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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

by Mary Chase Ellen. 159 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Mary Chase Ellen

Publisher:

   Macmillan

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1950
Subjects:   Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich
Table of contents
CONTENTS
I TETLOWS AND ALDRICHES PAGE 1
II YOUNG MR. ROCKEFELLER PAGE 15
III EARLY YEARS ON WEST 54TH STREET PAGE 29
IV THE MIDDLE YEARS PAGE 55
V THE LATER YEARS PAGE 81
VI EXPERIMENTS IN AMERICAN LIVING PAGE 103
VII ART IN OUR TIME PAGE 127
VIII FULFILLMENT PAGE 153
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books on: (Rockefeller Abby Aldrich)  - 156 results

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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Book by Mary Chase Ellen; Macmillan, 1950
Subjects: Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich
ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK...OF CANADA, LIMITED TORONTO Abby Aldrich Rockefeller BY MARY ELLEN CHASE THE...ILLUSTRATIONS ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER Frontispiece...
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I Never Wanted to Be Vice-President of Anything! An Investigative Biography of Nelson Rockefeller
Book by Michael Kramer, Sam Roberts; Basic Books, 1976
Subjects: Rockefeller, Nelson A--(Nelson Aldrich)--1908-1979
...born to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the former Abby Aldrich. He was named...Your father," Abby Aldrich Rockefeller wrote her sons...president Winthrop Aldrich, and was assigned...wrote "clerk." Rockefeller decided to strike...
3.
Missionary Capitalist: Nelson Rockefeller in Venezuela
Book by Darlene Rivas; University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Subjects: Economic Assistance, American--Venezuela--History--20th Century, Investments, American--Venezuela--History--20th Century, Rockefeller, Nelson A--(Nelson Aldrich)--1908-1979, Venezuela--Economic Policy
...Nelsons mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, was an important...certainly separated the Rockefellers from others, Abby and Junior both...uncle Winthrop Aldrich. They discussed...Also in 1934, the Rockefeller siblings received...
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Nelson W. Aldrich, a Leader in American Politics
Book by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson; C. Scribners Sons, 1930
Subjects: Aldrich, Nelson W--(Nelson Wilmarth)--1841-1915, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1933
...in 1841 lived Anan Aldrich and Abby, his wife, born Burgess...source of delight to Abby Burgess Aldrich that another son...after her, and Nelson Aldrich is still only a clerk...does not matter to Abby. They take rides together...
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John D. Rockefeller: Anointed with Oil
Book by Grant Segall; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Businessmen--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, Capitalists And Financiers--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, Industrialists--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, Philanthropists--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, Rockefeller, John D--(John Davison)--1839-1937--Juvenile Literature, Standard Oil Company--History--Juvenile Literature
...Alta, 29, married lawyer E. Parmalee Prentice, and John Junior, 27, married the lively Abby Aldrich, whose father, Nelson, was a pow- Rockefellers obelisk at Lake View Cemetery is characteristically big and simple. erful, conservative...
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journal articles on: (Rockefeller Abby Aldrich)  - 7 results

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Mural Gambits: Mexican Muralism in the United States and the "Portable" Fresco
Journal article by Anna Indych-Lopez; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Alfaro Siqueiros, David--Criticism and interpretation, Alfaro Siqueiros, David--Works, Mexican painting--Criticism and interpretation, Mexican painting--History, Mexican painting--Influence, Mural painting and decoration--Criticism and interpretation, Mural painting and decoration--History, Mural painting--Criticism and interpretation, Mural painting--History, Orozco, Jose Clemente--Criticism and interpretation, Orozco, Jose Clemente--Works, Painting, Mexican--Criticism and interpretation, Painting, Mexican--History, Painting, Mexican--Influence, Rivera, Diego--Criticism and interpretation, Rivera, Diego--Works
...museum walls for a fresco and Abby Aldrich Rockefellers role as patron, perhaps...Subway (1928), donated by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who also donated substantial...1939) with monies from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. In Twenty Centuries...
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Holger Cahill as Folklorist
Journal article by John Michael Vlach; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 98, 1985
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...City, guided such major folk art patrons as Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Electra Havermeyer Webb, and Elie Nadelman...in an obscure New Haven shop. Courtesy of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Virginia. since...
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The Practice of Art History in America
Journal article by Thomas Crow; Daedalus, Vol. 135, 2006
Subjects: Art history--Educational aspects, Art history--History
...that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was financing the medievalists dream at the Cloisters, his forward-looking wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, planted the seed of this development. In 1929, with the support of two female friends, she established the Museum...
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Response: "Picture Idea" and Its Cultural Dynamics in Northern Song China
Journal article by Eugene Y. Wang; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: A Solitary Temple below Brightening Peaks (Painting)--Criticism and interpretation, Art historians--Works, Art history--Study and teaching, Art, Chinese--Evaluation, Chinese art--Evaluation, Chinese painters--Works, Li Cheng--Works, Painters, Chinese--Works, Painting (Art)--Methods, Painting--Methods
...the Clearing Peaks qualifies as the eleventh-century Chinese example to bear similar weights. Eugene Y. Wang is Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University. His book Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval...
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The "Return" of Religion in the Scholarship of American Art
Journal article by Sally M. Promey; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Art, American--Religious aspects, Church, Frederick Edwin--Works, Jarves, James Jackson--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...in other sorts of art generally labeled folk, see Carolyn J. Weekley, The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks, exh. cat., Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg, 1999; and Kleeblatt and Wertkin (as in n. 66). (72.) Bjelajac (as in...
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magazine articles on: (Rockefeller Abby Aldrich)  - 6 results

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Ban Builds at Moma
Magazine article by Paula Deitz; The Architectural Review, Vol. 208, September 2000
Subjects: Architects--Works, Architectural design--Evaluation, Architecture--Exhibitions, Ban, Shigeru--Works, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York--Exhibitions
...Shigeru Bans Paper Arch, an exhibition at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, Museum of Modern Art, New York...a new temporary structure for what is now the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, as a reprise of the popular...
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The Meaning of Williamsburg - Colonial Cultural Calendar
Magazine article by James P. Whittenburg, Catherine Dolinski; World and I, Vol. 16, May 2001
Subjects: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--Management, Williamsburg, Virginia--Description and travel
...603-0948, fax (757) 565-8630. Or write to the Williamsburg Institute, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum: A Quartet of Quilts: This small exhibition featuring four quilts will get a face-lift in the...
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The Art of Transparency: The Latest Phase in the Evolution of the Museum of Modern Art Refocuses, Refines and Adds to a Historic Urban Complex
Magazine article by Raymund Ryan; The Architectural Review, Vol. 217, February 2005
Subjects: Architects--Works, Architectural firms--Exhibitions, Architectural practice--Exhibitions, Architectural services--Exhibitions, Art museums--Design and construction
...Stone. Subsequently, the museum expanded with a series of projects by Philip Johnson, including Johnsons seminal Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden of 1953, before Cesar Pelli erected his condominium tower--with its gridded, Mondrianesque curtain...
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The Peaceable Kingdoms of Edward Hicks
Magazine article by Stephen May; World and I, Vol. 14, December 1999
Subjects: Art, Art and religion--Analysis, Paradise--Portrayals, Quakers
...the works come from the huge Hicks trove at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center in Williamsburg, the exhibitions...Hicks, which opened at colonial Williamsburgs Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, is on view at the Philadelphia...
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A Few Good Buildings: Reading the Obituaries of Philip Johnson
Magazine article by Stanley Abercrombie; American Scholar, Vol. 74, Spring 2005
Subjects: Architects--Biography, Architects--Criticism and interpretation, Johnson, Philip (American architect)--Criticism and interpretation
...Preservation, which will open the complex to the public. Other works universally well received were his 1953 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden for the Museum of Modern Art, demolished but faithfully reconstructed in MoMAs recent rebuilding...
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Honoring a Lifetime Champion for Art
Newspaper article by Kevin Chaffee; The Washington Times, November 8, 2000
Subjects: Rockefeller, John D., IV
...deceit it would be awfully foolish not to appreciate," he said, crediting the influence of his art-loving mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the "wherewithal" from his fabulously rich family "that made it possible to buy beautiful pictures...
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Rockefeller's Life of Philanthropy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 23, 1996
Subjects: Rockefeller, David
...gifts. Philanthropy, of course, was not the exclusive topic in the house of John D. Rockefeller Jr. He and his wife, Abby, the daughter of Sen. Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, raised a large brood. Their first child was a daughter, Abby, nicknamed...
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Colonial Americana on 173 Acres
Newspaper article by Marian Kester Coombs; The Washington Times, August 11, 1998
...open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day of the year. Most but not all sites are also open daily, from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center to the Wythe House. Nearby Carters Grove Plantation is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day except...
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Revolution Is in Air at Colonial Museum
Newspaper article by Kathy M. Newbern, J.S. Fletcher; The Washington Times, September 6, 2001
Subjects: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
...Colonial Williamsburg, visitors also have access to five museums: the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Bassett Hall, Carters Grove plantation and its Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum. WILLIAMSBURY...
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Nuts about 'Nutcracker'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 28, 2002
...dollhouses of the past and even play with the reproductions of some of the toys. The exhibit is located at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum on South England Street at Colonial Williamsburg, and will be on view through Jan. 1. The museum...
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Williamsburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Bruton Parish Church (1710 15); the governors palace (reconstructed); the public gaol; and the magazine. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller museum houses a noted folk art collection. The Colonial Parkway passes through Williamsburg, connecting it with...


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