Barbara Shubinski

Primary Source Workshop: 9–12 or Undergraduate/Graduate How To Use This Primary Source Workshop Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki there have been ongoing historical debates and moral discussions around the use of the bomb during the war and the potential for use again moving forward. This workshop will look at the ongoing discussions…

In the 1930s, an ambitious program to reshape China was cut short by war, but offered a model for community development.

One philanthropy invested in scientists and pushed the atomic age forward.

A new program in the natural sciences increased funding and attention to the life sciences, and coined a new term along the way.

One of the first large-scale philanthropic foundations in the United States was created out of industrial wealth and came to reach around the globe.

Encouraging cross-cultural knowledge in an interconnected postwar world by shaping new interdisciplinary programs and retooling traditional academic fields.

At midcentury, Rockefeller Foundation staffers hoped new technologies might find solutions to complex problems.

Rockefeller Foundation agriculture programs begun in Mexico achieved global reach through four major research institutes. Building them was the result of partnership.

The General Education Board funded activities throughout the American South to improve schools, agricultural practices, and public health.

As the scarcity of global resources became increasingly worrisome in the 20th century, these organizations more boldly approached work in population and family planning.