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1. Typed letter, signed, to Andrew Carnegie
Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939
- Name: Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: February 6, 1905
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: Letter from Pritchett, written two months prior to the founding of the Foundation, discusses the plans for the "insurance for institutions of learning," and mentions Frank A. Vanderlip (1864-1937) vice-president and then president of National City Ban k of New York, a future CFAT executive committee member.
2. Typed letter signed to Andrew Carnegie requesting a grant for Barnard College
Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936
- Name: Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: April 29, 1913
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 101
3. Typed letter signed to Henry Smith Pritchett
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 11, 1905
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: The letter hints at differences in vision that existed between Andrew Carnegie and the CFAT’s first president Henry S. Pritchett. Carnegie saw the Foundation as an agency for payment of retiring allowances. Pritchett, on the other hand, hoped that th e Foundation would be “one of the Great Agencies…in standardizing American education” and put higher priority on the educational inquiry activities.