• We hope it's a beautiful day in your neighborhood! The influential children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood first aired on American public television #OnThisDay in 1968. It ran for 33 years, touching the lives of countless children, parents, and families. Philanthropy played a major role in the development of public broadcasting and the support of non-commercial television programs like this one. The network that the show originally aired on, National Educational Television (NET), was funded in part by the Ford Foundation. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), also a recipient of major foundation support, picked up the show in 1970. #MrRogersNeighborhood remains one of the longest running shows in public television history. Photo: Ford Foundation records, RAC. #MrRogers #MrRogersNeighborhood #MisterRogers #PBS #PublicTelevision #PublicBroadcasting #FredRogers #Philanthropy #PhilanthopyArchives #1968 #OTD #ThisDayInHistory #ChildrensMedia #PBSKids @fredrogersproductions
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    We hope it's a beautiful day in your neighborhood! The influential children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood first aired on American public television #OnThisDay in 1968. It ran for 33 years, touching the lives of countless children, parents, and families. Philanthropy played a major role in the development of public broadcasting and the support of non-commercial television programs like this one. The network that the show originally aired on, National Educational Television (NET), was funded in part by the Ford Foundation. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), also a recipient of major foundation support, picked up the show in 1970. #MrRogersNeighborhood remains one of the longest running shows in public television history. Photo: Ford Foundation records, RAC. #MrRogers #MrRogersNeighborhood #MisterRogers #PBS #PublicTelevision #PublicBroadcasting #FredRogers #Philanthropy #PhilanthopyArchives #1968 #OTD #ThisDayInHistory #ChildrensMedia #PBSKids @fredrogersproductions
  • To mark this #presidentsday, we feature this photograph capturing 42nd president Bill Clinton as he awards Laurance Rockefeller the first Theodore Roosevelt National Park Medal of Honor on May 23, 1995. Rockefeller was an avid environmentalist who was responsible for establishing several US national parks, including the US Virgin Islands National Park on the island of St. John and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park in Woodstock, Vermont. Photograph: Laurance Spelman Rockefeller photographs, RAC. #billclinton #williamclinton @wjclibrary42 #president #presidentialhistory #laurancerockefeller #rockefeller
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    To mark this #presidentsday, we feature this photograph capturing 42nd president Bill Clinton as he awards Laurance Rockefeller the first Theodore Roosevelt National Park Medal of Honor on May 23, 1995. Rockefeller was an avid environmentalist who was responsible for establishing several US national parks, including the US Virgin Islands National Park on the island of St. John and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park in Woodstock, Vermont. Photograph: Laurance Spelman Rockefeller photographs, RAC. #billclinton #williamclinton @wjclibrary42 #president #presidentialhistory #laurancerockefeller #rockefeller
  • This photograph from the late 1940s or early 1950s shows then @caltechedu associate professor of biology, Dr. Ray D. Owen, collecting data on the genetics of blood groups from his sheep subjects. Dr. Owen first described the phenomenon of immune tolerance, a concept integral to successful organ transplantation. @rockefellerfdn funding helped support Dr. Owen's research, as well as the research of many other CalTech faculty in biology and chemistry. Photograph: Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC. #herdingrecords #shearrecords #archivistsofinstagram #research #hardatwork #sheep #vintagephotograph #research
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    This photograph from the late 1940s or early 1950s shows then @caltechedu associate professor of biology, Dr. Ray D. Owen, collecting data on the genetics of blood groups from his sheep subjects. Dr. Owen first described the phenomenon of immune tolerance, a concept integral to successful organ transplantation. @rockefellerfdn funding helped support Dr. Owen's research, as well as the research of many other CalTech faculty in biology and chemistry. Photograph: Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC. #herdingrecords #shearrecords #archivistsofinstagram #research #hardatwork #sheep #vintagephotograph #research
  • Today we share our love of books -- and New York -- by bringing you a festive, appropriately named set of books from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s library: Valentine's Manual of Old New York. This early 20th century series was a revival of an annual publication that began in 1816 and was later named after its 1840s editor, David Thomas Valentine. Its goal was to create an interest in the history of New York, and to encourage a study of the subject by every means in its power. Readers were invited to contribute photographs and articles in updated editions -- an early form of crowd-sourcing! #LibraryLoversDay #LoveLibraries #NewYorkHistory #OldBooks #Bibliophiles #LibrariesOfInstagram #BooksOfInstagram #BeautifulBooks
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    Today we share our love of books -- and New York -- by bringing you a festive, appropriately named set of books from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s library: Valentine's Manual of Old New York. This early 20th century series was a revival of an annual publication that began in 1816 and was later named after its 1840s editor, David Thomas Valentine. Its goal was to create an interest in the history of New York, and to encourage a study of the subject by every means in its power. Readers were invited to contribute photographs and articles in updated editions -- an early form of crowd-sourcing! #LibraryLoversDay #LoveLibraries #NewYorkHistory #OldBooks #Bibliophiles #LibrariesOfInstagram #BooksOfInstagram #BeautifulBooks
  • Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, was born #OTD in 1809. To make Lincoln's collected writings more available to the public, in 1947, @Rockefellerfdn provided over $50,000 to the Abraham Lincoln Association. This was part of a broader strategy to support public history and promote wider access to historical records after World War II. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln was released in 1953. #AbrahamLincoln #PresidentialHistory #Books #PublicHistory #PhilanthropyHistory Photograph: Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC.
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    Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, was born #OTD in 1809. To make Lincoln's collected writings more available to the public, in 1947, @Rockefellerfdn provided over $50,000 to the Abraham Lincoln Association. This was part of a broader strategy to support public history and promote wider access to historical records after World War II. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln was released in 1953. #AbrahamLincoln #PresidentialHistory #Books #PublicHistory #PhilanthropyHistory Photograph: Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC.
  • On this #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience, we spotlight the many past, present, and future contributions of women to scientific discovery, research, and innovation. From our holdings in the history of science and medicine, we highlight Dr. Maria Rudzinska, protozoologist (1904-1996), a pioneer in the use of the electron microscope who used it to study the eating habits of the malaria parasite. Photograph: Rockefeller University records, RAC. #protozoologist #womeninscience #womeninscienceday #womeninstem #parisitology #historyofmedicine @rockefelleruniv #letgirlslearn #girlscientist #scientificresearch #microscope #girlsinstem #stem #steam #stemeducation #thefutureisfemale
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    On this #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience, we spotlight the many past, present, and future contributions of women to scientific discovery, research, and innovation. From our holdings in the history of science and medicine, we highlight Dr. Maria Rudzinska, protozoologist (1904-1996), a pioneer in the use of the electron microscope who used it to study the eating habits of the malaria parasite. Photograph: Rockefeller University records, RAC. #protozoologist #womeninscience #womeninscienceday #womeninstem #parisitology #historyofmedicine @rockefelleruniv #letgirlslearn #girlscientist #scientificresearch #microscope #girlsinstem #stem #steam #stemeducation #thefutureisfemale