today holds the archives of major foundations, cultural organizations, research institutions, and many individuals associated with these organizations.

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Willits, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry) (1889-1979)

Organized according to interview and visit, Willits talks to various professionals in the field and discusses projects, grant proposals and fellowships. The Social Science Program is focused on the developing social behavior as a science, applying social science to human problems, developing professionals and establishing a firm basis for social philosophy. Topics in this journal include political behavior, economics and economic history, and international relations. Princeton University's Institute of International Studies is discussed. Willits visits University of Pennsylvania to survey their social science department and attends a conference on Quantitative Description of Technological Change.

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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, Willits talks to various professionals in the field and discusses projects, grant proposals and fellowships. The Social Science Program is focused on the developing social behavior as a science, applying social science to human problems, developing professionals and establishing a firm basis for social philosophy. Topics in this journal include political behavior, economics and economic history, and international relations. Willits surveys British universities social sciences programs.

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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. A visit to the University of Puerto Rico is also documented to investigate making Puerto Rico a center point of applied social science research in the Caribbean.

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Willits, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry) (1889-1979)

Organized according to interview and visit, Willits talks to various professionals in the field and discusses projects, grant proposals and fellowships. The Social Science Program is focused on the developing social behavior as a science, applying social science to human problems, developing professionals and establishing a firm basis for social philosophy. Topics in this diary include functioning and management of the economy, human behavior, international relations, and moral and social philosophy.

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Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Social Sciences

Organized according to interview and visit, Willits talks to various professionals in the field and discusses projects, grant proposals and fellowships. The Social Science Program is focused on the developing social behavior as a science, applying social science to human problems, developing professionals and establishing a firm basis for social philosophy. Topics in this diary include functioning and management of the economy, human behavior, international relations, and moral and social philosophy. Willits visits University of Basle to survey their RF funded Monetary and Credit Economics research.

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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. The institutions of focus for this diary are University of Chicago, Michigan University, Cornell University, Columbia University and Yale University. Topics of research include population studies, methodology, psychology and labor.

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Social Science Research Council

Organized according to interview and visit, Willits talks to various professionals in the field and discusses projects, grant proposals and fellowships. The Social Science Program is focused on the developing social behavior as a science, applying social science to human problems, developing professionals and establishing a firm basis for social philosophy. Topics in this diary include functioning and management of the economy, human behavior, international relations, and moral and social philosophy. The area studies program of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Law School at University of Wisconsin are featured in this diary.

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Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Social Sciences

Organized according to interview and visit, Willits talks to various professionals in the field and discusses projects, grant proposals and fellowships. The Social Science Program is focused on the developing social behavior as a science, applying social science to human problems, developing professionals and establishing a firm basis for social philosophy. Topics in this diary include functioning and management of the economy, human behavior, international relations, and moral and social philosophy. A study of the resources of South Africa is discussed, the Food Research Institute of Stanford University is surveyed and a trip to Berkeley, California is taken.

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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. Various interviews with professionals abroad copy the London and Paris Offices of the RF. The focus of the social science RF fellowships is to advance frontiers of knowledge in selected fields of special interest to the Foundation- notably international relations, economics and political science.