Carnegie Centennial Exhibition

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Speaker)
Format: pamphlets
Date: 1935
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.E. Staff and Trustee Files, 1913-1996. Box no. 23
Abstract: A collection of speeches and articles about Andrew Carnegie delivered by N. M. Butler in November 1935 to commemorate Andrew Carnegie's centennial.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author) Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: November 18, 1924
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 207

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: February 25, 1930
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 2
Abstract: For many years Carnegie family and friends contemplated the best use for the Carnegie Mansion. Nicholas Murray Butler was the most vocal proponent of turning it into a permanent home for all the New York-based philanthropic organizations connected to Andrew Carnegie. His letters with various proposals to this effect span more than two decades.

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: June 19, 1908
Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
Abstract: N. M. Butler was a lifelong friend and political ally of Elihu Root, whom he met in 1885. Together they came up with the idea of Endowment for International Peace, which they then presented to Andrew Carnegie. In this letter he discusses the feasib ility of an international conference on labor relations.

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: May 24, 1912
Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
Abstract: Correspondence between N. M. Butler and H. S. Pritchett, both university presidents and members of Andrew Carnegie's inner circle, stretches over 40 years and numerous archival collections. This letter discusses Andrew Carnegie, various matters of Car negie philanthropy, and the chances of Elihu Root being nominated for the US presidency.

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: October 23, 1913
Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
Abstract: This letter to N. M. Butler discussed international arbitration and the Carnegie “Peace Fund” (i.e. Endowment for International Peace”). Carnegie ends the letter with his characteristic optimism “The task of Peace Fund is the abolition of man killing man…After its conquest, but not till then – next!”