Titan
Page 101
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1059.
RAC, 1.2 B54 F404, letter from W. H. Tilford, October 15, 1885.
Ibid., letter from L. T. Rosengarten to W. H. Tilford, October 10, 1885.
The Atlantic Monthly, March 1881.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 333.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1302.
AN, B114 F35, letter to Rev. H. S. Lloyd, March 9, 1888.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.11, “William W. Clark.”
The World, March 29, 1890.
Truth, July 1891.
Packard, “Informal History of the Standard Oil Company (Ohio),” pp. 107, 144.
AN, B114 F34, letter from William G. Warden, May 24, 1887.
Ibid.
RAC, vol. 13, p. 356, letter to William G. Warden, May 31, 1887.
CHAPTER 15: WIDOW’S FUNERAL
The World, March 1, 1908.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 30, 1937.
The World, February 2, 1908.
The World, March 1, 1908.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
RAC, vol. 19, no. 191, letter to an unnamed cousin, March 28, 1889.
RAC, vol. 3, no. 244, letter to Frank Rockefeller, March 30, 1882.
RAC, vol. 19, no. 168, letter to Frank Rockefeller, February 10, 1889.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.11, “J. W. Slaght Interview.”
AN, B115 F38, letter to Uncle Egbert Rockefeller, April 18, 1889.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 30, 1937.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F273, letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to Bessie Otis, October 18, 1890.
Ibid.
RAC, III 2.C B59 F466, letter to Frank Rockefeller, September 28, 1898.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.11, “J. W. Slaght Interview.”
IMT, T-057, letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, August 6, 1903.
IMT, T-054, B1/14, letter from J. M. Siddall to Ida Tarbell, May 2, 1903.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.11, “J. W. Slaght Interview.”
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 23.
AN, B111 F21, letter from Oliver H. Payne, March 15, 1882.
AN, B110 F15, letter from Frank Rockefeller, April 3, 1884.
AN, B112 F23, letter from Frank Rockefeller, April 8, 1883.
AN, B110 F15, letter to Frank Rockefeller, November 18, 1884.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 23.
AN, B115 F38, letter from Frank Rockefeller, May 17, 1887.
RAC, 1.2 B64 F471, letter from Frank Rockefeller, September 3, 1886.
RAC, 1.2 B64 F472, letter from Frank Rockefeller, December 10, 1886.
Ibid., letter from Frank Rockefeller, February 19, 1887.
Packard, “Informal History of the Standard Oil Company (Ohio),” p. 126.
CHAPTER 16: A MATTER OF TRUST
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 97.
RAC, 1.2 B51 F378, letter from John D. Archbold, September 24, 1885.
The New York Herald, October 15, 1922.
RAC, 1.2 B51 F377, letter from John D. Archbold, September 25, 1884.
RAC, vol. 191, no. 134, letter to Charles Pratt, September 17, 1888.
Packard, “Informal History of the Standard Oil Company (Ohio),” p. 131.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 557.
RAC, III 2.H B1 F8, “Taylor History.”
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 557.
The New York Herald, May 5, 1891.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 29.
Collier’s, July 2, 1927.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 21.
AN, B113 F32, letter from Daniel O’Day, July 17, 1886.
Hidy and Hidy, History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), p. 163.
Baldwin, Edison, p. 48.
The World, June 6, 1890.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 100.
Ibid., p. 101.
Hidy and Hidy, History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), p. 165.
RAC, 1.2 B51 F379, letter from John D. Archbold, December 9, 1881.
Swanberg, Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress, p. 79.
Ibid., p. 53.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. II, p. 103.
Swanberg, Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress, p. 39.
Swanberg, Pulitzer, p. 89.
AN, B110 F15.
Swanberg, Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress, p. 79.
RAC, vol. 232, no. 166, letter to H. C. Folger, October 24, 1910.
RAC, 1.2 B54 F403, letter from J. N. Camden to H. M. Flagler, January 17 1881.
Ibid., January 29, 1881.
Ibid., March 16, 1882.
The World, May 19, 1887.
Moore, John D. Archbold, p. 109.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 7, 1907.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 61.
RAC, 1.2 B69 F513, letter from W. P. Thompson, April 27, 1886.
RAC, 1.2 B69 F570, letter from W. P. Thompson, January 26, 1888.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 861.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller: Giant, Dwarf, Symbol, p. 144.
Flynn, God’s Gold, pp. 283–84.
Hidy and Hidy, History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), p. 214.
Lloyd, Wealth Against Commonwealth, p. 28.
RAC, Inglis interview, pp. 69–70.
The New York Herald Tribune, March 17, 1940.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 861.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller, p. 224.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. II, p. 123.
Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company, vol. II, p. 131.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 223.
Hidy and Hidy, History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), pp. 206–7.
RAC, 1.2 B51 F378, letter from John D. Archbold, August 15, 1888.
AN, B113 F28, letter from M. A. Hanna, August 31, 1885.
The New York Weekly World, April 2, 1890.
CHAPTER 17: CAPTAINS OF ERUDITION
AN, B115 F38, letter to Mr. Potter, n.d.
The Philadelphia Press, December 22, 1906.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 161.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 156.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 7, 1906.
RAC, vol. 13, no. 347.
Sandage, “I Do So Long to Save My Husband,” p. 2.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 109.
AN, B111 F21, letter to Mr. Edward Judson, November 29, 1892.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 312.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. I, p. 342.
UC–JDR, B1 F2, letter from Dr. Augustus H. Strong, November 26, 1887.
IMT, B 1/14, letter from V. C. Hicks to Ida Tarbell, June 29, 1905.
McCormick, George Santayana, p. 283.
Ibid.
Wacker, Augustus H. Strong, p. 84.
Ibid., p. 101.
AN, B130, letter from Dr. Augustus Strong, January 4, 1887.
Ibid., editorial note from T. W. Goodspeed.
McCormick, George Santayana, p. 282.
Santayana, The Letters of George Santayana, p. 22.
UC–JDR, B1 F2, letter from Dr. Augustus H. Strong, November 26, 1887.
Ibid., letter from W. R. Harper, January 11, 1887.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, pp. 112, 116.
The New York Tribune, September 21, 1890.
AN, B130, letter from William Rainey Harper to T.W. Goodspeed, November 7, 1887.
AN, B115, letter to Rev. D. W. Hulburt, July 30, 1888.
AN, B113 F31, letter to W. H. Doan, March 12, 1886.
RAC–FTG, B4 F80, letter from Frederick T. Gates to H. L. Morehouse, October 9, 1888.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 170.
RAC, Inglis notes, “Host
er Manuscript,” p. 54.
Ibid.
AN, B130, letter from W. R. Harper to T. W. Goodspeed, November 5, 1888.
Storr, Harper’s University, p. 28.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 107.
Ibid.
Ibid., p. 106.
RAC–FTG, B3 F57.
Lloyd, Wealth Against Commonwealth, p. 123.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. II, p. 228.
RAC–FTG, B4 F80, letter from F. T. Gates to Dr. Augustus Strong, November 18, 1890.
AN, B125, Frederick T. Gates, autobiography manuscript, p. 211.
Jonas, The Circuit Riders, p. 17.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, pp. 92–93.
AN, B117 F59, letter from F. T. Gates, April 24, 1905.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.13, “Interview Questions 1929.”
Forbes, September 29, 1917.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 119.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 181.
AN, B130, letter from F. T. Gates to T. W. Goodspeed, January 9, 1915.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller, vol. II, p. 220.
AN, B130, letter from T. W. Goodspeed to W. R. Harper, January 22, 1889.
Storr, Harper’s University, p. 24.
AN, B115 F37, letter to W. R. Harper, January 15, 1889.
AN, B130, letter to W. R. Harper, January 11, 1889.
UC–JDR, B1 F11, letter of August 6, 1890.
Storr, Harper’s University, p. 47.
UC–JDR, B1 F10, letter from W. R. Harper, June 13, 1890.
Ibid., letter from F. T. Gates, July 29, 1891.
RAC–FTG, B4 F80, letter from F. T. Gates to W. R. Harper, April 27, 1891.
Ibid., letter from F. T. Gates to Dr. Stephens, January 10, 1891.
RAC–FTG, B4 F80, letter from F. T. Gates to W. R. Harper, April 27, 1891.
The World, June 14, 1925.
AN, B115 F38, letter to Mr. Severance, June 14, 1889.
The New York Times, May 24, 1937.
Storr, Harper’s University, p. 31.
Brown, Rockefeller Medicine Men, p. 35.
RAC–FTG, B4 F80, letter from F. T. Gates, June 30, 1892.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 7, 1906.
RAC, III 2.Z B21, letter to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., June 11, 1891.
AN, B132, letter to J. D. Archbold, June 17, 1891.
AN, B130, letter from F. T. Gates to T. W. Goodspeed, February 23, 1892.
John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences, p. 88.
UC–JDR, B11 F6, letter from W. R. Harper, May 7, 1892.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 193.
The Chicago Times Herald, November 3, 1895.
Ibid.
Destler, Henry Demarest Lloyd, p. 370.
AN, B130, letter from F. T. Gates to W. R. Harper, May 29, 1893.
RAC, III 2.Z B21, and The Dial, July 16, 1896.
Collier and Horowitz, The Rockefellers, p. 50.
RAC, vol. 217, no. 423, letter to Frederick T. Gates, April 14, 1905.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1664.
Ibid., p. 1259.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 308.
AN, B128, “Interview with Mr. Murray.”
RAC–FTG, B2 F30, letter from F. T. Gates to Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, April 6, 1908.
Storr, Harper’s University, p. 268.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 265.
CHAPTER 18: NEMESIS
AN, B115 F41, letter from Frank Rockefeller, May 8, 1890.
Carr, John D. Rockefeller’s Secret Weapon, p. 82.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 230.
AN, B116 F43, letter from M. A. Hanna, April 7, 1891.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 301.
Burr, The Portrait of a Banker, p. 119.
Hidy and Hidy, History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), p. 648.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 121.
Moody, The Masters of Capital, p. 58.
Hawke, John D., p. 200.
AN, B126, letter to Laura S. Rockefeller, September 2, 1893.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.9, “Help to End Panics.”
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 326.
Ibid., and Burr, The Portrait of a Banker, p. 117.
Nevins, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, vol. II, p. 586.
Destler, Henry Demarest Lloyd, p. 292.
Ibid., p. 295.
HDL, reel 8, letter from Robert Louis Stevenson to Mr. Iles, December 14, 1887.
Wiebe, The Search for Order, p. 64.
AN, B133, letter from H. D. Lloyd to H. M. Hyndman, January 14, 1895.
Destler, Henry Demarest Lloyd, p. 238.
RAC, Inglis notes, 4.10, “Interview with Dr. H. A. Cuppy.”
Destler, Henry Demarest Lloyd, p. 248.
HDL, reel 27.
AN, B131, letter from H. D. Lloyd to Samuel Jones, August 7, 1899.
Destler, Henry Demarest Lloyd, p. 454.
Ibid., p. 9.
Ibid., p. 170.
HDL, reel 8, letter from H. D. Lloyd to Mrs. Ford, September 8, 1896.
Yergin, The Prize, p. 103.
AN, B130, letter from W. D. Howells to H. D. Lloyd, November 2, 1894.
The American Historical Review, April 1945.
RAC, Inglis interview, p. 1237.
HDL, reel 8, letter from H. D. Lloyd to Mrs. Ford, September 8, 1896.
RAC–FTG, B3 F57, “The Secret of Mr. Rockefeller’s Character and Success.
AN, B116 F50, letter to J. D. Archbold, June 4, 1896.
AN, B126, letter to Cyrus McCormick, September 20, 1897.
William H. Allen, Rockefeller: Giant, Dwarf, Symbol, p. 44.
Akin, Flagler, p. 255.
The New York Daily Tribune, December 23, 1906.
Chandler, Henry Flagler, p. 99.
Winkler, John D.: A Portrait in Oils, p. 241.
RAC, 1.2 B56 F416, letter from H. M. Flagler, March 8, 1889.
AN, B130, letter to W. R. Harper, February 28, 1898.
RAC, III 2.Z B20, letter from Laura S. Rockefeller to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., August 28, 1900.
CHAPTER 19: THE DAUPHIN
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 45.
Harr and Johnson, The Rockefeller Century, p. 47, and RAC, III 2.Z B46.
AN, B133.
RAC, III 2.Z B49 F24, “Profit Sharing as a Remedy for Industrial Ills,” by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
HDL, reel 10, letter from Henry Demarest Lloyd to Morley Roberts, August 23, 1899.
Ernst, “Dear Father”/“Dear Son,” p. 11.
RAC, III 1.2 B36 F273, letter to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., September 27, 1893.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 51.
Ibid., p. 41.
RAC, III 2.Z B44, letter from William B. Peck to Charles Towne, April 9, 1953.
RAC, III 2.Z B49 F25.
RAC, III 2.Z B44, “The College Career of Johnny Rock,” by Charles Towne.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 75.
Ibid., p. 64.
Ibid., p. 61.
Collier and Horowitz, The Rockefellers, p. 85.
RAC, III 2.Z B46.
McClure’s Magazine, February 24, 1905.
Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller, p. 4.
Time, September 24, 1956.
Ernst, “Dear Father”/“Dear Son,” pp. 14–15.
Ibid., p. 16.
Ibid., p. 81.
RAC, III 2.Z B20, letter from Laura S. Rockefeller to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., June 28, 1897.
RAC, III 2.Z B46.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 214.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 83.
RAC, III 2.Z B49 F25, “Interview with Charles O. Heydt.”
Manchester, A Rockefeller Family Portrait, p. 107.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 90.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 215.
Ibid.
; Ibid., p. 89.
RAC, III 2.Z B20, letter from Laura S. Rockefeller to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., October 3, 1897.
Ibid., letter from Laura S. Rockefeller to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., July 23, 1899.
RAC, III 2.Z B46.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 100.
Kert, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, p. 77.
Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., p. 100.
Kert, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, p. 79.
Ibid., p. 3.
RAC, 2.Z B49 F23, letter from Abby Aldrich Rockefeller to Lucy Green, March 24, 1915.
The Oakland Enquirer, August 27, 1901.
Town Topics, August 24, 1901.
Aldrich, Old Money, p. 24.
AN, B130.
CHAPTER 20: THE STANDARD OIL CROWD
Harr and Johnson, The Rockefeller Century, p. 164.
Fosdick, The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation, p. 1.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 15.
Ibid., p. 16.
Ibid., p. 74.
RAC, III 2.Z B46.
Jonas, The Circuit Riders, pp. 24–25.
RAC–FTG, B3 F57, letter from F. T. Gates, January 18, 1892.
RAC–FTG, B3 F62, speech given at the tenth anniversary of the RIMR.
Goulder, John D. Rockefeller, p. 174.
RAC–FTG, B3 F57, F. T. Gates memo of December 31, 1926.
RAC, III 2.Z B46.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 240.
Ibid., p. 241.
AN, B130, quoted in a letter from F. T. Gates to W. R. Harper, November 30 1889.
Manchester, A Rockefeller Family Portrait, p. 109.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 210.
Nevins, Study in Power, vol. II, p. 293.
AN, B122, “Everett Colby interview.”
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 160.
Storr, Harper’s University, p. 135.
RAC–FTG, B4 F80, letter from F. T. Gates to Brother Sunderland, April 20, 1891.
RAC–FTG, B1 F14, letter from F. T. Gates, January 2, 1924.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 163.
Flynn, God’s Gold, p. 131.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 168.
Ibid., p. 169.
Ibid., p. 173.
AN, B116 F46A, letter from George Rogers, July 25, 1893.
Gates, Chapters in My Life, p. 240.
AN, B117 F66, letter from F. T. Gates to A. S. Ochs, January 18, 1912.
The New York Daily Tribune, February 17, 1907.
RAC, vol. 215, no. 266.
AN, B128, “Interview with Starr Murphy.”
AN, B116 F50, letter from F. T. Gates to W. W. Huntington, June 6, 1896.
Gates, The Truth About Mr. Rockefeller and the Merritts, p. 16.
AN, B130, “Interview with Henry Cooper.”
AN, B117 F67, letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., October 23, 1913.
RAC–FTG, B3 F57, letter from F. T. Gates, May 6, 1907.