In 1863, 24-year-old John D. Rockefeller recorded his first interest in Asia — a $10 donation to a missionary organization in China. Thus began the Rockefeller family’s long and profound engagement ...

John D. Rockefeller Jr., the son of Standard Oil ... the donation of land for the United Nations headquarters, and the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Here, in a letter dated May 1, 1920 ...

Rockefeller Sr. with family. Rockefeller Archives. The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's drive toward an oil monopoly, and it is considered one of his ...

Rockefeller was overwhelmed. Unable to either give donations without investigating the worthiness of the cause or simply ignore the thousands of letters flooding his office, he felt trapped by his ...