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1. Andrew Carnegie: 1835-1935. Front cover
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
- Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Speaker)
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: 1935
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.E. Staff and Trustee Files, 1913-1996. Box no. 23
- Abstract: A collection of speeches and articles about Andrew Carnegie delivered by N. M. Butler in November 1935 to commemorate Andrew Carnegie's centennial.
2. 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.
3. Invocation in Memory of Andrew Carnegie, His Life and Work. Front cover
Merrill, William P., 1867-1954
- Name: Merrill, William P., 1867-1954 (Author)
- Format: books
- Date: April 25, 1920
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: Proceedings of a meeting held under the auspices of the Authors Club, the New York Public Library, the Oratorio Society, the Saint Andrews Society, the United Engineering Society-all of them beneficiaries of Carnegie's largesse.
4. 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.
5. Photograph of Elihu Root
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [1930s]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Flat Box 526
- Abstract: Elihu Root (1845-1937), US Senator from New York, Theodore Roosevelt's US Secretary of War and later Secretary of State and Andrew Carnegie's legal advisor, played a decisive role in his major philanthropic undertakings.
6. 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.
7. Photograph of James Bertram
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1897 and 1934]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
- Abstract: This is the only known photo of James Bertram (1872-1934), Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary. Andrew Carnegie hired him in Skibo, Scotland in 1897 upon recommendation from Dr. Hew Morrison, Chief Librarian of the Edinburgh Public Library.
8. Photograph of Nicholas Murray Butler as the Carnegie Corporation of New York Trustee
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1911 and 1947]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), was a close friend of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie attended Butler's inauguration as Columbia University President in 1902, and Butler vacationed in Carnegie's Skibo Castle. Butler was an advocate and one of the ori ginal trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. A noted advocate for peace, he served as chairman of the Conferences on International Arbitration, and then became one of the founders of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, its second president, from 1925 to 1945, and a recipient of 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
9. Photograph of Robert A. Franks
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1883 and 1941]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie's close friend and financial agent since 1883, Robert Franks was in charge of distributing Carnegie money for pensions and philanthropic activities. The president and director of the Carnegie Home Trust Company, he later served as a t rust.
10. Photograph of William P. Merril
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1929 and 1931]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs Records
- Abstract: William P. Merrill, (1867-1954) was acknowledged during his time as one of the most influential ministers in America. In 1911, Merrill became a pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, attended by the Carnegie family. His 1914 sermon titled "The Making of Peace" was hailed by Andrew Carnegie as one of the greatest sermons on peace that he had ever heard. In 1914 Merrill became the first president of Carnegie's Church Peace Union, currently known as Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs.
11. Power of Attorney, from Andrew Carnegie to R.A. Franks
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: legal documents
- Date: October 14, 1901
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 3
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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".
16. 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.
17. 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".
18. Typed letter signed to Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: October 23, 1913
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
- Abstract: This letter to N. M. Butler discussed international arbitration and the Carnegie “Peace Fund” (i.e. Endowment for International Peace”). Carnegie ends the letter with his characteristic optimism “The task of Peace Fund is the abolition of man killing man…After its conquest, but not till then – next!”