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| | The Rockefeller Archive Center - Abby R. Mauze Papers, 1903-1976 |
 | | Along with her five brothers -- John Davison Rockefeller 3rd (born 1906), Nelson Aldrich (1908), Laurance Spelman (1910), Winthrop (1912), and David (1915) - "Babs" helped to continue the Rockefeller family's philanthropic tradition established by her father and grandfather. |
 | | She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; an advisory member of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (a chief benefactor of the Center along with her brother, Laurance, she received its Medal of Appreciation in 1965); and an honorary trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund. |
 | | Rockefeller philanthropy helped to create a wide variety of organizations in the 20th Century, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg, Museum of Modern Art, Acadia National Park, Japan Society and The Population Council, Inc., all of which are documented at the Rockefeller Archive Center. |
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