Carnegie Centennial Exhibition

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: legal documents
Date: [between 1938 and 1939]
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Flat Box 489
Abstract: This volume contains listing and brief descriptions of donations to most Carnegie Charities, and other grantees, whose names start with "C" (including Columbia University). Just between 1911 and 1941 Columbia received $3,352,498 in Carnegie Corporat ion grants, making it the third largest Carnegie grantee among the institutions of higher education (after Carnegie-Mellon and Vanderbilt).

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: legal documents
Date: 1902, 1925
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 3A
Abstract: Prior to 1911 the Carnegie Home Trust functioned as the de-facto predecessor of the Carnegie Corporation, providing funds for various charitable donations. The Company also served as the source from which Franks, according to Carnegie's instructions, distributed Steel bonds to the trustees of various philanthropic trusts started by Carnegie. After Carnegie's death and the settlement of his estate in 1925, Carnegie Corporation of New York administered the Home Trust Company, paying the remaining pensions, and dissolved it in 1973.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
Format: legal documents
Date: [1919]
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 3A
Abstract: In his will, Carnegie appointed the Home Trust Company (i.e. Robert Franks) is an executor and a trustee. As the residual legatee under his will, the Corporation received an additional $10 million when the estate was settled. Louise Carnegie inherite d most of the real estate, and the responsibility to provide for Margaret: "having years ago made provision for my wife beyond her desires and ample to enable her to provide for our beloved daughter Margaret: and being unable to judge at what provision for our daughter will best promote her happiness, I leave to her mother the duty of providing for her as mother deems best. A mother's love will be the best guide."

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: legal documents
Date: January 20, 1949
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 2
Abstract: In January 1949 Charles Dollard, president of the Carnegie Corporation, announced that the house and garden would be transferred to the New York School of Social Work through its parent organization, the Community Service Society. The roots of the Ne w York School of Social Work trace to 1898 as a summer course offered by the New York Charity Organization Society. Six years later it was transformed into a graduate program, originally named the New York School of Philanthropy. The name was changed to the New York School of Social Work in 1917.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: legal documents
Date: February 14, 1922
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 179
Abstract: The Institute of Economics in Washington, DC was founded with over 1 million dollars in Carnegie Corp. grants in 1922 "for the collection of facts relating to economic questions and for the study and interpretation of these facts for the benefit of th e public". It was proposed by Robert S. Brookings (1850-1932), who, like Andrew Carnegie, achieved business success early in life, and then turned to educational philanthropy. Among other things, Brookings established the Institute for Government Research in 1916 to develop the policy-making capacity at the national level, which became closely affiliated with the Institute of Economics.

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