Papers of Harcourt Parrish [manuscript] 1917-54.

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Papers of Harcourt Parrish [manuscript] 1917-54.

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Personal business papers, etc. of this U. Va. graduate, and member of the public relations firm of Ivy Lee & Associates, N.Y. which handled publicity for John D. Rockerfellow. Miscellaneous items include medals celebrating the 250th anniversary of the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 1924; the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (Polish medal); and the 500th anniversary of Richelieu's founding of the French Academy. Other miscellaneous items include photographs of John D. Rockefeller, photographs and papers relating to Rockefeller's death, an envelope of "foreign stamps," and an obituary of Parrish. Other miscellaneous items include three framed oil paintings : man lighting a pipe, man on horseback fighting man on the ground by Terry Kosciuk, and a landscape by Ruth Hulton.

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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

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Ivy Lee & Associates.

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