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1. The First Twenty Years of Carnegie Corporation. Cover page
Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939
- Name: Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939 (Author)
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: November 19, 1931
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.F. General Files, 1911-1987. Box no. 1
- Abstract: This 20th anniversary address to the Corporation was marked as "inaccurate" by Florence Andersen, the Corporation's secretary from 1955 to 1975, and then its first archivist. Henry Pritchett was an original trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New York and its acting president from 1921-23.
2. Manuscript letter to Henry Smith Pritchett
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
- Name: Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 27, 1910
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: Two weeks after Andrew Carnegie presented the deed of gift for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Elihu Root wrote this letter, inviting Henry Pritchett to meet at Carnegie's home for further organizational discussion.
3. 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.
4. Typed letter signed to Elihu Root
Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939
- Name: Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: November 3, 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.F. General Files, 1911-1987. Box no. 11
- Abstract: Henry Pritchett comments on the first versions of the constitution and by-laws for Carnegie Corporation of New York drafted by Elihu Root.
5. Typed letter, signed, to Henry Smith Pritchett
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
- Name: Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: June 8, 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.F. General Files, 1911-1987. Box no. 11
- Abstract: In this letter Root and Pritchett discuss Carnegie Endowment for International Peace matters, and the progress of the State of New York legislation to approve Carnegie Corporation of New York.
6. Typed letter, signed to Henry Smith Pritchett
Bertram, James, 1872-1934
- Name: Bertram, James, 1872-1934 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 27, 1914
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.E. Staff and Trustee Files, 1913-1996. Box no. 18
- Abstract: There was tension at times between Andrew Carnegie's more illustrious friends, particularly Henry Smith Pritchett, and trusted Carnegie employees Franks and Bertram, whom Pritchett at times angrily called "the clerks".
7. Typed letter signed to Henry Smith Pritchett
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
- Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: May 24, 1912
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
- Abstract: Correspondence between N. M. Butler and H. S. Pritchett, both university presidents and members of Andrew Carnegie's inner circle, stretches over 40 years and numerous archival collections. This letter discusses Andrew Carnegie, various matters of Car negie philanthropy, and the chances of Elihu Root being nominated for the US presidency.
8. Typed letter, signed to Henry Smith Pritchett, re: simplified spelling
Bertram, James, 1872-1934
- Name: Bertram, James, 1872-1934 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 27, 1914
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.E. Staff and Trustee Files, 1913-1996. Box no. 18
- Abstract: There was tension at times between Andrew Carnegie's more illustrious friends, particularly Henry Smith Pritchett, and trusted Carnegie employees Franks and Bertram, whom Pritchett at times angrily called "the clerks".