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ManybiographiesofJohnD.RockefellerandJohnD.Rockefeller,Jr. havebeencompiled-somehaveusedbitsoftheoriginal correspondencepresentedhereandtriedtoshowopposinginterests betweenJohnD.Rockefellerandhisson.Stillotherswerewritten withoutcorrespondenceatall.Thiscollectionofnever-before-published letterstracesthehistoryofthetransferoftheRockefellerfortuneover thecourseoffiftyyears.Itillustrateshowtheendowmentwasbestowed fromSeniortoJuniorwithrespect,soundadvice,andwithamutual trustbetweenfatherandson.Thelettersalsorevealfarmorethanthe businesssideofentrustingtheRockefellerfortunetotheyounger generation.Themisivesarefilledwithnewsoffamilymattersand
personalwishesconstitutingarecordoftheRockefellerfamilyvalues which,inturn,sponsoredthephilantrophiesofJunior.Outlinedinthese lettersistheconceptionfortheRockefellerFoundation,theRockefeller InstituteforMedicalResearch,andtheGeneralEducationBoard.Later wouldfollowtherealizationoftheFortTryonPark,theRockefeller Center,RiversideChurch,andtherestorationofColonialWilliamsburg. Junior'sholdingspeakedin1928at5millionandhisdedicationto publicparks,andinstitutionsaroundtheworldabsorbedaconsiderable portionofhiswealth.Ernst'sintroductionreflectsonfivethemeswhich runcontinuouslythroughouttheletters:therespectandloveamongthe membersofthefamily,afather'sprecautionstohismaturingson,the son'swillingnesstoaccepthisfather'spreceptsandexamples,theson's consciousassumptionoftheresponsibilitiesofthebequeathedfortune, andoverridingfaithinabenevolentGod.Thesethemescontinually cometogethertoformtheoutlineofaphilosophyoflifebehindthe Rockefellerlegacy,aswhenSeniorwrites:"Iamindeedblessedbeyond measureinhavingasonwhomIcantrusttodothismostparticularand mostimportantwork.Gocarefully.Beconservative.Besureyouare right-andthendonotbeafraidtogiveout,asyourheartpromptsyou, andastheLordinspiresyou."Readmore