Carnegie Centennial Exhibition

Peace Society of the City of New York

Name: Peace Society of the City of New York (Author)
Format: pamphlets
Date: 1909
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.B. Printed Material. Box no. 4
Abstract: The New York Peace Society was founded in 1906 with Andrew Carnegie's substantial financial support; he was elected President in 1907. The Society's mission was to educate people on Hague Conferences, and creation of international laws and organizati ons. In 1940 the New York Peace Society merged into the World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches, an organization closely affiliated with Carnegie's Church Peace Union, and amply documented in the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs Records.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Format: pamphlets; music
Date: 1912
Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
Abstract: The records of Carnegie Endowment and Carnegie Council for Ethic and International Affairs contain many early peace movement memorabilia, such as grass-roots peace plans, pamphlets, broadsheets, flyers, essays and sheet music.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Format: photographs
Date: [1923]
Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
Abstract: In 1923 the Endowment purchased a building in Paris to house the Centre Européen. The new building at 173 Boulevard Saint-Germain, an 18th century hotel, contained the Centre's administration offices, lecture rooms, library, and a movie theater. The Centre also rented its rooms for lectures, and let office space to other organizations and individuals. A separate reading room (Salle de Lecture) for current newspapers and other periodicals opened in 1926.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: postcards
Date: 1907
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.A. Andrew Carnegie. Box no. 1

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: December 7, 1910
Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Format: posters
Date: [1923]
Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
Abstract: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace established its Paris office, Le Centre Européen de la Dotation Carnegie pour la Paix Internationale, as part of its Division of Intercourse and Education in 1912. The Centre was founded with an Advisory Council composed of representative and distinguished statesmen and public leaders of Europe and Asia. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant served as President of the Advisory Council from its formation until his death in 1924.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Speaker)
Format: printed ephemera
Date: 1913
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.B. Printed Material. Box no. 4, Folder no. 15
Abstract: This speech marked Andrew Carnegie's donation of the Hague Peace Palace, later a home of the Academy of International Law at the Hague. The academy was incorporated in 1914 by Carnegie Endowment of International Peace, and funded by the Endowment wit h the Carnegie Corporation's support, until 1939.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Format: posters
Date: 1912
Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
Abstract: World peace was one of Andrew Carnegie's great passions. “I am drawn more to this cause than to any,” he wrote in 1907. This lecture was organized by Association for International Conciliation and its founder Baron d'Estournelles de Constant. the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who represented France at both Hague Peace Conferences, delivered the introduction to Carnegie's Sophia lecture.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Format: legal documents
Date: February 10, 1914,
Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
Abstract: The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (formerly the Church Peace Union and later known for a while the Council on Religion in International Affairs) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1914. Initially, it searched for ways to influen ce government action, but eventually adopted an educational mission, providing a forum for public debate, issuing publications, conducting public affairs programs, and performing studies.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
Format: legal documents
Date: November 13, 1910
Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
Abstract: Eventually, Carnegie selected 28 trustees who were leaders in American business and public life. Elihu Root became the Endowment's first president, the position he held until 1925, when he was replaced by Nicholas Murray Butler.

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