Carnegie Centennial Exhibition

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: photographs
Date: November 24, 1935
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.B. Carnegie Centenary. Flat Box 524
Abstract: Carnegie never regarded the "Music Hall," opened in 1890, as one of his philanthropic institutions despite spending almost $2,000,000 of his money on it. The Hall became part of his residuary estate, and thus came to be owned by the Carnegie Corporati on of New York after his death.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: photographs
Date: [1966]
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
Abstract: This Carnegie-sponsored project ties the Corporation's support to African Universities with its long-standing commitment to adult education.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: photographs
Date: 1973
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.D. From Grant Files. Box no. 2
Abstract: The Carnegie-sponsored Ashby commission of 1959-1960 indicated a vital need for further development of postsecondary education, and had the effect of stimulating widespread aid to African nations’ systems of higher and professional education. The gr ants from Carnegie Corporation of New York played a major role in supporting major African universities.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: photographs
Date: June 1955
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.D. From Grant Files. Box no. 1
Abstract: The Inter-University Council for Higher Education council was established in 1946 by joint action of the British universities to promote the foundation and expansion of universities in what was then British colonial territories. Extensive grant files for the Council in the Carnegie Corporation archives provide rich information about the period and the dynamics of transition from British rule to independence.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching‏

Format: photographs
Date: 1912
Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
Abstract: Andrew Carnegie initially selected 25 trustees to administer the Carnegie Foundation, primarily presidents of major universities, and presidents of "colleges of both the older and the younger type." Robert A. Franks, Thomas Morrison Carnegie, and Fr ank A. Vanderlip were the only three members of the Board with no academic affiliations.

Format: photographs
Date: [between 1918 and 1943]
Collection Name: Frederick P. Keppel Papers
Abstract: Frederick P. Keppel (1875-1943), the Carnegie Corporation president for almost 20 years, from 1922 until 1941, was a Columbia College graduate of 1899. He then served as Columbia University Secretary, and upon the retirement of John Van Amringe in 19 10 became the dean of Columbia College-the position he held until 1918.

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.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Format: photographs
Date: [between 1922 and 1951]
Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
Abstract: James T. Shotwell General Editor of the Economic and Social History of the World War was also a Professor of the History of International Relations at Columbia University. He devoted most of his life, as he put it, “to the organization of peace,” an d was instrumental in the creation of some of the most important international institutions of the twentieth century, such as the United Nations. He succeeded J.B. Clark as the director of the Division of Economics and History in 1924.

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