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Rockefeller Archive Center

Rockefeller Archive Center

15 Dayton Avenue
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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Box 137, Reel m fah 1, Frame 600
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Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Humanities.

Organized according to interview and visit, Fahs discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of humanities. He is involved in the progress of Humanities Division programs, selection of fellows and grants- in-aid, and development of new research. The Division's goal is the realization of humanistic studies and the arts can make to contemporary life and thought. Fahs surveys university programs, attends conferences and discusses plans for an African studies program.

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Box 446, Reel m ste 3, Frame 754
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Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Humanities.

The grants, visits and interviews with professionals in the field of humanities focus on research and education in languages and foreign cultures, North American studies and on the betterment of libraries, museums, drama, film and radio. Includes Diaries on Great Britain July 1948.

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Box 143, Reel m fah 5, Frame 927
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Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Humanities.

Organized according to interview and visit, Fahs discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of humanities. He is involved in the progress of Humanities Division programs, selection of fellows and grant in-aid, and development of new research. The aims of the Humanities Division are to identify and stimulate new cultural growth, assist in interpretative studies of recent history, assist in American studies in other countries, fund creative writing and initiate major grants in music and other arts. Fahs tours Howard University and surveys their African studies program, and visits UCLA to review their English language education program.