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1. Carnegie Home Trust Company Stock certificate no. 26
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: legal documents
- Date: 1902, 1925
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 3A
- Abstract: Prior to 1911 the Carnegie Home Trust functioned as the de-facto predecessor of the Carnegie Corporation, providing funds for various charitable donations. The Company also served as the source from which Franks, according to Carnegie's instructions, distributed Steel bonds to the trustees of various philanthropic trusts started by Carnegie. After Carnegie's death and the settlement of his estate in 1925, Carnegie Corporation of New York administered the Home Trust Company, paying the remaining pensions, and dissolved it in 1973.
2. Certificate of Incorporation of Home Trust Company
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: albums
- Date: [between 1899 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 3A
- Abstract: This ledger contains the minutes for the founding meeting of the Carnegie Home Trust Company. The Company was chartered on Oct. 22, 1901 in Hoboken, NJ. The only purpose of the Carnegie Home Trust Company was to invest, keep, and distribute the mone y for philanthropic activities, as well as distribute money and pensions to relatives, friends, and others as Andrew Carnegie thought appropriate. This was the beginning of Carnegie’s organized or “wholesale” philanthropy.
3. Tin Plate Rolodex Card for Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: objects
- Date: [between 1884 and 1945]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 44
- Abstract: Rolodex cards from the Carnegie Home Trust with addresses of annuitants (including members of the Carnegie family, organizations, such as Carnegie Hall, and public figures), and amount of annuity.
4. Tin Plate Rolodex Card for Helen Keller
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: objects
- Date: [between 1884 and 1945]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 44
- Abstract: Rolodex cards from the Carnegie Home Trust with addresses of annuitants (including members of the Carnegie family, organizations, and public figures, such as Helen Keller, shown here), and amount of annuity.