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1. Letter to Andrew Carnegie
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
- Name: Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: June 24, 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 immediately following the Corporation's approval by the Assembly and the Governor of the State of New York, Elihu Root praises the charter and discusses future plans for the Corporation.
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. Typed letter, signed, to Andrew Carnegie
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
- Name: Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: November 16, 1909
- 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 Elihu Root answers Andrew Carnegie's inquiry regarding his legal options for setting up a philanthropic trust in his will. Root's advice was to set up a corporation in his lifetime in order to avoid legal entanglements.
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 Elihu Root
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
- Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: June 19, 1908
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
- Abstract: N. M. Butler was a lifelong friend and political ally of Elihu Root, whom he met in 1885. Together they came up with the idea of Endowment for International Peace, which they then presented to Andrew Carnegie. In this letter he discusses the feasib ility of an international conference on labor relations.
6. 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.