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41. Notice of Agreement between Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Community Service Society
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: legal documents
- Date: January 20, 1949
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 2
- Abstract: In January 1949 Charles Dollard, president of the Carnegie Corporation, announced that the house and garden would be transferred to the New York School of Social Work through its parent organization, the Community Service Society. The roots of the Ne w York School of Social Work trace to 1898 as a summer course offered by the New York Charity Organization Society. Six years later it was transformed into a graduate program, originally named the New York School of Philanthropy. The name was changed to the New York School of Social Work in 1917.
42. Opening Ceremony Program for the 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: In 1895 Louise Carnegie bought the "Birthplace Cottage" as a surprise 60th birthday present for Andrew. After his death, Mrs. Carnegie proposed and funded the erection of a Memorial Treasure House adjoining the Birthplace. Work began in 1925 on the design by architect James Shearer. The linked buildings of the Cottage and Memorial Hall were formally opened on June 28, 1928.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. Photograph of John Campbell Merriam
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: 1938
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
- Abstract: John Campbell Merriam (1869 - October 30, 1945) was a leading American paleontologist and the third president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1920-1938. He was the chairman of the National Research Council twice, in 1919-1920 and 1921-1923, and held other prominent positions in numerous scientific organizations. This photograph was taken in his CIW office before his 1938 retirement.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. Photograph of Robert S. Woodward
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1872 and 1924]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
- Abstract: The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to encourage investigation, research and discovery "in the broadest and most liberal manner." Under its first president, Daniel C. Gilman the institution mostly awarde d individual grants in various fields. The Institution's second president (from 1904 through 1920) was Robert S. Woodward, a physicist and mathematician, who had been a dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia University. Woodward changed the course, deciding to focus on supporting departments of research within the institution. This approach successfully allowed the Institution to support groups of researchers in related areas over many years.
50. Photographic Copper Plate of the Carnegie Mansion
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1898 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.F. Photographic Plates. Box no. 4
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie's first residence was in the St. Nicholas hotel near City Hall park; then he moved to the Windsor Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, and after his marriage in 1887 moved again to 5 West 51st Street. In 1898 he purchased land on F ifth Avenue and 90th Street, further north than most mansions, and asked his architects Babb, Cook & Willard for the "most modest, plainest, and most roomy house in New York." It was also the first American residence to have a steel frame and among the first to have a private Otis Elevator and central heating. The Carnegies moved into their new home in 1903.
51. Program for Anniversary Lectures at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: [1939]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 74
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation of New York also provided the Carnegie Hall pension fund (1925), organ (1929) and supported a series of anniversary lectures and concert programs in 1939-1941.
52. Program for Evening Classes in Workingman’s Club
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: [1900]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 60
53. The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Front
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 527
54. Records of College Donations
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: albums
- Date: 1901-1930
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Box no. 5
- Abstract: This volume contains the records of donations made by Andrew Carnegie and later by Carnegie Corporation of New York to colleges and universities for their endowments, libraries, scholarships, new buildings, programs and research.
55. Records of Library Donations, New Orleans
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: albums
- Date: between 1905 and 1918
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Flat Box 486
56. Regulations : Andrew Carnegie Relief Fund. Front Cover
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: January 1, 1902
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 3
- Abstract: In December 1901, the Carnegie Company announced that its advisory committee, chaired by Charles L. Taylor, had completed a workable plan of administering the Carnegie Relief Fund. The Fund officially became operative in January 1902.
57. Report submitted to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Front cover
Children's Television Workshop
- Name: Children's Television Workshop (Author)
- Format: corporation reports
- Date: 1973
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 489
- Abstract: A 1966 Carnegie Corporation of New York grant to study the feasibility of entertaining and teaching through television launched and funded the Children's Television Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street, the Electric Company and other noted children 's educational programs that revolutionized children's television The Corporation has been its supporter ever since.
58. Resolution by Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees regarding proposed changes in the composition of the future Institute of Economics Board of Trustees, signed by Louise Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: legal documents
- Date: February 14, 1922
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 179
- Abstract: The Institute of Economics in Washington, DC was founded with over 1 million dollars in Carnegie Corp. grants in 1922 "for the collection of facts relating to economic questions and for the study and interpretation of these facts for the benefit of th e public". It was proposed by Robert S. Brookings (1850-1932), who, like Andrew Carnegie, achieved business success early in life, and then turned to educational philanthropy. Among other things, Brookings established the Institute for Government Research in 1916 to develop the policy-making capacity at the national level, which became closely affiliated with the Institute of Economics.
59. Statements to Carnegie Corporation of New York by Related Carnegie Agencies. Front cover
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: 1916
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. Box no. 1
- Abstract: In the early years the Carnegie philanthropies were very close. Carnegie Corporation of New York provided financial assistance to other Carnegie organizations, while also using their resources and expertise to channel the funds toward specific activit ies. The Carnegie projects in Europe were administered by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and many basic science research grants went through the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Carnegie Corporation shared the office space and much of the administrative staff until 1979.
60. Summary of a letter by Nicholas Murray Butler, made for Frederick P. Keppel by a Carnegie Corporation secretary
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.