"Life’s persistent and most urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?'" - Martin Luther King, Jr. Image: Detail from an October 1965 photograph, Nelson A. Rockefeller papers, RAC. #MLK #MLKDay #MartinLutherKing #APeoplesJourney #BlackHistory #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #BlackLivesMatter #ShareBlackStories #HistoryPic #ArchivesOfInstagram #Archives 
Wish you had a hat as glamorous as Abby Aldrich Rockefeller's? We do too. Happy #HatDay! Image: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller at Versailles in the 1920s, Rockefeller Family photographs, RAC. #HistoryPic #VintageFashion #Rockefeller #Hats #1920s #1920sFashion #ArchivesOfInstagram #Archives #Versailles 
This month in 1922, Raymond Poincaré began his term as French Minister of Foreign Affairs, one of several high ranking positions he served in his political career, including President. In this 1924 letter to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Poincaré acknowledges the philanthropist's gift to France for restoration projects at Versailles, the Reims Cathedral, and the Fontainebleau castle. Image: Office of the Messrs. Rockefeller records, RAC. #1920s #FrenchHistory #Versailles #Fontainebleau #Reims #RaymondPoincaré #HistoireFrancaise #Rockefeller #Handwriting #Signatures #Archives #VintageLetter 
Hey kids! Zooming in to say, happy Monday! Image: Midwest Airborne Educational Television, 1960, Ford Foundation records, RAC. #HistoryPic #TVHistory #EducationalTV #RemoteLearning #PublicBroadcasting #1960s #Archives 
New year, new organizing projects? You might take some inspiration from these filing cards from 1937. They were used as part of a Rockefeller Foundation-supported preservation project of the Agora Museum in Athens, Greece. Image: Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC #Organizing #NewYearsResolutions #VintagePaper #VintageOffice #IndexCards #HistoricPreservation #Greece #GreekHistory #AgoraMuseum #Agora #AthensGreece #PhilanthropyHistory #Archives #CardCatalog #Libraries 
It took Rockefeller Foundation scientists three decades to develop the yellow fever vaccine. Efforts began in the early 20th century and the first effective trial began only in 1936. We've learned a lot in a century of scientific research in vaccine development! Image: A U.S. soldier receives the yellow fever vaccine, 1942, Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC. #Vaccines #VaccineHistory #PublicHealthHistory #HistoryPic #YellowFever #HistoryOfScience #PhilanthropyHistory #PhilanthropyArchives #Archives #PublicHealth #1940s