John D. Rockefeller

The Files

• The "Standard Oil" Spy Network — Founder whose corporate system became associated with extensive intelligence gathering.
• The Standard Oil "Invisibles" — Founder and central figure of Standard Oil, cast by critics as the invisible architect of a corporate information empire.
• The "Standard" Education Plot — Primary funder whose educational philanthropy became associated with labor-shaping theories.
• Rockefeller Oil-Burning Plot — Industrial symbol of petroleum power whose name anchored the theory even after Standard Oil’s breakup.
• The Standard Oil Plastic Plot — Industrialist whose oil empire became the anchor for monopoly-based versions of the theory.
• The "Standard Oil" Arson — Leader of Standard Oil and the figure to whom many sabotage rumors were attached.
• Standard Oil Ice-Block Plot — Symbolic monopoly figure to whom the suppression theory was attached, even after Standard Oil’s breakup.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• Standard Oil · 5 shared
• Ida M. Tarbell · 2 shared
• Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1 shared
• Ida Tarbell · 1 shared
• Independent oil producers · 1 shared
• Standard Oil field agents · 1 shared
• Henry H. Rogers · 1 shared
• Major metropolitan newspapers · 1 shared
• McClure’s Magazine · 1 shared
• Standard Oil Company · 1 shared
• Frederick T. Gates · 1 shared
• General Education Board · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1870The "Standard Oil" Arson
2. 1880The Standard Oil "Invisibles"
3. 1900The "Standard Oil" Spy Network
4. 1902The "Standard" Education Plot
5. 1907The Standard Oil Plastic Plot
6. 1911Standard Oil Ice-Block Plot
7. 1929Rockefeller Oil-Burning Plot