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D. Rockefeller. Cettie Spelman—as she was called by family and friends—was the daughter of Harvey Buel Spelman and Lucy Henry Spelman, who had come to Ohio from Massachusetts. The second of their two daughters, Cettie, was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, on September 9, 1839. The Spelmans later moved to Akron, where
11 de sept. de 2020 · The Rockefeller Foundation and the Future of the GEB’s Southern Program. By the 1930s, the GEB was one of two Rockefeller philanthropies working expressly on southern race issues (the other was the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, founded in 1917).LSRM, Series 3.8, Appropriations – Interracial Relations, Rockefeller Archive Center.
Even among institutions sustained by the Rockefeller philanthropies and family, Spelman College has held a special place. Established as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, it was incorporated in 1888 as Spelman College, in honor of Laura Spelman Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and her parents, who had been abolitionists.
13 de ene. de 2022 · By: James Allen Smith. John D. Rockefeller (JDR) created the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (LSRM) in 1918 as a way to honor and support his late wife’s charitable causes. During its decade-long existence, he donated some $74 million to the Memorial. After a few initial years of conventional charitable giving to Baptist churches and other ...
The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. John D. Rockefeller established the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in honour of his late wife. The charter purpose of the Memorial was to assist women and children. Through its first three years in existence, the Memorial focused on its charter purpose, which it pursued mostly through religious ...
Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman Rockefeller (9 Eylül 1839 - 12 Mart 1915), Amerikalı kölelik karşıtı, hayırsever ve öğretmen. Rockefeller ailesinin önde gelen bir üyesiydi. Kocası ünlü işletmeci John D. Rockefeller 'dı.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Quick Facts. Olmsted Brothers were hired by the National Park Service in 1938 to create a memorial to John D. Rockefeller’s wife Laura. With only a budget of $20,000, and working in harsh winter conditions, Olmsted Brothers tasked partner Henry Hubbard with the design. Hubbard was tasked with transforming the “nose of a little hill” into ...
