Bibliography
This select bibliography is divided into four sections: websites; monographs, theses, and dissertations; newspapers and magazine articles; and other.
Websites
Winthrop Rockefeller Collection Finding Aid
Encyclopedia of Arkansas selected entries:
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- Winthrop Rockefeller
- Arkansas Arts Center
- Civil Rights Social Change
- Museum of Automobiles
- Petit Jean Mountain
- Republican Party
- Other examples include Morrilton, Politics and Government, Winrock International, etc
Monographs, Theses, and Dissertations
Allard, Chester, Complier "Rockfeller, Winthrop." Who is Who in Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.: Allard House, 1959. v.1, pp.204-205. [also: Russel, Jerry]
Bass, Jack and Walter DeVries. The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Changes and Political Consequences Since 1945. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1976.
DeBoer, Marvin E., Editor. Dreams of power & the power of dreams: the inaugural addresses of the governors of Arkansas. Rockfeller, Winthrop. "First inaugural address, January 10, 1967, pp. 1103-1110", "Second inaugural address, January 19, 1969.", pp. 1111. Fayetteville: U of A Press, 1988.
Democrats for Rockefeller. Cranking up the old machine: a collection of editorial humor and comment about the Arkansas gubernatorial campaign, 1968. Camden, Ark.: Hurley Press, 1968.
Dillard, Tom. "Winthrop Rockefeller." Governors of Arkansas. Second edition. Ed. by Timothy P. Donavan, Willard B. Gatewood and Jeannie M. Whayne. Fayetteville: U of A Press, 1955. pp. 236-245.
Hammons, Lyle W. Campaign Communication strategies and techniques of Winthrop Rockefeller: a study in persuasion. Thesis (M.A.) University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1985. Available via Inter-Library Loan,, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Ottenheimer Library.
Hathorn, Billy Burton. The Republican Party in Arkansas, 1920-1982. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, 1983.
Jones, Merrill Anway. A Rhetorical Study of Winthrop Rockefeller's Political Speeches, 1964 1971. Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, 1984.
Morris, Joe Alex. Those Rockfeller Brothers: An Informal Biography of Five Extraordinary Young Men. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1953.
Murton, Tom and Joe Hyams. Accomplices to the Crime. New York: Grove Press, [1970].
Pierce, J. From McMath to Rockefeller: Arkansas Governors and Illegal Gambling in Postwar Hot Springs, 1945-1970. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Arkansas 2008.
Urwin, Cathy Ann Kuzinger. Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas. Fayetteville: U of A Press, 1991.
Urwin, Cathy Kuzinger. Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-1971. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1988.
Ward, John L. The Arkansas Rockefeller. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1978. Author was a former member of Rockefeller's staff and director of his 1968 reelection campaign. Reprint: LSU Press, 2011.
Ward, John. Winthrop Rockefeller, Philanthropist: A Life to Change. Fayetteville, Arkansas: U of A Press, 2004.
Russell, Jerry L. and Allard, Bessie, Compliers. "Rockefeller, Winthrop." Who is Who in Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.: Allard House, 1968. v2, pp. 221-222. [See also: Allard, Chester].
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas and History and Culture holds the materials listed below but most are also available at academic or public libraries on microfilm or through JSTOR and Lexis/Nexis.
Bagdikian, Ben H. "Winthrop Rockefeller vc. Orval Faubus: Showdown in Arkansas." Saturday Evening Post, v.237, no. 32 (September 19, 1966): pp. 75-[77]. UALR PAM 01884.
"Burial to be at Petit Jean: Rockefeller's ashes will be sent home." Arkansas Democrat (February 23, 1973): p.1. PAM 05089.
Hathorn, Billy B. Friendly Rivalry: Winthrop Rockefeller Challenges Orval Faubus in 1964." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 53.4 (1994): 446-473.
Galt, Ann. "Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller calls aircraft 'invaluable tools,' his pilots are 'vital executive assistants." Professional Pilot, v.2, no.8 (August 1968): pp. 20-22. UALR PAM 00320.
Lancaster, Bob. "Fifty Who Mattered: A Roster of Those Who Helped Make Arkansas Whatever Arkansas is." Little Rock: Arkansas Writers' Project, 1985. UALR PAM 04438.
Lisenby, Foy. "Winthrop Rockefeller and the Arkansas image." Arkansas Historical Quarterly, 43 (1984): pp. 143-152.
Morris, Joe Alex. "The hillbilly Rockefeller." Saturday Evening Post, v. 229 (1956). UALR PAM 02142
Oswald, Harry L. "Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973): the big man was a big friend and a big member of the Arkansas Electric Cooperatives." Rural Arkansas, v.27 no.6 (April 1973): pp. 3-5. UALR PAM 02448.
"Rockfeller dies; he altered course of state politics." Arkansas Gazette (February 23, 1973): p.1. UALR PAM 05089.
"3,000 pay tribute to WR at his beloved Petit Jean." Arkansas Gazette (March 5, 1973): p.1 UALR PAM 05089.
"The Transformation of Arkansas." (Alt. Title: Arkansas, Opportunity Regained) Time Magazine, v.88, No.23 (December 2, 1966): pp. 24-28. UALR PAM 01821.
Rockefeller, Winthrop. "Executive clemency and the death penalty." The Catholic University Law Review, v.21, no.94 (1971): pp.[94]-102. UALR PAM 01886
Rockefeller, Winthrop. [Arkansas Industrial Development Commission]. Reprint. [S.I.: Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, 1956]. A series of three articles that originally appeared in the Christian Science Monitor. UALR PAM 02731
Rockefeller, Winthrop. "Three major industry growth areas." Southern Living, v.2, no.6 (July 1967): pp.42, 45, 57. UALR PAM 02002.
"Winthrop Rockefeller dies of cancer." Arkansas Democrat (February 22, 1973): p.1 UALR PAM 05089.
Rockefeller, Winthrop. "We need a rural renaissance." Consulting Engineer (March 1968): pp. 200-206. Discusses the need to achieve a proper rural-urban balance of population to in the U.S. UALR PAM 01883.
"WR bequeaths most of wealth to charity, Arkansas projects." Arkansas Gazette (February 24, 1973): p.1. UALR PAM 05089.
Other
The printed items listed below were extra copies detached from the WR manuscript collection; as such there may be limited availability for researchers.
Brief resume of Win Rockefeller's personal contributions to Arkansas, 1953-1968. [S.I.: s.n., 1969?] UALR PAM 05092.
Press release for Rockefeller's 1964 campaign with biographical sketch. UALR PAM 03904.
Rockefeller, Winthrop. My commitment to Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.: WR70 Campaign Headquarters, 1970. Fold-out broadside. Articulates WR's campaign promises for his attempted third term as governor. UALR PAM 05090.
Rockefeller, Winthrop. A Paper on education. [S.I.: s.n., 1967?] UALR PAM 02457.
Rockefeller, Winthrop, Our freedom is not free. [S.l.: s.n., 1972] ["An address . . . delivered to the National Security Commission of the American Legion at Washington, D.C., March 2, 1972"]. UALR PAM 05093.
Win Rockefeller family album. [S.I.: s.n., 1966?] UALR PAM 05087.
Winthrop Rockefeller, May 1, 1912 - February 22, 1973. [S.I.: s.n.], 1973. "A memorial service, Sunday, the fourth of March, nineteen hundred and seventy-three... Petit Jean Mountain, Conway Country, Arkansas."
W.R. Campaigner: News of the Coming Victory in Arkansas. Campaign newspapers for the 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1970 campaigns.