Nelson A. Rockefeller personal papers, Projects, Series L, 1932-1971
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Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Museum of Primitive Art (New York, N.Y.), Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich) (1908-1979), Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), and Rockefeller Center
- Extent:
- 104.44 Cubic Feet 275 letter document boxes
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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This general correspondence file offers extensive documentation on Nelson Rockefeller's business, civic, governmental, philanthropic, cultural, and social activities. Major files cover Dartmouth College's Committee on Economic Development, the Council for Inter-American Cooperation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Institute for International Social Research, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Museum of Primitive Art (MoPA) founded by Rockefeller, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pan-American Union (Organization of the American States), Rockefeller Center, the United Jewish Appeal, the United Nations, the U.S. government, the Victory Clothing Drive for Overseas Relief, and the Westchester County Board of Health.
Many of the subject files in this series were periodically weeded of routine correspondence by the clerical staff at the Rockefeller family office prior to arrival at the Archive Center. These files are identified with the line: "Some material previous to [date] discarded."
- Arrangement:
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This series is arranged alphabetically by topic, organization, or personal name.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
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Open for research with select materials restricted as noted. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC. Material in the Rockefeller family collections that provides the names, correspondence, or activities of living members of the Rockefeller family, and/or documents the net wealth of any Rockefeller family members, is restricted. Researchers interested in accessing digital media (floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, etc.) or audiovisual material (audio cassettes, VHS, etc.) in this collection must use an access surrogate. The original items may not be accessed because of preservation concerns. To request an access surrogate be made, or if you are unsure if there is an access surrogate, please contact an archivist.
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The Rockefeller Archive Center has title, copyright, and literary rights in the collection, in so far as it holds them, and has authority to grant permission to cite and publish archival material from the collection.
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