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Photograph of Elihu Root

1. Photograph of Elihu Root

Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Format: photographs
  • Date: [1930s]
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Flat Box 526
  • Abstract: Elihu Root (1845-1937), US Senator from New York, Theodore Roosevelt's US Secretary of War and later Secretary of State and Andrew Carnegie's legal advisor, played a decisive role in his major philanthropic undertakings.
Photograph of Henry Smith P...

2. Photograph of Henry Smith Pritchett

Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Format: photographs
  • Date: [between 1875 and 1939]
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
  • Abstract: Henry Smith Pritchett (1857-1939), another key figure in Andrew Carnegie's inner circle, was an astronomer, and served as MIT president from 1900 until 1907. He first proposed the creation of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a nd served as its first president from 1906 until he retired in 1930. He also was a trustee for the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Photograph of James Bertram

3. Photograph of James Bertram

Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Format: photographs
  • Date: [between 1897 and 1934]
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
  • Abstract: This is the only known photo of James Bertram (1872-1934), Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary. Andrew Carnegie hired him in Skibo, Scotland in 1897 upon recommendation from Dr. Hew Morrison, Chief Librarian of the Edinburgh Public Library.
Photograph of Nicholas Murr...

4. Photograph of Nicholas Murray Butler as the Carnegie Corporation of New York Trustee

Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Format: photographs
  • Date: [between 1911 and 1947]
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
  • Abstract: Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), was a close friend of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie attended Butler's inauguration as Columbia University President in 1902, and Butler vacationed in Carnegie's Skibo Castle. Butler was an advocate and one of the ori ginal trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. A noted advocate for peace, he served as chairman of the Conferences on International Arbitration, and then became one of the founders of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, its second president, from 1925 to 1945, and a recipient of 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
Photograph of Robert A. Franks

5. Photograph of Robert A. Franks

Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Format: photographs
  • Date: [between 1883 and 1941]
  • Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
  • Abstract: Andrew Carnegie's close friend and financial agent since 1883, Robert Franks was in charge of distributing Carnegie money for pensions and philanthropic activities. The president and director of the Carnegie Home Trust Company, he later served as a t rust.