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1. Central Office of International Associations Chart
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: [between 1910 and 1911]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: This chart of international peace groups was produced by the Central Office of International Associations in Brussels, Belgium. The Office was the executive body of the Union of International Associations, founded in 1910 at the 1st World Congress of International Organizations in Brussels and supported by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
2. National Peace Federation Chart of Peace Organizations in the United States
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: 1915
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
3. Poster for the University of Louvain Library Fund
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: [between 1918 and 1947]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: The Carnegie charities contributed $100,000 to the fund for the reconstruction of the Library of the University of Louvain, destroyed in World War I. The intentional burning down of one of the largest and oldest European libraries by German troops pr ovoked widespread outrage, and prompted an international fundraising drive, spearheaded by U.S. academics.
4. Veterans Day Poster
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: [1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: This early "Remember November 11th" poster was printed for the first anniversary of the official end of World War I, which was declared a Remembrance Day.
5. Visitor Statistics for the Library of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Paris Office
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: 1929
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: The Carnegie Endowment was also involved in librarianship in many ways. It distributed publications to libraries all over the world, supported the American Library in Paris, and was involved in rebuilding libraries destroyed in the First World War. It also opened to the public its own library in Paris, built around Frédéric Passy's library of books on international affairs and law, which the Centre purchased from the Passy estate. Frédéric Passy was the first (1901) winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.