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You prob already seen this but just in case
found some Arkansas info you may be interested in.
Winrock, Petit Jean Mountain, Bobo
https://www.nysun.com/obituaries/bobo-rockefeller-91-married-well-divorced-better/76767/
Barbara Sears Rockefeller, who died Monday at 91, was a coal miner's daughter who on Valentine's Day of 1948 married the Standard Oil scion, Winthrop Rockefeller, in what was billed as "the Cinderella wedding of the century."
"Bobo Rockefeller," as she was known to headline writers and society matrons alike, was a tough customer who taught herself divorce law, burned through 20 lawyers, and told Time magazine: "I intend to be a Mrs. Rockefeller until the day I die." And she was.
She used her settlement to set herself up in an East 67th Street townhouse built by the Broadway impresario Martin Beck, replete with squash court and pool. She had it gaudily tricked out with tapestries, murals, mirrors, and a life-size statue of Pan in a niche, and swiftly became one of Manhattan's most sought-out hostesses.
Born September 6, 1916, in Noblestown, Pa., outside Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants. Her parents split up early, and young Jievute Paulekiute went to Chicago to live in a poor neighborhood near the stockyards. She grew up as a bit of a tomboy, but in 1933 was crowned Miss Lithuania at the Century of Progress exposition.
Calling herself Eva Paul, she moved to New York in 1936, took ballet lessons, and began working as an actress in regional productions. She also had parts in several Hollywood Westerns and got acting tips from Walter Huston. While performing as Pearl in a Boston production of "Tobacco Road" in 1940, she met John Sears Jr., son of a Brahmin family and a well-known socialite. They were married a month later in Washington, D.C., where Sears held a diplomatic post. She stopped performing for a while, then took to the stage again. Sears was stationed overseas for much of World War II, and the couple divorced amicably after the war.
Back in New York and performing as Barbara Sears, she began dating Winthrop Rockefeller, perhaps the most eligible bachelor in the country as the sole heir to the Standard Oil fortune. They were married February 14, 1948, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the home of Winston Guest, to tremendous publicity. Their son, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, was born just seven months later.
In 1951, she told Time magazine: "I want him to suffer the way he has made me suffer; as he has humiliated me before the world," although exactly how was left to the imagination. A series of sensational stories ensued. Winthrop attempted to get custody of their son. Bobo at one point in 1953 stormed into the Park Avenue penthouse where the couple had lived in order to reassert New York residency, while Winthrop moved to Alabama, where the divorce laws were less stringent. Finally, they came to an agreement — most estimates place the total settlement north of $6 million — and Bobo beat Winthrop to the punch, divorcing him in Reno, Nev. She got custody of young Winthrop, too: game, set, and match to Mrs. Rockefeller.
Salacious details about Winthrop emerged when her lawyer sued both of them for unpaid bills in 1955.
Bobo moved to New York and rarely talked to the press. She set herself up briefly as an antiques dealer, and kept an apartment in Paris. She sometimes featured in gossip columns on the social whirl of Europe. Dali painted her portrait in 1960.
https://www.ualrexhibits.org/rockefeller/virtual-exhibit/financial-papers/
Financial Papers
The vast range of financial documents related to Rockefeller’s investments dating from 1920-1973
can be found in Record Group II. The papers include correspondence and accounts related to Rockefeller’s financial investments (including those in Vibrane Corporation and Sascha Brastoff Products), expenses, securities, charitable contributions, bills, bank statements, and income taxes. Also included are accounts for Winrock Farms, Petit Jean Flying Service, and Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Some information concerning the Rockefeller Brothers Fund is located in this record group, but the majority is housed with the Rockefeller family papers in New York City
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