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Invitation to the first mee...

1. Invitation to the first meeting sent to each of 28 trustees

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
  • Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
  • Format: correspondence
  • Date: December 7, 1910
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
The Palace of Peace. Page 1

2. The Palace of Peace. Page 1

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
  • Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Speaker)
  • Format: printed ephemera
  • Date: 1913
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.B. Printed Material. Box no. 4, Folder no. 15
  • Abstract: This speech marked Andrew Carnegie's donation of the Hague Peace Palace, later a home of the Academy of International Law at the Hague. The academy was incorporated in 1914 by Carnegie Endowment of International Peace, and funded by the Endowment wit h the Carnegie Corporation's support, until 1939.
Tentative List of future tr...

3. Tentative List of future trustees for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
  • Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
  • Format: legal documents
  • Date: November 13, 1910
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
  • Abstract: Eventually, Carnegie selected 28 trustees who were leaders in American business and public life. Elihu Root became the Endowment's first president, the position he held until 1925, when he was replaced by Nicholas Murray Butler.