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1. Carnegie Library, Albany, Georgia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: 1938
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: Perhaps the most recognizable legacy of Andrew Carnegie and later, Carnegie Corporation, is the American institution of the free public library. Between 1890 and 1917 Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Corporation of New York built 2,509 new libraries all over the world, including 1,681 in the Unites States. The recipient communities were required to pass an ordinance, guaranteeing annual tax support for the library operations. Later the Corporation moved from brick and mortar to developing librarianship and library science.
2. Central Office of International Associations Chart
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: [between 1910 and 1911]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: This chart of international peace groups was produced by the Central Office of International Associations in Brussels, Belgium. The Office was the executive body of the Union of International Associations, founded in 1910 at the 1st World Congress of International Organizations in Brussels and supported by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
3. Ground Floor Plan for Belgrade University Library
Nestorović, Nikola B.
- Name: Nestorović, Nikola B. (Architect) Đorđević, Dragutin, 1866-1933 (Architect)
- Format: architectural drawings
- Date: [1925]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: In their 1920 decision to allocate $100,000 for the building of the Belgrade University Library the CEIP Executive Committee stated: “Mr. Carnegie's name and fame are inseparably associated with his gifts for the construction of libraries in many land s. … It seems therefore peculiarly fitting to erect this library in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia since 1389, where Serbian independence was proclaimed on August 22, 1878, and which was twice captured by the enemy during the Great War, as the gift of the Carnegie Endowment in commemoration of the heroic defense made by the Serbian people.” The library of the Royal University of Belgrade, rebuilt with Carnegie Endowment’s contributions, officially opened its doors on May 24 1926. Today Svetozar Marković University Library is the largest university library in the country.
4. National Peace Federation Chart of Peace Organizations in the United States
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: 1915
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
5. Poster for the University of Louvain Library Fund
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: [between 1918 and 1947]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: The Carnegie charities contributed $100,000 to the fund for the reconstruction of the Library of the University of Louvain, destroyed in World War I. The intentional burning down of one of the largest and oldest European libraries by German troops pr ovoked widespread outrage, and prompted an international fundraising drive, spearheaded by U.S. academics.
6. Reconstructing the Reims Library
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: [1920s]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with financial assistance from the Carnegie Corporation of New York sponsored reconstruction of various cultural landmarks in Europe, destroyed in World War I. These photographs document the rebuilding of th e Reims library. Hotel de Ville, where the library had been housed before the War, burned to the ground in May 1917. Notre-Dame de Reims is visible on the background. The architect Max Sainsaulieu used the library buildings in the United States as inspiration for the new state-of-the-art building.
7. Reconstructing the Reims Library
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: [1920s]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with financial assistance from the Carnegie Corporation of New York sponsored reconstruction of various cultural landmarks in Europe, destroyed in World War I. These photographs document the rebuilding of th e Reims library. Hotel de Ville, where the library had been housed before the War, burned to the ground in May 1917. Notre-Dame de Reims is visible on the background. The architect Max Sainsaulieu used the library buildings in the United States as inspiration for the new state-of-the-art building.
8. Reconstructing the Reims Library
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: [1920s]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with financial assistance from the Carnegie Corporation of New York sponsored reconstruction of various cultural landmarks in Europe, destroyed in World War I. These photographs document the rebuilding of th e Reims library. Hotel de Ville, where the library had been housed before the War, burned to the ground in May 1917. Notre-Dame de Reims is visible on the background. The architect Max Sainsaulieu used the library buildings in the United States as inspiration for the new state-of-the-art building.
9. Reconstructing the Reims Library
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: [1920s]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with financial assistance from the Carnegie Corporation of New York sponsored reconstruction of various cultural landmarks in Europe, destroyed in World War I. These photographs document the rebuilding of th e Reims library. Hotel de Ville, where the library had been housed before the War, burned to the ground in May 1917. Notre-Dame de Reims is visible on the background. The architect Max Sainsaulieu used the library buildings in the United States as inspiration for the new state-of-the-art building.
10. University of Louvain Library in World War II
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: 1940
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: The University of Louvain Library building burned down in the Second World War, and then had to be restored again.
11. University of Louvain Library Opening Ceremony Photographs
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: July 4th, 1928
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
12. University of Louvain Library Opening Ceremony Photographs
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: July 4th, 1928
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
13. University of Louvain Library Opening Ceremony Photographs
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: photographs
- Date: July 4th, 1928
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
14. Veterans Day Poster
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: [1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: This early "Remember November 11th" poster was printed for the first anniversary of the official end of World War I, which was declared a Remembrance Day.
15. Visitor Statistics for the Library of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Paris Office
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: 1929
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: The Carnegie Endowment was also involved in librarianship in many ways. It distributed publications to libraries all over the world, supported the American Library in Paris, and was involved in rebuilding libraries destroyed in the First World War. It also opened to the public its own library in Paris, built around Frédéric Passy's library of books on international affairs and law, which the Centre purchased from the Passy estate. Frédéric Passy was the first (1901) winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.