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Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports are created by recipients of research travel stipends and by many others who have conducted research at the RAC. The reports demonstrate the breadth of the RAC's archival holdings, particularly in the study of philanthropy and its effects. Read more about the history of philanthropy at resource.rockarch.org. Also, see the RAC Bibliography of Scholarship, a comprehensive online database of publications citing RAC archival collections.

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The Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music

January 1, 2012

Another philanthropy created by a member of the Rockefeller family that provided funding for musical activities was the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music. Martha Baird Rockefeller (MBR) was the second wife and widow of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. In her youth she studied the piano at the New England Conservatory and took lessons with Arthur Schnabel. Prior to her first marriage she was a successful classical pianist and gave concerts across the U.S. and throughout Europe. She was encouraged by her second husband to explore areas of her interest to target for philanthropic giving and the two of them discussed her desire to provide aid to musicians and musical productions.

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