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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Modern Australian University, 1926-1942
January 1, 2011In 2011 I received a Rockefeller Grant-in-Aid for my project which enabled me to conduct a whirlwind trip to the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) to collect as much material as I could on the relationship between the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) and Australian universities in the interwar period. After a couple of days of detailed reading and taking notes from a variety of sources, it soon became abundantly clear that the RAC holdings on this topic were so rich that even by limiting the topic I would not get through the material without the generous offer made to photocopy significant items. Ten days later I headed back to my university in Australia, filled with ideas about this topic and looking forward to reading the material in an even more contemplative manner. The large bundle of photocopied material joined me about a month later, and in the course of wrapping up marking and other duties for the year, I have yet to reflect fully on the implications of what I found. In the meantime however, I am offering an introductory report on some of my preliminary thoughts.
Historical Perspectives on Philanthropy and the Humanities in the United States and Australia
January 1, 2010This morning I will explore historical links between philanthropy and the humanities, in part by looking at the Rockefeller Foundation's humanities program and certain aspects of the history of the humanities in Australia in the 20th century. I also will refer substantially to my own discipline -- the history of technology, science, and medicine -- and to my personal experiences. Further, I will make some recommendations regarding how humanists and philanthropoids might be more effective collaborators.
The Rockefeller Foundation and Australian Nursing
January 1, 2009On 13 December 1948 in New York, the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) officially approved Fellowship number 2770. It allowed Gwen Burbidge, the Matron of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, to spend eight months observing and studying nursing and nurse education in Canada and the USA. Gwen Burbidge had a little over a month to prepare: she flew out from Melbourne on 23 January 1949, arriving in Vancouver four days later.
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