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1. Contract for “The Psycho-Analytic Problem of the War”
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
- Name: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 (Contractor)
- Format: legal documents
- Date: October 10, 1921
- Abstract: This contract between Sigmund Freud and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was signed by Freud and James S. Shotwell, the General Editor of the CEIP seminal 150-volume series Economic and Social History of the World War. In December 1921 Freud informed Shotwell that he "can't make any headway" and asked to be released from the contract. In 1924, as the series was brought to a conclusion, Shotwell became director of the CEIP Division of Economics and History.
2. Photograph of George A. Plimpton
Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1844 and 1952]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs Records
- Abstract: George A. Plimpton (1855-1936) was the head of the publishing firm Ginn and Company. He was a Trustee of Barnard College from its opening in 1889, served as a member of its first finance committee, and as its Treasurer from 1893 until his death in 19 36. He was also a founder of the Friends of the Columbia University Libraries serving as its Chairman from 1928 until his death. Plimpton also was a friend of Andrew Carnegie, and the original treasurer of the Church Peace Union.
3. Bookplate Design for Andrew Carnegie's Personal Library in sepia
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: drawings
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: When Andrew Carnegie funded his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland, he had the motto “Let there be light” carved within its Gothic-arched entrance. He also chose it for his bookplates.
4. Photograph of Andrew Carnegie at His Desk
Marceau, Theodore C., 1859-1922
- Name: Marceau, Theodore C., 1859-1922 (Photographer)
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.A. Andrew Carnegie. Flat Box 526
5. Photograph of Robert S. Woodward
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1872 and 1924]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
- Abstract: The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to encourage investigation, research and discovery "in the broadest and most liberal manner." Under its first president, Daniel C. Gilman the institution mostly awarde d individual grants in various fields. The Institution's second president (from 1904 through 1920) was Robert S. Woodward, a physicist and mathematician, who had been a dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia University. Woodward changed the course, deciding to focus on supporting departments of research within the institution. This approach successfully allowed the Institution to support groups of researchers in related areas over many years.
6. Bookplate Design for Andrew Carnegie's Personal Library in black and white
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: drawings
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: When Andrew Carnegie funded his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland, he had the motto “Let there be light” carved within its Gothic-arched entrance. He also chose it for his bookplates.
7. Photograph of Henry Smith Pritchett
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1875 and 1939]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
- Abstract: Henry Smith Pritchett (1857-1939), another key figure in Andrew Carnegie's inner circle, was an astronomer, and served as MIT president from 1900 until 1907. He first proposed the creation of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a nd served as its first president from 1906 until he retired in 1930. He also was a trustee for the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Carnegie Corporation of New York.
8. Remarks of Andrew Carnegie before the Nineteenth Century Club upon "The Aristocracy of the Dollar". Cover page
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: [between 1883 and 1886]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.B. Printed Material. Box no. 4
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie moved to New York City in 1867. In 1883 he was elected to the Nineteenth Century Club of New York founded by Cortland Palmer, who invited best-known men of letters to speak to his club. Carnegie was invited to be one of the disputant s following the lecture by Thomas Wentworth Higginson critical of the new "Aristocracy of the Dollar." In his autobiography, Carnegie fondly remembered this "first introduction to a New York audience," which he later printed in pamphlet form. In 1886 Carnegie presented his work Triumphant Democracy to the Nineteenth Century Club, but soon resigned from the Club following his verbal attack on Palmer.
9. Photograph of Robert A. Franks
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1883 and 1941]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie's close friend and financial agent since 1883, Robert Franks was in charge of distributing Carnegie money for pensions and philanthropic activities. The president and director of the Carnegie Home Trust Company, he later served as a t rust.
10. Tin Plate Rolodex Card for Margaret C. Miller, nee Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: objects
- Date: [between 1884 and 1945]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 44
- Abstract: Rolodex cards from the Carnegie Home Trust with addresses of annuitants (including members of the Carnegie family, such as his daughter Margaret C. Miller, organizations, and public figures), and amount of annuity.
11. Tin Plate Rolodex Card for Helen Keller
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: objects
- Date: [between 1884 and 1945]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 44
- Abstract: Rolodex cards from the Carnegie Home Trust with addresses of annuitants (including members of the Carnegie family, organizations, and public figures, such as Helen Keller, shown here), and amount of annuity.
12. Tin Plate Rolodex Card for Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: objects
- Date: [between 1884 and 1945]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 44
- Abstract: Rolodex cards from the Carnegie Home Trust with addresses of annuitants (including members of the Carnegie family, organizations, such as Carnegie Hall, and public figures), and amount of annuity.
13. Certificate of US Naturalization
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: legal documents
- Date: 1885
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Abstract: Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, Andrew Carnegie came to the United States in 1848 at the age of 12. Andrew, with his parents Margaret and William and his younger brother Tom, settled in Allegheny City, PA, because Margaret Carnegie's sisters had alrea dy been living in the area. This certificate was granted to Andrew Carnegie in New York, upon his presentation of a copy of the 1854 "statement of intention to become a citizen" made by his father William Carnegie to Allegheny County Clerk.
14. Financial Records Journal. Page 32
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: albums
- Date: 1885-1897
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Flat Box 477
- Abstract: An early journal shows entries for Andrew Carnegie’s charity expenses entered chronologically among other financial transactions.
15. Marriage Settlement between Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: legal documents
- Date: April 22, 1887
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 8
- Abstract: In this prenuptial agreement between Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield, Louise gave up her rights to her husband's estate in return for an annual income of $20,000 (over 3 million dollars in today's money). The bulk of Andrew Carnegie's estate was to be devoted to charitable and educational purposes, with Louise's full approval.
16. The Gospel of Wealth; Volume 148
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: periodicals
- Date: June 1889
- Collection Name: Rare Book & Manuscript Library General Rare Book Collection
- Abstract: In 1889, Andrew Carnegie wrote "The Gospel of Wealth", in which he asserted that all personal wealth beyond that required to supply the needs of one's family should be regarded as a trust fund to be administered for the benefit of the community. The essay was originally published as "Wealth" in the June 1889 issue of the North American Review.
17. Address by Andrew Carnegie upon the Occasion of the Presentation of the Carnegie Institute to the people of Pittsburgh. Front cover
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Speaker)
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: November 5, 1895
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. VIII.A. CCNY Publications. Vol 57
- Abstract: The Carnegie Institute, established as a public trust in 1895, originally comprised the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Music Hall. Andrew Carnegie's donations to Pittsburgh also included Car negie Technical Schools, founded in 1900, now part of Carnegie Mellon University.
18. The Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: [1895]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. VIII.A. CCNY Publications. Vol 57
- Abstract: The Carnegie Institute, established as a public trust in 1895, originally comprised the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Music Hall. Andrew Carnegie's donations to Pittsburgh also included Car negie Technical Schools, founded in 1900, now part of Carnegie Mellon University.
19. Photograph of James Bertram
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1897 and 1934]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
- Abstract: This is the only known photo of James Bertram (1872-1934), Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary. Andrew Carnegie hired him in Skibo, Scotland in 1897 upon recommendation from Dr. Hew Morrison, Chief Librarian of the Edinburgh Public Library.
20. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks, regarding payments to Elizabeth Haldans
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 5, 1897
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Carnegie began his private list of pensioners in 1881. The list included persons of distinction from all fields – arts, politics, social service, education – who were in need. Other pensioners were his family members, figures from his earlier life, an d former work associates.