The Office of the Messrs. Rockefeller (OMR) materials document the increasing role assumed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in the management of Rockefeller affairs and amply document his business and philanthropic affairs. They also chronicle the entrance of JDR Jr.'s sons, John D. 3rd, Nelson A., Laurance S., Winthrop, and David, into the world of business, philanthropy, civic leadership, and politics as they joined the office.

The Religious Interests series reflects the Rockefeller family's interest in and contributions to various churches and religious organizations. The files contain correspondence between members of the family and the family office, as well as officials and members of the various religious institutions. In some cases, the files include financial information on the appealing institutions. The miscellaneous files generally contain unsolicited appeals for donations. The series illustrates family contributions to religious organizations up to 1962. The contributions were made to a wide spectrum of organizations and activities, such as missionary movements, interdenominational cooperation, and religious education.

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.

The World Affairs series reflects the Rockefeller family's contributions toward national defense and international relations. The series is divided into seven sections: Foreign Policy, including the Foreign Policy Association and the Council on Foreign Relations; Institute of Pacific Relations; National Defense, which includes material on war preparedness, veteran's organizations, civil defense, the Commander Byrd expeditions and the New York City Airport Authority; Post-War Reconstruction; Peace Plans, which contains material on peace organizations, the League of Nations and the United Nations (including material on John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s gift of the site for the United Nations headquarters); War Relief; and National War Fund.

As David Rockefeller's first curator, Olive Bragazzi organized and described his ever-evolving art collection. Starting in the 1970s, Ms. Bragazzi conducted extensive research on the artists in Mr. Rockefeller's European art and Western hemisphere collections, which served as the basis for Volumes I and II of the five-volume David and Peggy Rockefeller Art Collection catalogue. These files contain Ms. Bragazzi's notes on individual artists, as well as general files on the development of Volumes I and II.

The 1962-1976 general files chronicle management of the philanthropic affairs of the third generation of the Rockefeller family primarily Abby Rockefeller Mauze, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Laurance S. Rockefeller, Winthrop Rockefeller, and David Rockefeller.

The general files chronicle management of the philanthropic affairs of the third generation of the Rockefeller family primarily Abby Rockefeller Mauze, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Laurance S. Rockefeller, Winthrop Rockefeller, and David Rockefeller.

Index card files describing the contents of the Rockefeller Family & Associates General Files, 1962-1991 (Record Groups 3, 33, 37 and 39) as well as the David Rockefeller General Files, 1992-1996 and the Laurance S. Rockefeller General Files, 1992-1996.

The 1977-1981 general files chronicle management of the philanthropic affairs of the third generation of the Rockefeller family primarily David Rockefeller and Laurance S. Rockefeller with limited documentation of the actions of John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Nelson A. Rockefeller.

The 1982-1986 general files chronicle management of the philanthropic affairs of the third generation of the Rockefeller family primarily David Rockefeller and Laurance S. Rockefeller.