Institution: International Education Board
“A Very Broad Field”: Building the Rockefeller Foundation’s Humanities Program
The Rockefeller Foundation evolved to bring the arts and humanities together, from classical archaeology to contemporary museums.
Building the Hale Telescope
A 20-year-long project, funded by Rockefeller philanthropies, took technologies enabling astronomy to an unprecedented scale.
“For Initiative and for Experiment”: The International Education Board, 1923-1938
Incorporated in 1923 with funding from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the IEB built a major scientific network in Europe and the US in only five years.
Preserving Scholarship During World War II: The Rockefeller Foundation, Libraries, and Microphotography
Using new technology to save threatened world resources and keep free inquiry alive under threat of fascist destruction.
New Research: Black Conservatives, Climate Policy, African Universities, and Aid to Intellectuals
Research reports drawing on several Rockefeller Archive Center collections span continents, disciplines, and eras.
Philanthropy and Oceanography: An Episode in Field-Building
Funding on levels large and small helped this new area of scientific research grow and evolve.