Bassett Hall The Williamsburg Home Of Mr And Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr
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Bassett Hall The Williamsburg Home Of Mr And Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr
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Author : Bland Blackford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Bassett Hall The Williamsburg Home Of Mr And Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr written by Bland Blackford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.) categories.
Pieces Of History
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Author : Melissa Lauren Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Pieces Of History written by Melissa Lauren Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Dwellings categories.
This thesis will examine the history of one of the historic homes in Colonial Williamsburg, Bassett Hall. It was home to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. while they funded the reconstruction of Williamsburg. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the history of the house prior to the Rockefellers' involvement to illustrate a common dilemma faced by public historians and museum professionals: selecting which pieces of history to display to the public in the museum. Every artifact, or in this case a house, carries several different stories of its history. In the case of Bassett Hall, the museum planners chose to display the Rockefellers' history of the house and neglect the earlier residents and their stories. The thesis will also analyze the current museum at Bassett Hall and its failure to deliver the history of the house's earlier residents. The museum exhibits the Rockefellers' role in Williamsburg and the creation of Colonial Williamsburg. Though that story deserves to be delivered because Rockefeller is largely responsible for the success of Colonial Williamsburg, there should be more information about the other residents of the house. Some of the house's occupants have sparse information in the historical record, while other occupants appear more regularly. I will attempt to construct a thorough history of the house using the available records that will aid in delivering the history of the colonial city.
The Majesty Of Colonial Williamsburg
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Author : Peter Beney
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1997-11-30
The Majesty Of Colonial Williamsburg written by Peter Beney and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-11-30 with History categories.
Williamsburg was one of the most important cities of eighteenth-century America. Capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1780, it was a political and economic center especially before and during the American Revolution. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., recognized its status in 1926 and led the way in restoring the town to its original splendor. Today, Colonial Williamsburg attracts millions of visitors each year to its authentically recreated eighteenth-century village. Full of historically significant, beautiful buildings, Williamsburg is a wonderful place to explore. Now you can walk the streets and view the town without even leaving your chair with The Majesty of Colonial Williamsburg . The main houses, public buildings, and taverns plus museums, crafts, and stores are represented here in more than two hundred full-color photographs. The homes are elegantly furnished in period style, which is shown here in rich detail. The book also showcases Carter s Grove, a plantation built in 1751 and located eight miles away, and two buildings from the College of William and Mary. In addition to documenting Williamsburg in pictures, the author recounts the town's history. The Majesty of Colonial Williamsburg is the eighth volume in Pelican s acclaimed Majesty architecture series. Anyone who has been to Williamsburg in person will treasure this photographic remembrance; anyone else will simply enjoy seeing this lovely, historically accurate village up close and learning more about colonial American life. Peter Beney has been a professional photographer for more than forty years. This is his third book in the Majesty series for Pelican; he has also written and photographed The Majesty of Savannah and The Majesty of Charleston.
John D Rockefeller Jr A Portrait
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Author : Raymond B. Fosdick
language : en
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2019-07-31
John D Rockefeller Jr A Portrait written by Raymond B. Fosdick and has been published by Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Mr. Fosdick has written a biography in its formal meaning — fully documented, chronologically precise — and not simply a personal tribute to a friend of more than forty years’ standing. The book, in consequence, is both biography and history, satisfying all the rigorous canons of personal and social analysis. It is to be read as part of the history of our time and as the record of a man of as much consequence to us as have been those other leaders and creators among his contemporaries who have affected public conduct. What we have here, then, is the narrative of a rich man who overcame the almost impossible handicaps of great wealth, limited religious upbringing, and a narrow and protective family circle. He might have become defensive and suspicious, or a recluse cultivating private and expensive hobbies, or a popular leader and therefore a demagogue (such patterns of the behavior of men of inherited fortunes are familiar throughout history), but instead he was able to grow and to assume great, national obligations. What might have been a puzzle slowly disappears under Mr. Fosdick’s skillful scholarship and his deep regard for his friend. The young Rockefeller (he is called throughout the book ‘JDR Jr.’), as early as 1910, when he was 36, severed his direct connections with business: did he do so because of a real or unconscious rejection of his father? Quite the contrary; father and son early forged strong bonds of mutual affection and respect, but while there never was hostility on the part of the son, neither was there subservience. JDR Jr. continued to support the philanthropies founded by the older man, the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the General Education Board, and the Rockefeller Foundation, and to expand them; did he do this because he, like other men in public life — like Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Louis D. Brandeis — was inevitably swept up in the ‘reform movement’ of the day? That was only a part, and possibly a minor one, of his development. For as his tastes became surer and his vocation clearer, he ranged wider and wider until his interests were as large as those of his country and his world. As one goes over the catalogue of his benefactions and interests — none ever representing a perfunctory concern, most requiring long years of careful planning with a devotion to exact detail that only the truly outstanding seem to possess — one grasps the sweep and boldness of JDR Jr.’s mind. Williamsburg; the Cloisters; Rockefeller Center; the Museum of Modern Art; the restoration of the Athenian Agora; Rheims, Versailles, Fontainebleau; Negro education; the four International Houses; Jackson Hole and the Jersey Palisades; the Library of the League of Nations at Geneva, and the site of the U.N. at New York; the interdenominational movement; the long battle to achieve industrial understanding in two decades marked by bitter strife between management and labor: this is only a partial list. Mr. Fosdick seeks the key to the Rockefellers in some observations made by Frederick T. Gates, that restless and fascinating man who had such a great influence on the lives of both father and son. In 1905, Gates wrote to the father: ‘Two courses are open to you. One is that you and your children while living should make final disposition of this great fortune in the form of permanent corporate philanthropies for the good of mankind... or at the close of a few lives now in being it must simply pass into the unknown, like some other great fortunes, with unmeasured and perhaps sinister possibilities.’ In 1929, Gates was satisfied, for he put down in a private document these remarks concerning JDR Jr.: ‘I have known no man who entered life more absolutely dominated by his sense of duty, more diligent in the quest of the right path, more eager to follow it at any sacrifice.’” — Louis M. Hacker, The New York Times “The central theme of Raymond B. Fosdick’s book is its subject’s career as a philanthropist... This is not an impartial book and was not so intended. Mr. Fosdick is an admiring friend and associate of the man of whom he writes. But if the book is understandably friendly to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., it is also an honest book.” — John D. Hicks, The Saturday Review
Williamsburg Before And After
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Author : George Humphrey Yetter
language : en
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Release Date : 1988
Williamsburg Before And After written by George Humphrey Yetter and has been published by Colonial Williamsburg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
George Yetter's informative text describes why Williamsburg was founded and flourished during the colonial period. He traces the deterioration that followed when the capital moved to Richmond in 1780, and concludes with the exciting story of how Williamsburg's past was saved. Old photographs, daguerreotypes, watercolors, sketches, and maps capture "pre-restoration" Williamsburg. Lovely color "after" photographs show that the vision and dream have been fulfilled.
Williamsburg In Vintage Postcards
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Author : Kristopher J. Preacher
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Williamsburg In Vintage Postcards written by Kristopher J. Preacher and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
"Williamsburg is a stronghold of the past, a sort of enchanted ground, lovely and quiet as a dream." Williamsburg may no longer be quiet as a dream, but it is certainly lovely and unquestionably a stronghold of the past, more so now than Miss Hildegarde Hawthorne could have dreamt when she penned these words in 1917. After Virginia's capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780, the city sank into one and a half centuries of sleepy obscurity punctuated only by the Civil War. From 1928 to 1932, however, John D. Rockefeller Jr. restored the city to its colonial glory, and it leaped from impoverished backwater to tourist mecca within the space of a few years.
The Rockefellers At Williamsburg
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Author : Donald J. Gonzales
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Rockefellers At Williamsburg written by Donald J. Gonzales and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Entertaining Ideas From Williamsburg
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Author : Susan Hight Rountree
language : en
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Release Date : 1993
Entertaining Ideas From Williamsburg written by Susan Hight Rountree and has been published by Colonial Williamsburg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Cooking categories.
Drawing on the heritage of Virginia hospitality, this book contains a treasure trove of sugges- tions and ow-tos for commemorating special occassions throughout the year. From a winter dinner to a spring wedding, this beautiful book, provides a wealth of flower-arranging, decorating, handicraft, and cooking ideas.
Silver At Williamsburg
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Author : John A. Hyman
language : en
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Release Date : 1994
Silver At Williamsburg written by John A. Hyman and has been published by Colonial Williamsburg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Silver drinking vessels categories.
Colonial Williamsburg's extensive collection of silver drinking vessels is the legacy of three distinct sensibilities and reflects different philosophies of collecting over six decades.
Colonial Williamsburg A Pocket Guide
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Author : The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
language : en
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Colonial Williamsburg A Pocket Guide written by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and has been published by Colonial Williamsburg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with History categories.
Packed with practical information for touring Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, the world's largest living history museum.