In late 1959, The Asia Society moved into its new headquarters at Asia House, 112 East 64th Street, New York City. The second floor of the seven-floor building housed two galleries running the width of the house, one in front and one in back - in future, to be known as Asia House Gallery.

All records in the collection have been received from the Asia Society New York office, and document the activities of the Society through the New York office from inception in 1956 though the 1990s. Records documenting the activities of regional offices including those in Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. are minimal.

The Barry C. Smith papers include Commonwealth Fund Annual Reports (1919-1941), personal and professional correspondence and a variety of personal items.

The Benjamin E. Washburn papers contain few items of a personal nature. Consisting of reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, books and journals, the papers concern Washburn's employment with the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission (1913-1914) and the International Health Board/Division (1915-1939).

The Bernice Kert papers relate to her work researching and writing her biography of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family (1993). The collection contains background research and reference materials, copies of archival materials, correspondence (1986-2001), research notes, manuscript drafts, and a series of recorded interviews with family members and other associates. The collection also includes Kert's diary for 1990, when she traveled to Russia to attend a conference on Hemingway.

Contains correspondence, memoranda and committee records pertaining to the Parent-Teacher Association at the Lincoln School of Teachers College, Columbia University. Collection was collected and compiled by Bertha G. Brennan.

The papers of Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller (1909-1992), which span the years 1884-1994, document the various roles Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd played in her lifetime, including that of daughter, wife, mother, daughter-in-law, aunt, friend, philanthropist, art collector, and political fundraiser. The papers contain her personal and family correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia as well as the records generated by her philanthropic activities. They provide information on her ancestors; education; relationships with family members, friends, and associates; travels; and on her social concerns and benevolences. While the bulk of the papers deals with Mrs. Rockefeller's lifetime, some items relating to her forebears predate her birth. Due to shared interests and activities in many areas, Mrs. Rockefeller's papers parallel and complement the papers of her husband, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, which are also housed at the Rockefeller Archive Center and which are open to researchers.

Papers of John B. Trevor relating to Elon Hooker and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. including addresses, remarks, correspondence, associated newspaper clippings, and pamphlets.

This collection primarily contains transcripts, audiotapes, and notes of interviews conducted by author Cary Reich during research for the first volume, and anticipated second volume, of "The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller." Additionally, it contains partial audiotaped interviews for Reich's New York Times expose "The Creative Mind: The Innovator," which appeared on April 21, 1985, as well as for other financial articles.