Carnegie Centennial Exhibition

Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969

Name: Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969 (Author)
Format: books
Date: 1944
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. VIII.A. CCNY Publications. Box no. 3
Abstract: This early brochure from the Carnegie Corporation of New York Review Series, written by the Corporation's Secretary, summarizes the first 30 years of Carnegie Corporation grants aimed at fostering scientific research.

Cartter, Allan M. (Allan Murray), 1922-1976

Format: books
Date: 1968-1980
Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. Boxes 120, 128, 141
Abstract: In 1967 the CFAT received a Carnegie Corporation grant to study the various aspects of contemporary higher education. Clark Kerr, then the president of the University of California, agreed to chair the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Over th e course of their existence, the Commission, and its successor organization the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education assembled a wealth of data and published 163 influential monographs, and dozens of pamphlets and brochures.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: photographs
Date: 1938
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
Abstract: John Campbell Merriam (1869 - October 30, 1945) was a leading American paleontologist and the third president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1920-1938. He was the chairman of the National Research Council twice, in 1919-1920 and 1921-1923, and held other prominent positions in numerous scientific organizations. This photograph was taken in his CIW office before his 1938 retirement.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: photographs
Date: [between 1872 and 1924]
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
Abstract: The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to encourage investigation, research and discovery "in the broadest and most liberal manner." Under its first president, Daniel C. Gilman the institution mostly awarde d individual grants in various fields. The Institution's second president (from 1904 through 1920) was Robert S. Woodward, a physicist and mathematician, who had been a dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia University. Woodward changed the course, deciding to focus on supporting departments of research within the institution. This approach successfully allowed the Institution to support groups of researchers in related areas over many years.

Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938

Name: Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938 (Author)
Format: pamphlets
Date: 1918
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 237
Abstract: The National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences (NRC) was established in 1916 in response to the war-time need for scientific services, "in order to facilitate cooperation between governmental, educational, industrial and other research organizations". Carnegie Corporation was a principal war-time backer of NRC via the Carnegie Institution of Washington. This memorandum, written by G.E. Hale, who was the first NRC chairman (1916-1918), as well as the founder of the CIW-funded Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, advocates the continuing relevance of NRC, and urges the Corporation to provide it with building and endowment funds.

National Research Council (U.S.)

Name: National Research Council (U.S.) (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: January 26, 1920
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 237

Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969

Name: Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969 (Author)
Format: books
Date: 1934
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
Abstract: In addition to the endowment of $22,000,000 from Andrew Carnegie, the Carnegie Institution of Washington received millions of dollars in grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Some of these grants went towards endowment or administration, s ome were intended for specific research projects, and some went through the Institution to other organizations.

Edwards, Marcia, 1901-

Name: Edwards, Marcia, 1901- (Author)
Format: pamphlets
Date: 1944
Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. Box no. 204
Abstract: Division of Educational Research engaged in research projects on state of high and professional education, conducting surveys and symposia, and fostering professional standards in medicine, law, engineering, and teaching. Its research and publication s also played a seminal role i in development of standardized tests and founding of the Educational Testing Service.

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