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Chapters in My Life
by Frederick taylor gates
Mr. Gates has been the guiding genius in all our giving. He came to us first to undertake certain business matters requiring talent of a high order and he showed phenomenal business ability. He combined with this the rare quality – born, no doubt, because he had the right kind of heart – of being able to direct the distribution of money with great vision. We all owe much to Mr. Gates, and his helpfulness should be generously recognized. He combines business skill and philanthropic aptitude to a higher degree than any other man I have ever known.
– John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Chapters In My Life
About
Foreword
Part One: The Early Years
My Birth and Infancy
The District School
Childhood’s Joys and Sorrows
Early Religious Training
“Spiritualism”
A Year of Shadow
Incidents at Brookton
Our Last Two Years at Brookton
Ovid and the West
Our Kansas Home
Religious and Other Experiences
College Preparation
College Life in the Seventies
Dr. Anderson and His Talks
The Theological Seminary of the Seventies
My Pastorate in Minneapolis (First Period)
My Pastorate in Minneapolis (Second Period)
Minnesota Baptists and Pillsbury Academy
The American Baptist Education Society
The Chicago Policy Advocated
The Chicago Policy Adopted
Mr. Rockefeller Acts
A Baptist College for Chicago—Our Canvass
The Promise of a University
The Pivotal Year in Our Family Life
Our Babies
Large Families and Family Government
Our Church Relations and Growing Liberalism
Music
School Life in Montclair
Our Early Vacations
Our Summer Home at Lake George
Our Family Finances
The Higher Education of Our Sons
Our Daughters
Part Two: My Years with Mr. Rockefeller and His Philanthropies
Mr. Rockefeller Invites Me to New York
The Organization of Mr. Rockefeller’s Private Benevolence
Three Business Excursions
In Mr. Rockefeller’s Private Office
The Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
The Origin of the Rockefeller Institute
The Rockefeller Institute— “The Most Interesting Thing in This World”
University Expansion
Mr. Rockefeller and Dr. Harper
The Tainted-Money Controversy
Mr. Rockefeller’s Philanthropies—Their Scope and Purpose
Mr. Rockefeller’s Benefactions—Their Spirit
The Origin and Policies of the General Education Board
Farm Demonstration
The Hookworm Campaign
Full-Time in Medicine
The Rockefeller Foundation
Mr. Rockefeller and My Personal Relations with Him
John D. Rockefeller, Junior
My Resignation
The Policies of the General Education Board—Their History
Some Elements of an Effective System of Scientific Medicine in the United States
The Frederick Taylor Gates Lectures
Chapters In My Life 