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

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 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.

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.

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.