by Ron Chernow
Winkler, John D., p. 45.
The World, March 1, 1908.
Ibid.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller, p. 82.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.8, “Cleveland—First Employment.”
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 10.
RAC, III 2.H B3 F14.
Hawke, John D., p. 18.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 96.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 43.
RAC, III 2.H B3 F16, letter from William O. Inglis to Ivy Lee, September 25 1926.
Hawke, John D., p. 18.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 11.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 104.
Winkler, John D., p. 25.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 34.
Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, p. 22.
Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, p. 123.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 18.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 44.
Winkler, John D., p. 39.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 103.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 11.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 46.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 107.
IMT, B 2/14, memo from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, n.d.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 105.
Ibid., p. 111.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 14.
Hawke, John D., p. 22.
New York Herald, n.d. [1897].
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 65.
The New Yorker, January 22, 1927.
AN, B126.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 16.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 124.
Hawke, John D., p. 43.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller, p. 249.
Stasz, The Rockefeller Women, p. 232.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, pp. 119–20.
IMT, B 1/14, letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, October 26, 1903.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.8, “Cleveland.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “Hoster Manuscript,” p. 71.
IMT, B 1/14, letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, October 26, 1903
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.8, “Cleveland.”
William H. Allen, Rockefeller, p. 249.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 52.
Ibid., p. 55.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 121.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 395.
Innes, Creating the Commonwealth, p. 114.
Swanberg, Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress, p. 71.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Early Giving.”
The New York Times, October 20, 1907.
Schenkel, The Rich Man and the Kingdom, p. 14.
Weber, Protestant Ethic, p. 53.
Ibid., p. 17.
Innes, Creating the Commonwealth, p. 26.
Stampp, America in 1857, p. 231.
Ibid., p. 232.
Ibid., p. 235.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 390.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.8, “Self-Reliance.”
Hawke, John D., p. 25.
Winkler, John D., p. 16.
Dreiser, The Financier, p. 29.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Getting His First Job.”
Los Angeles Tribune, March 25, 1917.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 46.
Ibid.
CHAPTER 4: BAPTISM IN BUSINESS
Goulder, John D. Rockefeller, p. 44.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller: Giant, Dwarf, Symbol, p. 113.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 125.
Hawke, John D., p. 28.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 10.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 40.
Ibid., p. 50.
Ibid.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Early Training.”
AN, B126.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. I p. 131.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “First Years in Cleveland.”
The World, June 7, 1925.
Winkler, John D.: A Portrait in Oils, p. 54.
The World, June 14, 1925.
Ibid.
Ibid.
New York Herald, November 29, 1908.
The World, June 7, 1925.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 18.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.10, “On Arrogance.”
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 50.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 135.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 463.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 49.
Yakima (Wash.) Herald, January 14, 1920.
Winkler, John D., p. 51.
Ibid., p. 52.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 101.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 271.
Woman’s Home Companion, January 1907.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller, p. 20.
AN, B133, “Interview with Frank Rockefeller’s Daughters.”
Collier and Horowitz, The Rockefellers, p. 14.
CHAPTER 5: THE AUCTION
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1264.
New York Herald, November 29, 1908.
Ibid.
The World Mirror, January 1909.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “Comments on T. J. Gallagher.”
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 389.
Ibid., p. 1300.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 42.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “On Early Economies.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.11, “Interview with Mrs. William C. Rudd.”
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 33.
Ibid.
New York Herald, November 29, 1908.
Tarbell, History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 43.
AN, B130, letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to Allan Nevins, April 9 1937.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 900.
Ibid., p. 96.
Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, p. 69.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 43.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 5, 1902.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1472.
Winkelman, John D. Rockefeller, p. 42.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 31.
Ibid., p. 132.
Ibid.
Winkler, John D.: A Portrait in Oils, p. 62.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 60.
Hawke, John D., p. 27.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
RAC, Inglis notes, III 2.H B4 F20, p. 5.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. I, p. 133.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 251.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 183.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 261.
IMT, “Documents to Be Catalogued,” letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, October 8, 1903; and B 14/15, “Interview with James Clark.”
RAC, Inglis notes, III 2.H B4 F20, p. 4.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 177.
Ibid., pp. 180–81.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, pp. 34–35.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 187.
Ibid.
Ibid., p. 188.
Ibid., p. 189.
Ibid.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 59.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 190.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 36.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 260.
Ibid., p. 367.
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sp; The New York Times, March 13, 1915.
Ibid.
RAC, III 1S B1 F56, letter from Harvey B. Spelman to “Esteemed Cousin,” April 6, 1879.
In Memoriam: Mrs. Lucy Henry Spelman, p. 71.
Stasz, The Rockefeller Women, p. 46.
Collier and Horowitz, The Rockefellers, p. 79.
Ibid., p. 17.
RAC, III 2.Z B21, “Miss Spelman’s Recollections.”
The New York Times, March 13, 1915.
RAC, III 1. SL B2 F11, “1855 Valedictory Address.”
Ibid.
RAC, III 1.SL B1 F8, letter from Laura Spelman to Mrs. Hawley, May 16, 1858.
RAC, III 1.SL B2 F11, unidentified article, March 18, 1859.
RAC, III 2.Z B20.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.11.
RAC, III 1.SL B1 F8, letter from Laura Spelman to Mrs. Hawley, April 30, 1860.
Winkler, John D., p. 68.
The World, March 1, 1908.
Goulder, John D. Rockefeller, p. 67.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 115.
IMT, uncataloged material. Letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, August 6 1903.
CHAPTER 6: THE POETRY OF THE AGE
Mellon, Thomas Mellon and His Times, p. 238.
Twain and Warner, The Gilded Age, p. 87.
Rugoff, America’s Gilded Age, p. 42.
Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p. 589.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 131.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 138.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Bad Temper.”
AN, B120, “Interview with John T. Sencabaugh.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.10, “On Training Executives.”
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, pp. 156–57.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 99.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1086.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.10, “H. C. Folger vs. Tarbell.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Early Standard Oil History.”
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1477.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. I, p. 208.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F270.
Brady, Ida Tarbell, p. 11.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 272.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 59.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1.
AN, B130.
Inglis, “Impressions of John D. Rockefeller,” p. 22.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 528.
Ibid., p. 406.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 52.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 10.
Boston Herald, July 3, 1927.
Flynn, Men of Wealth, p. 73.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.10, “Interview with P. S. Trainor.”
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 32.
Ibid., p. 52.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “Charles M. Higgins Interview.”
David Leon Chandler, Henry Flagler, p. 18.
Ibid.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 22.
David Leon Chandler, Henry Flagler, p. 43.
Ibid., p. 44.
Winkler, John D.: A Portrait in Oils, p. 77.
The Cleveland Leader, March 4 and 5, 1867.
The New York Daily Tribune, December 23, 1906.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 22.
Ibid., pp. 23–25.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “Charles M. Higgins Interview.”
David Leon Chandler, Henry Flagler, p. 260.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 211.
David Leon Chandler, Henry Flagler, p. 82.
RAC, Inglis interview, pp. 176–77.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
Hawke, John D., p. 189.
Philadelphia Press, February 2, 1896.
AN, vol. 4, no. 26, B118, letter from Henry M. Flagler to Mr. Rutter, April 30, 1878.
RAC, vol. 220, no. 227, letter to Mr. Barstow, April 3, 1907.
McClure’s Magazine, July 1905.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 256.
AN, B113 F 28, letter to W. H. Thompson, May 2, 1885.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F270, letter to Laura S. Rockefeller, August 19, 1868.
McClure’s Magazine, July 1905.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 3.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, pp. 93–94.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1446.
McClure’s Magazine, July 1905.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1657.
Ibid., p. 973.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 264.
CHAPTER 7: MILLIONAIRES’ ROW
Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, p. 71.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.8, “Mr. Rockefeller’s Humor.”
Goulder, John D. Rockefeller, p. 87.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Cleveland.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “Joe Davidson.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Rockefeller on Aloofness.”
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 32.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 838.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.13, “Golf with Rockefeller.”
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.12, “Hoster Manuscript,” p. 32.
AN, B131, “Interview with Aunt Lute.”
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 9.
Chicago Sunday Tribune, October 6, 1907.
AN, B131, letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to Allan Nevins, January 9 1937.
Collier and Horowitz, The Rockefellers, p. 80.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 12, 1922.
IMT, unmarked box, “Conversation with Mr. Southard.”
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 232.
RAC, III 2.Z B46.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 12, 1922.
Ibid.
Schenkel, The Rich Man and the Kingdom, p. 10.
Ibid., p. 11.
Manchester, A Rockefeller Family Portrait, p. 101.
Jones, The Correspondence of Mother Jones, p. 138.
Manchester, A Rockefeller Family Portrait, p. 32.
Winkler, John D.: A Portrait in Oils, p. 70.
Collier and Horowitz, The Rockefellers, p. 80.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 14.
Stasz, The Rockefeller Women, p. 195.
CHAPTER 8: CONSPIRATORS
RAC, Inglis interview, pp. 97–98.
Ibid., p. 1063.
Ibid., p. 96.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller: Giant, Dwarf, Symbol, p. 230.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 2.
Ibid., p. 1647.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 82.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1399.
IMT, “Documents to Be Catalogued,” “Interview with John Prindle.”
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, November 3, 1918.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1557.
Ibid., p. 460.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 51.
Hawke, John D., p. 68.
Hidy and Hidy, History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), p. 27.
SOCMB, 1870–1885.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. I, p. 100.
Ibid.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1306.
AN, B128.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 15.
Flynn, Men of Wealth, p. 444.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 19.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 321.
Ibid., p. 115.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F270, letter to Laura S. Rockefeller, November 30, 1871
Ibid., December 1, 1871.
Ibid., January 25, 1872.
Ibid., December 1, 1871.
Ibid., January 20, 1872.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F270.
Hawke, John D., p. 86.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 164.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 71.
The Courier, February 28, 1872.
Pittsburgh Commercial, March 1, 1872.
Dolson, The Great Oildorado, p. 265.
Hawke, John D., p. 85.
AN, B120, “Interview with Joseph Seep.”
William H. Allen, Rockefeller, p. 30.
Tarbell, All in the Day’s Work, pp. 23–24.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1369.
Ibid., p. 115.
American Magazine, November 1910.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 339.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F270, letter to Laura S. Rockefeller, March 15, 1872.
Ibid., March 21, 1872.
Ibid., March 22, 1872.
Winkler, John D.: A Portrait in Oils, p. 98.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 94.
Ibid., p. 96.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 203.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 130.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 65.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 384.
Goulder, John D. Rockefeller, pp. 112, 114.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 157.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. I, p. 364.
IMT, uncataloged material, letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, October 20, 1902.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. I, p. 63.
IMT, B AB-1, “Interview with J. W. Fawcett.”
Ibid.
IMT, B 1/14 T-082, “J. W. Fawcett interview.”
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 21.
IMT, B AB-1, “Interview with J. W. Fawcett.”
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. II, p. 330.
Ibid., p. 1037.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 135.
RAC, III 2.H B3 F17.
Russell, Freedom Versus Organization, p. 317.
RAC, III 2.H B2 F11.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 30.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 141.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 319.
The New Yorker, January 29, 1927.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 159.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1215.
Flynn, God’s Gold, pp. 159–60.
IMT, uncataloged material, “Affidavit of John D. Rockefeller,” in Standard Oil v. William S. Scofield et al.
Wilson, Famous Old Euclid Avenue, p. 149.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Genesis of Standard Oil.”
The New York Sun, March 6, 1872.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 559.
Ibid., p. 1383.
Ibid., p. 50.
The New York Herald, November 29, 1908.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1582.
Ibid., p. 1210.
Ibid., p. 200.
Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, pp. 95, 91.
Ibid., p. 88.
RAC, III 2.H B9 F37.