• Say cheese! Celebrating #NationalCameraDay with who else but John D. Rockefeller behind a 4x5 view camera. The Rockefeller family photograph collections span multiple generations, and include everything from candid photos to more formal portraits taken in places from New York City to Kykuit, their Westchester County estate, to locales around the world. This image was found while doing research a few months back, and is a crowd favorite! Photograph: Kadel & Herbert photographers, 1923. John D. Rockefeller family photographs, RAC.
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    Say cheese! Celebrating #NationalCameraDay with who else but John D. Rockefeller behind a 4x5 view camera. The Rockefeller family photograph collections span multiple generations, and include everything from candid photos to more formal portraits taken in places from New York City to Kykuit, their Westchester County estate, to locales around the world. This image was found while doing research a few months back, and is a crowd favorite! Photograph: Kadel & Herbert photographers, 1923. John D. Rockefeller family photographs, RAC.
  • Alison Bernstein advocated for education, cultural diversity, and the advancement of women's and gender studies over three decades as a Ford Foundation staffer and, later, vice president. With a background in Native American history and women's studies, Bernstein joined Ford in 1983 as a program officer in education and culture, and by 1995 rose to lead all of the foundation's education, media, arts, and cultural grantmaking worldwide. In 2000, Bernstein described the program she led as one which typically uses words like knowledge, culture, creativity, faith and freedom of expression to transmit our values and convey meaning of what we are trying to do. When she died in 2016, former Ford President Susan Berresford remembered her as lively and curious and wonderfully imaginative. Image: Ford Foundation photographs, RAC Quotes: Ford Foundation catalogued reports, RAC, and New York Times obituary, July 8, 2016. #LesbianHistory #WomensStudies #GenderStudies#PhilanthropyHistory #PhilanthropyArchives #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #LGBTHistory #HavePrideInHistory #LGBTQA #LGBTQI
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    Alison Bernstein advocated for education, cultural diversity, and the advancement of women's and gender studies over three decades as a Ford Foundation staffer and, later, vice president. With a background in Native American history and women's studies, Bernstein joined Ford in 1983 as a program officer in education and culture, and by 1995 rose to lead all of the foundation's education, media, arts, and cultural grantmaking worldwide. In 2000, Bernstein described the program she led as one which typically uses words like knowledge, culture, creativity, faith and freedom of expression to transmit our values and convey meaning of what we are trying to do. When she died in 2016, former Ford President Susan Berresford remembered her as lively and curious and wonderfully imaginative. Image: Ford Foundation photographs, RAC Quotes: Ford Foundation catalogued reports, RAC, and New York Times obituary, July 8, 2016. #LesbianHistory #WomensStudies #GenderStudies#PhilanthropyHistory #PhilanthropyArchives #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #LGBTHistory #HavePrideInHistory #LGBTQA #LGBTQI
  • We hope you find a moment to relax and enjoy the weekend. Happy Friday! Photo: New Orleans Golf Course, 1959, Ford Foundation photographs, RAC. #GolfHistory #NOLAhistory #1950s #WeekendVibes #GolfLife
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    We hope you find a moment to relax and enjoy the weekend. Happy Friday! Photo: New Orleans Golf Course, 1959, Ford Foundation photographs, RAC. #GolfHistory #NOLAhistory #1950s #WeekendVibes #GolfLife
  • #OTD in 1945, representatives of 50 nations gathered in San Francisco, CA to sign the Charter of the United Nations (Poland signed a few months later, bringing the total of original Member States to 51). The Rockefeller family was an influential and longstanding supporter of the United Nations and the values of international cooperation it proposed. Discussion about a location for the UN headquarters began in 1945, with multiple cities vying for the UN's attention. The Rockefeller family offered their Pocantico Hills estate in Westchester County, but local residents were not supportive. At the last moment, Nelson Rockefeller persuaded his father John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to purchase for $8.5 million properties owned by real estate developer William Zeckendorf along the East River. An international team of architects, that included International Style pioneer Le Corbusier, then designed the headquarters still in use today. Photograph: View of UN construction from Abby Babs Rockefeller Mauzé's apartment window, 1948. Abby Rockefeller Mauzé family photographs, RAC. @unitednations #unitednations #un #internationalcooperation #wwii #sanfrancisco #wwiihistory #postwaramerica #rockefeller #postwar #architectualhistory #modernarchitecture #lecorbusier #oscarniemeyer #svenmarkelius #liangssuchiang #ernestcomier #kykuit
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    #OTD in 1945, representatives of 50 nations gathered in San Francisco, CA to sign the Charter of the United Nations (Poland signed a few months later, bringing the total of original Member States to 51). The Rockefeller family was an influential and longstanding supporter of the United Nations and the values of international cooperation it proposed. Discussion about a location for the UN headquarters began in 1945, with multiple cities vying for the UN's attention. The Rockefeller family offered their Pocantico Hills estate in Westchester County, but local residents were not supportive. At the last moment, Nelson Rockefeller persuaded his father John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to purchase for $8.5 million properties owned by real estate developer William Zeckendorf along the East River. An international team of architects, that included International Style pioneer Le Corbusier, then designed the headquarters still in use today. Photograph: View of UN construction from Abby Babs Rockefeller Mauzé's apartment window, 1948. Abby Rockefeller Mauzé family photographs, RAC. @unitednations #unitednations #un #internationalcooperation #wwii #sanfrancisco #wwiihistory #postwaramerica #rockefeller #postwar #architectualhistory #modernarchitecture #lecorbusier #oscarniemeyer #svenmarkelius #liangssuchiang #ernestcomier #kykuit
  • Although this summer's plans certainly look different for so many of us, we can still go on virtual summer adventures together. Join us for a ride? Photo: Laurance Rockefeller and friends in Wyoming, c.1940, Rockefeller family photographs, RAC. #HistoryPic #1940s #HorsebackRiding #Rockefeller #Horses #HorsesOfInstagram #EquineLife #EquinesOfInstagram #EquestrianLife #Wyoming #WyomingHistory
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    Although this summer's plans certainly look different for so many of us, we can still go on virtual summer adventures together. Join us for a ride? Photo: Laurance Rockefeller and friends in Wyoming, c.1940, Rockefeller family photographs, RAC. #HistoryPic #1940s #HorsebackRiding #Rockefeller #Horses #HorsesOfInstagram #EquineLife #EquinesOfInstagram #EquestrianLife #Wyoming #WyomingHistory
  • Thank you to all of our #EssentialWorkers and #HealthHeroes! To the agricultural and grocery workers, cleaners, food service providers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, residents, assistants, lab scientists, and many more workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, we send our profound gratitude. Photo: Buffalo farmers in China, 1935, Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC. #MuseumsThankHeathHeroes #ArchivesFromHome #PublicHealth #PublicHealthHistory #HistoryPic #Agriculture #AgricultureHistory #ChineseHistory #Buffalo #PhilanthropyHistory #HistoryofScience #ApplauseForHeroes #HealthcareHeroes
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    Thank you to all of our #EssentialWorkers and #HealthHeroes! To the agricultural and grocery workers, cleaners, food service providers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, residents, assistants, lab scientists, and many more workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, we send our profound gratitude. Photo: Buffalo farmers in China, 1935, Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC. #MuseumsThankHeathHeroes #ArchivesFromHome #PublicHealth #PublicHealthHistory #HistoryPic #Agriculture #AgricultureHistory #ChineseHistory #Buffalo #PhilanthropyHistory #HistoryofScience #ApplauseForHeroes #HealthcareHeroes