Doris B. Foster and Jenifer M. Hoyt papers, 1916-1997.

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Doris B. Foster and Jenifer M. Hoyt papers, 1916-1997.

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Letters, photographs, clippings, pamphlets, and books relating to the Rockefeller Foundation; photographs inscribed to Doris Foster or Jenifer Hoyt; family photographs and albums; correspondence between Jennie Hoyt and Doris Foster; Jennie Hoyt family correspondence from England and Sweden; files on painting. Includes letter from John D. Rockefeller to Herbert Hoover and letter from Hoover to Rockefeller.

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Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

Foster, Doris M.

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Doris B. Foster was the Head of Reference Service for the Rockefeller Foundation. Jenifer (Jennie Marie) Hoyt was an amateur artist and the daughter of William Glenn Hoyt, Class of 1909. Miss Hoyt and Miss Foster provided bequests for the William G. Hoyt Memorial Scholarship at Cornell. From the description of Doris B. Foster and Jenifer M. Hoyt papers, 1916-1997. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 227518621 ...

Hoyt, Jenifer M.

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Rockefeller Foundation

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

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