- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- To Iris Barry (1895–1969)
- Credits
- Previews
- 1 Early Years
- 2 “We Enjoyed the War”
- 3 “Dear Miss Barry”
- 4 The Other Bloomsbury
- 5 Life with Lewis
- 6 Children
- 7 Alan Porter
- 8 The Spectator
- 9 Splashing into Film Society
- 10 Cinema Paragons, Hollywood, and Lady Mary
- 11 Let’s Go to the Pictures
- 12 Victory and Defeat
- 13 America
- 14 The Askew Salon
- 15 Museum Men
- 16 Remarriage
- 17 Settling In
- 18 Cracking Hollywood
- 19 Art High and Low
- 20 On to Europe
- 21 Going Public
- 22 The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr
- 23 Meanwhile, Back at the Library
- 24 New Work, Old Acquaintances
- 25 “The Master” and his Minions
- 26 Temora Farm
- 27 The Museum Enlists
- 28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office
- 29 L’Affair Buñuel
- 30 The Other Library
- 31 Divorce
- 32 Postwar Blues
- 33 Abbott’s Fall
- 34 Hospital
- 35 Departure
- 36 La Bonne Font
- 37 Things Past
- 38 The Austin House
- 39 Readjustments
- 40 New York and London
- 41 Final Breaks
- 42 The End
- Sequel
- Sources
- Index
Mr. Rockefeller’s Office
Mr. Rockefeller’s Office
- Chapter:
- (p.297) 28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office
- Source:
- Lady in the Dark
- Author(s):
Robert Sitton
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
This chapter details Nelson Rockefeller's appointment as the government's Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs at the outset of World War II. In its broadest aspects the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs envisioned multifaceted involvement in film production, distribution, and control during the war. The involvement of the Museum and the Rockefeller office was authorized by the founder of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Colonel William Donovan, whose office was kept apprised of the library's work. The OSS later evolved into the Central Intelligence Agency. The OSS through the Rockefeller office used the Museum as a production facility to address the problem of declining enlistment; the Why We Fight series is widely regarded as among the most effective propaganda efforts ever made.
Keywords: Nelson Rockefeller, World War II, Museum of Modern Art, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Strategic Services, Colonel William Donovan, propaganda films, Why We Fight
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- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- To Iris Barry (1895–1969)
- Credits
- Previews
- 1 Early Years
- 2 “We Enjoyed the War”
- 3 “Dear Miss Barry”
- 4 The Other Bloomsbury
- 5 Life with Lewis
- 6 Children
- 7 Alan Porter
- 8 The Spectator
- 9 Splashing into Film Society
- 10 Cinema Paragons, Hollywood, and Lady Mary
- 11 Let’s Go to the Pictures
- 12 Victory and Defeat
- 13 America
- 14 The Askew Salon
- 15 Museum Men
- 16 Remarriage
- 17 Settling In
- 18 Cracking Hollywood
- 19 Art High and Low
- 20 On to Europe
- 21 Going Public
- 22 The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr
- 23 Meanwhile, Back at the Library
- 24 New Work, Old Acquaintances
- 25 “The Master” and his Minions
- 26 Temora Farm
- 27 The Museum Enlists
- 28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office
- 29 L’Affair Buñuel
- 30 The Other Library
- 31 Divorce
- 32 Postwar Blues
- 33 Abbott’s Fall
- 34 Hospital
- 35 Departure
- 36 La Bonne Font
- 37 Things Past
- 38 The Austin House
- 39 Readjustments
- 40 New York and London
- 41 Final Breaks
- 42 The End
- Sequel
- Sources
- Index
