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.

This collection documents the private life and personal activities, largely philanthropic, of Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (1903-1976). The bulk of the material contained in the collection dates from before 1960.

Contains minutes of Board of Trustees meetings, general correspondence, grant files, fellowship files, training program records, workshop and seminar files, and publications. Subjects include agricultural development, agricultural economics, agriculture and politics, archaeology in Burma, farm mechanization, the education of farmers, land use, and rural development.

This collection contains meeting minutes, personnel files, grant information, printed material, and photographs.

Record Group 2 of the Agricultural Development Council collection primarily contains Fellowship files, administrative records of the Fellowship Program, Core Program files, records of both the Regional Research and Training Program (RRTP) and the Research and Training Network (RTN) as well as conference, seminar and workshop files and papers. Of particular note, there is also a small volume of Board of Trustees files and Field Office Staff reports.

The collection contains reprints, reports, remarks, addresses, correspondence, news clippings, articles, and other materials.

Collection contains the papers of Alberta Arthurs, a consultant in the cultural and philanthropy fields and a former Director of the Arts and Humanities Division at the Rockefeller Foundation. Most of the papers regard Arthurs' career in philanthropy from when she departed the Rockefeller Foundation in 1996 to about 2006. Papers, speeches, drafts, notes, proposals, research materials, correspondence, photographs, and conference materials provide evidence of the various projects Arthurs managed and supported during this time period. Some of the key focuses of these initiatives and studies include the relationship between nonprofit and for-profit organizations within the arts field, cultural policy, cultural diplomacy, the relationship between culture and development, the role of emerging technologies within the arts, communication and convening in the arts field, and convening for cultural policy.

Includes correspondence between Ms. Alice Calaprice and Rockefeller University faculty member Abraham Pais and family, as well as a reprint of Pais's publication and obituary.

The Alvin Moscow papers relate to his work on the book, "The Rockefeller Inheritance" (1977).

The collection primarily consists of grant files, administrative records and financial records.

The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, quarterly reports, and publications of the AIA and its various programs, as well as administrative materials.

Contains one handwritten sketch accompanied by handwritten room titles written on stationary with "Winrock Farms" letterhead.

Records primarily document the Council's grants, fellowships, programs and administration.

Records include: Correspondence, reports, administrative records, grant submissions, meeting minutes, newspaper articles, photographs and gallery catalogs.

Record Group 2 documents conference and seminar planning, conference participants and papers, primarily spanning the 1970s and 1980s. Also represented are a variety of festival files focusing primarily on the Festival of India in the 1980s.

Record Group 4 primarily consists of Fellowship and Training Program administration records and supporting documentation.

Record Group 5 is comprised of the grant administration files of the Asian Cultural Council, 1958-2007, including such files of the Asian Cultural Program of the JDR Fund which were inherited by the Council following the dissolution of the JDR Fund in 1979.

Photographs, program booklets, publicity materials and videos documenting the events, programs, awards, and grantees of the Hong Kong Arts Program from 1986 through 2014.

Records primarily include corrrespondence, meeting records funding files, select grants, as well documentation for and planning of the Festival of India. Festival of India files can also be found in RG 2 (FA1400).

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.

The Charles A. Strong Papers document the thought of philosopher and psychologist Charles Strong (1862-1940) and his friendships with George Santayana (1863-1952), William James (1842-1910), and a circle of academic philosophers known as the "critical realists". The critical realists worked within the school of American pragmatism originated by Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) and popularized by William James. Also present in the collection are two letters from American novelist, Edith Wharton (1924, n.d.) and a small group of letters (1921-1935) to Strong from the English writer, Violet Paget (Vernon Lee, 1856-1935), documenting the close friendship between the two expatriates. The papers span the years 1877 to 1939, but the bulk of the material dates between 1906 and 1939. The collection was transferred to the Rockefeller Archive Center in 1994 by the donor.

The Charles Burton Fahs Papers contain materials on the life and career of Charles Burton Fahs, as well as personal materials about his family, including parents Sophia Lyon Fahs and Charles Harvey Fahs, wife Jamie Ross Fahs, and children James Harvey Fahs and Barbara Ruth Fahs Charles.

The Charles E. Culpeper Foundation archives present a complete account of the foundation's activities in the years following the death of Charles E. Culpeper, during which the foundation devised and established its philanthropic mandate. The collection includes the Fiftieth Anniversary Report 1940-1990, a general overview of the foundation's involvement in the areas of health, education, arts and culture, and administration of justice, with a breakdown of funds provided for each field.

The Charles Uht Photograph Collection documents collections of art and belongings acquired by Nelson A. Rockefeller, Laurance S. Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Rodman Clark Rockefeller.

The China Medical Board, Inc. Collection, 1914-1971, consists almost exclusively of material dealing with the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), 1918-1951. The Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) appears to have sent to its financial supporters, first the China Medical Board and then the China Medical Board, Inc., much of its correspondence, memos and reports, to keep those in New York informed as to what was going on in China. As the ownership of the buildings and grounds of the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) was transferred from the CMB to the CMB, Inc., many records were also transferred. This accounts for many pre-1928 documents found in the files.

Includes correspondence of the New York office, administrative and bacteriology, public health, health stations, medical education, medical libraries, midwives, nursing and nursing education, pharmacy, radiology, religion, surgery, World War II, and Chinese politics and government. Types of records include: reports, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, reprints, architectural drawing, photographs, video tapes.

Records include: grants and fellowships, officers' files, program files, correspondence and administration files.

Type of records include: Reports, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, reprints, architectural drawings and maps, and photographs.

Type of records include: Reports, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, reprints, architectural drawing, photographs, video tapes. The Finance Committee Files includes documentation for the Cox & Reece Hearings.

Type of records include: Reports, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, reprints, photographs, and memorobilia

The Claude H . Barlow collection covers the period from 1919 to 1964. Important subjects covered in this collection are: Bilharzia Snail Destruction Section; canal clearance; hookworm; sanitation; schistosomiasis; self-infection with schistosomiasis, fluke; snail research and studies; Fluke; and copper sulphate.

This collection contains materials related to the group Collaboratives for Humanities and Arts Teaching (CHART), a project of the Rockefeller Foundation that operated from 1983-1994. While a few documents come from as early as 1983 or as late as 1994, the bulk of the materials date between 1987 and 1993. Series 1 includes substantial correspondence from CHART director Judith Renyi to the Rockefeller Foundation, CHART site directors, and many others, as well as some additional planning materials. Major Rockefeller Foundation correspondents include Alberta Arthurs and Hugh B. Price. Series 2 contains details about potential CHART sites, the CHARTnet telecommunications network between teachers, the Africa in the U.S. Classroom project, and other reports on national education issues. This series also contains considerable information about the creation and publication of the CHART book, Fire in the Eyes of Youth, a copy of which text is in the public relations materials in box 21. Series 3 includes materials such as agendas, handouts, and transcripts from various conferences which CHART members either attended or helped to organize. Finally, series 4 houses many of CHART's public relations materials, including newspaper clippings and other media as well as formal information kits. Substantial content throughout the collection also relates to individual projects sponsored by CHART, such as Humanitas and PATHS. Overall, major topics covered include the humanities, the arts, multicultural and international education, school reform and restructuring, and the funding for such reforms.

Collection consists of annual reports.

The collection includes general files, panel transcripts, meeting records, background papers, fundraising and contribution files, personnel files, contracts, audio tapes and financial records.

Primarily contains program files, grant administration files, Board records, officers files, photographs and audiovisual materials.

Contains publications, grant records, documentation of surveys and symposia, as well as materials pertaining to Harkness Fellowships.

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.