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Discusses Rockefeller's life, the oil industry of his era, the growth of Standard Oil, and
Rockefeller's business practices. By Francois Micheloud. Includes photos, bibliography, and French
version of text.
http://www.micheloud.com/FXM/SO/
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On This Day: Obituary
Rockefeller's obituary from the New York Times, 1937.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0708.html
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Rockefeller Family Bibliography
Bibliography relating to John D. Rockefeller, other members of the family, and the Rockefeller
Foundation. From the Rockefeller University web site.
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/bibliog.html#RFB2
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Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Rockefeller, John D.
Rockefeller began his career in Cleveland. This biographical article includes links to related
entries in the encyclopedia.
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=RJD
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Supreme Court Antitrust Debates: Standard Oil Co. v. U. S.
Edited text of the Supreme Court's landmark 1911 decision that Rockefeller and his Standard Oil
companies had unlawfully conspired to monopolize the oil industry.
http://www.ripon.edu/Faculty/bowenj/antitrust/stdoilnj.htm
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Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate
Grand house that Rockefeller built in the Hudson Valley, now open to the public. Includes
description, tour hours, online ticket orders, and Rockefeller biographies.
http://www.hudsonvalley.org/web/kyku-main.html
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Museum of American Financial History: John D. Rockefeller, a Photographic History
Text and photos cover Rockefeller's life and career, including his parents, marriage, business
success and controversies, and his philanthropy.
http://www.financialhistory.org/photo-history.htm
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John Singer Sargent's John D. Rockefeller Sr.
Two portraits of Rockefeller painted by Sargent in 1917.
http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/John_D_Rockefeller_Sr.htm
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Rockefeller and Standard Oil, Rags to Riches
Essay takes a critical view of Rockefeller's "greed, not philanthropy." Also includes the
final chapter of Ida Tarbell's book, The History of the Standard Oil Company.
http://www.bilderberg.org/whatafel.htm
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History of the Standard Oil Company
Journalist Ida Tarbell's most famous work was this muckraking account of Rockefeller's oil empire,
published in 1904. Full-text reprint of the book.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/fuels/tarbell/MAIN.HTM
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American Experience: The Rockefellers
This companion site to the PBS television program explores the story of John D. Rockefeller and of
the heirs to his fortune. Includes program synopsis, transcript, documents, bibliography, and
teachers' guide.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/
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John D. Rockefeller, a Character Study
This biographical article by Ida Tarbell appeared in McClure's Magazine, July 1905.
http://tarbell.alleg.edu/archives/jdr.html
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Entrepreneurs and American Economic Growth: John D. Rockefeller
Traces Rockefeller's business career and the growth of Standard Oil. Outline of a college course
lecture by Dr. Kenneth Poole, University of Houston. Includes bibliography.
http://voteview.uh.edu/entrejdr.htm
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Why a University for Chicago and Not Cleveland?
This paper discusses Rockefeller's early philanthropy, particularly the question of why he helped
endow the University of Chicago but not a university for Cleveland, the city where he got his
start. Author: Kenneth W. Rose, Rockefeller Archive Center. PDF file.
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/rro/jdrcleve.pdf
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John D. Rockefeller and Civic Affairs in Cleveland
Discusses Rockefeller's support for civic and charitable organizations in the city where he spent
part of his boyhood. Article by Paul Hillmer from the Spring 2000 issue of Research Reports from
the Rockefeller Archive Center. PDF file.
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/spring2000.pdf
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John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937
Brief biography covers his business career and philanthropy. From the Rockefeller University web
site.
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/jdrsrbio.html
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