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21. Pencil draft of the first Deed of Gift to the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (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: The first pencil draft and the final version of Andrew's first deed of gift to the Corporation. During 1911 and 1912, Carnegie gave the Corporation $125 million in three separate gifts, making it the largest single philanthropic trust ever established up to that time.
22. Photograph of Andrew Carnegie at His Desk
Marceau, Theodore C., 1859-1922
- Name: Marceau, Theodore C., 1859-1922 (Photographer)
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.A. Andrew Carnegie. Flat Box 526
23. Record of Interview with John D. Rockefeller, 3rd
Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002
- Name: Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002 (Interviewer)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: September 13, 1956
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 658
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation of New York President John Gardner and John D. Rockefeller, 3rd discuss possible participation of the Corporation in the Lincoln Center project.
24. Regulations : Andrew Carnegie Relief Fund. Front Cover
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: January 1, 1902
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 3
- Abstract: In December 1901, the Carnegie Company announced that its advisory committee, chaired by Charles L. Taylor, had completed a workable plan of administering the Carnegie Relief Fund. The Fund officially became operative in January 1902.
25. Remarks of Andrew Carnegie before the Nineteenth Century Club upon "The Aristocracy of the Dollar". Cover page
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: [between 1883 and 1886]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.B. Printed Material. Box no. 4
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie moved to New York City in 1867. In 1883 he was elected to the Nineteenth Century Club of New York founded by Cortland Palmer, who invited best-known men of letters to speak to his club. Carnegie was invited to be one of the disputant s following the lecture by Thomas Wentworth Higginson critical of the new "Aristocracy of the Dollar." In his autobiography, Carnegie fondly remembered this "first introduction to a New York audience," which he later printed in pamphlet form. In 1886 Carnegie presented his work Triumphant Democracy to the Nineteenth Century Club, but soon resigned from the Club following his verbal attack on Palmer.
26. Les rois des trusts
Fornaro, Carlo de, 1871-
- Name: Fornaro, Carlo de, 1871- (Artist)
- Format: caricatures and cartoons
- Date: 1903
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.A. Andrew Carnegie. Box no. 1
27. 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.
28. Telegram to Henry Smith Pritchett
Lazansky, Edward, 1872-1955
- Name: Lazansky, Edward, 1872-1955 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: June 12, 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.A. Secretary's Office Records, 1911-1977. I.A.1. Board Minutes, 1911-1944. Box no. 1
- Abstract: The telegram from the New York State Secretary, informing Pritchett about the passing of the Act to Incorporate Carnegie Corporation of New York.
29. 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.
30. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks, regarding payments to Elizabeth Haldans
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 5, 1897
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Carnegie began his private list of pensioners in 1881. The list included persons of distinction from all fields – arts, politics, social service, education – who were in need. Other pensioners were his family members, figures from his earlier life, an d former work associates.
31. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks, regarding payments to Martha B. Hixon
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 7, 1919
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 1
- Abstract: One of the last documents signed by Andrew Carnegie deals with yet another addition to his private pension list. At the time of his death on August 11, 1919 the list included 409 people.