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1. 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.