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.

Materials relating to the U.S.S. Schenectady (1968-1993) from construction to naming, commissioning, celebration, service, and decommissioning, as collected by James J. Caufield (1919-2009), President (1983-?) of the Schenectady Council of the Navy League of the United States.

These black and white photographs – created within the date range of 1900s-1950s [bulk 1920s-1955] – mainly document family life and familiar and vanished streetscapes that tell a story of South Front Street life in Hudson, NY in the early-mid 20th century. The South Front Street neighborhood of Hudson was mostly demolished by Urban Renewal in the 1970s, and many of these photographs provide a view of a neighborhood that no longer exists. Most of the photos were taken by various relatives and friends of the Cipkowski family. A large portion of the photos document the childhood and teenage years of Patricia Cipkowski, who attended St Mary’s Academy in Hudson, N.Y. in the 1950s. There are also a few studio portraits made in Hudson, N.Y. and in New Jersey.

The Commonwealth Fund office used these files as a cross reference system for the grants. The files concentrate from the 1950s to 1981. The folders consist of cross reference sheets and correspondence. There are some reports and photographs. Original boxes 317, 325, 326, 332, 333, 341, and 342 were not sent to the Archives; consequently files from D, E, P, and W are missing. Folders for The Johns Hopkins University and Massachusetts General Hospital are also missing.

Types of records include: officers' files.

Fellowships are an integral part of the Commonwealth Fund's history, and continually supported the varied public health, mental hygiene, and rural hospital programs of the CF. The advanced medical fellowships were first awarded in 1937, and although they primarily aided medical school teachers and research workers, individuals in other areas of health work also received financial assistance. About twenty fellowships per year were granted during 1950-1959, many of which entailed interdisciplinary studies, and by 1965 well over sixty fellowships were awarded yearly.

The Affordable Health Insurance series contains background information and reports of health care reform 2007-2009, including issue briefs, and analysis, comparisons, and drafts of congressional bills.

Series 4 contains annual reports from 1919-2002. A complete run of bound reports is available in the RAC Library. Individual soft cover reports are available in the archival collection. The Annual Report for 1986 is not available in the archival collection, but it is accessible in the RAC Library. Series 4 also contains a small selection of other reports and pamphlets spanning the mid-1980's through 1994.

Types of records include: manuscripts and library records.

An outgrowth of the Commonwealth Fund's relief activities in Eastern and Central Europe after World War I, the Austrian Program provided vital help in improving the health of children in Austria. From 1923 until 1929 the CF maintained an office in Vienna, and conducted a program of health and preventive medicine for children. Child health demonstrations were conducted in Salzburg, and similar activities transpired in Vienna, Klagenfurt, Graz, and elsewhere.

Records primarily contain analysis and dissemination of the Minority Health Survey (Grant 95451), as well as the Women's Health Survey, and Women's Health Survey II, and development files for the Minority Health Chart Book. This series also documents the 1990s activities of Karen Scott Collins, and provides the 1990s presentation files of Karen Davis and Karen Scott Collins including presentations pertaining to women's health, minority health, and health care reform.

Types of records include: meeting minutes, financial statements, and reports.

Types of records include: meeting minutes and reports.

Types of records include: correspondence, meeting minutes, proposals, and financial material.

Types of records include: administrative and grant files.

This series documents the work of the Commonwealth Fund Child Development and Preventive Care department, including the Youth Mentoring Program. The majority of the material is grant administration files. These records often include documentation of: proposals, administration and budget, grant products, related correspondence and background material. A limited selection of meeting records and program files is also included.

The Commonwealth Fund announced its Child Health Program on June 29, 1922. The goals of the five year program were "safe-guarding the health of the mother-to-be, laying a good health foundation for children in the early sensitive and formative period of their growth and health supervision and the formation of the essential health habits in school children." The responsibility for the conduct of the demonstrations rested with the American Child Health Association, which had been recently formed through the merger of the American Child Hygiene Association and the Child Health Organization of America. The Child Health Demonstration Committee of the Commonwealth Fund oversaw the program, with Barry C. Smith chairman and Courtenay Dinwiddie executive director. Other notable participants in the program include Philip Van Ingen, Richard A. Bolt, L. Emmett Holt, Sally Lucas Jean, Livingston Farrand, Donald B. Armstrong, and Barbara S. Quin.

This series contains meeting books of the Commonwealth Fund Commission for a High Performance Health System, including but not limited to: agendas, background information, commission members, participants, attendees, and schedule of speakers and events.

Types of records include: correspondence, grants, meeting minutes, publications, and personnel files.

This series contains program files and planning records of the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Health Policy. The majority of the material is grant administration files documenting the planning and implementation of the Fellowship. These records often include: proposals, administration and budget files, grant products, evaluation reports, related correspondence and background material.