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1. The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial Museum
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: March, 1972
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum and cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland, where he was born on November 25, 1835, the son of a handloom weaver. Andrew's first-ever public gift was for Dunfermline, when he donate £5,000 in 1874 for the "Carnegie Baths" recreation and health club, followed by his 1880 gift for a public library.
2. Andrew Carnegie during Quatercentenary Celebrations at the University of Aberdeen
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [September 1906]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.A. Andrew Carnegie. Flat Box 526
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie with Archbishop of Canberbury (Randall Thomas Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth), Aberdeen University Principal (John Marshall Lang) and [...]
3. The Best Fields for Philanthropy Poster
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: posters
- Date: 1935
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.B. Carnegie Centenary. Map Case 14.05.01
- Abstract: One of several posters created for the Carnegie Centennary celebration in 1935, quoting from "The Best Fields for Philanthropy" essay, written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889.
4. Board of Trustees, at the First Carnegie Corporation Meeting
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: November 10, 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Abstract: Top row: Left to right: Henry S. Pritchett, James Bertram, Charles L. Taylor, (president of the Carnegie Hero Commission), Robert Franks. Bottom Row: William N. Frew (the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg Chairman of the board); Robert S. Woodward (Pres ident of the Carnegie Institution of Washington); Elihu Root, Andrew Carnegie, his daughter Margaret, his wife Louise. The meeting took place in Andrew Carnegie's House on East 91st Street.
5. Bookplate Design for Andrew Carnegie's Personal Library in black and white
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: drawings
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: When Andrew Carnegie funded his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland, he had the motto “Let there be light” carved within its Gothic-arched entrance. He also chose it for his bookplates.
6. Bookplate Design for Andrew Carnegie's Personal Library in sepia
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: drawings
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: When Andrew Carnegie funded his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland, he had the motto “Let there be light” carved within its Gothic-arched entrance. He also chose it for his bookplates.
7. Call for the First Board Meeting
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: November 1, 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.A. Secretary's Office Records, 1911-1977. I.A.1. Board Minutes, 1911-1944. Box no. 1
8. Carnegie Corporation Donations Volume "C"
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).
9. Carnegie Corporation Donations Volume "C"
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: books
- Date: between 1927 and 1928
- 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: The first donations to Columbia University (Astronomy Observatory, Teachers College, College of Pharmacy, etc.) were made by Andrew Carnegie himself and go back to the early 1900s. The Corporation has worked with Columbia ever since, with total donat ions exceeding 20 million dollars. This is a small sample of reports, produced by various Columbia University affiliates under Carnegie Corporation grants.
10. Carnegie Corporation Grant Disbursement Sheet for New York Academy of Medicine
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: 1925
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 263
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation of New York grant files document several years of planning, search for an appropriate site, and other activities related to the building of a new home for the Academy. Later the Corporation also gave grants for various studies, f or medical information service, and for development of the library.
11. Carnegie Corporation of New York Disbursement Sheet for the grant to Brookings Institution
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: November 25, 1928
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 64
- Abstract: In 1927, the Institute of Economics, Institute for Government Research, and Robert S. Brookings Graduate School of Economics & Government merged to become Brookings Institution. Once again, Robert Brookings came forth with the initiative, and Carnegie Corporation of New York provided the funding.
12. Carnegie Family and Associates at the Opening of Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: [June 28, 1928]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: The photograph, published in the Carnegie Magazine depicts Carnegie family and friends with the Birthplace Museum architect James Shearer and John Ross, the head of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust during the Museum Opening Ceremony.
13. Carnegie Home Trust Company Stock certificate no. 26
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.
14. The Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: [1895]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. VIII.A. CCNY Publications. Vol 57
- Abstract: The Carnegie Institute, established as a public trust in 1895, originally comprised the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Music Hall. Andrew Carnegie's donations to Pittsburgh also included Car negie Technical Schools, founded in 1900, now part of Carnegie Mellon University.
15. Carnegie Library and Workingman's Club in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: [1900]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 60
- Abstract: Carnegie built the free libraries in Braddock (1895), Homestead (1896) and Duquesne (1901) to serve the employees of Carnegie Steel Company mills in those towns, and their families. In the beginning, the local steel mill would subsidize the libraries in Braddock and Homestead. In addition to the libraries, Braddock, Duquesne and Homestead institutions housed “Workingman's Clubs," with gymnasiums, bowling alleys, swimming pools, night school rooms, kindergartens, and assembly halls.
16. Carnegie Quarterly, Volume VIII, Number 3. Page 1
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: periodicals
- Date: 1960
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. Vol 29
- Abstract: In addition to annual reports, the Carnegie Corporation produced other periodic publications, presenting a more detailed description of Carnegie-sponsored projects in a variety of fields. This issue of Carnegie Quarterly is dedicated to the topic of the post-colonial higher education system in the West Indies.
17. Catalog of the Music Study Materials
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: books
- Date: January 1937
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.B. Reports on Grants, 1911-1983. Box no. 233
- Abstract: Distributing the “College Art Sets” and the “College Music Sets” to hundreds of institutions in the United States and British Commonwealth has been one of significant initiatives by the Carnegie Corporation during the 1920s-1930s. The art sets contain ed approximately 200 art history books, 1,500 mounted photographs of architecture, sculpture and painting, and small collections of original prints and textiles, all housed in specially made wood cabinet. The music sets contained an electric phonograph, over 800 records housed in a cabinet, 250 bound scores, and 129 books on musical subjects. The contents varied slightly over the years. More modest art sets were also distributed to secondary schools.
18. Celebration of Andrew Carnegie's Centennial in Carnegie Hall
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.
19. Certificate of Incorporation of Home Trust Company
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: albums
- Date: [between 1899 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 3A
- Abstract: This ledger contains the minutes for the founding meeting of the Carnegie Home Trust Company. The Company was chartered on Oct. 22, 1901 in Hoboken, NJ. The only purpose of the Carnegie Home Trust Company was to invest, keep, and distribute the mone y for philanthropic activities, as well as distribute money and pensions to relatives, friends, and others as Andrew Carnegie thought appropriate. This was the beginning of Carnegie’s organized or “wholesale” philanthropy.
20. Chart of projections, 1925-1945
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: posters
- Date: May 20, 1925
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series IX. Oversize Material. Map Case 14.05.01
- Abstract: This bar chart shows the Corporation's income, obligations, probable grants and tentative program commitments in various areas.