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41. Columbia University Grant Report -- Conference on the African University and National Educational Development. Cover page
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: books
- Date: between September 8 and 18, 1964
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.B. Reports on Grants, 1911-1983. Box no. 39
- Abstract: The first donations to Columbia University (Astronomy Observatory, Teachers College, College of Pharmacy, etc.) were made by Andrew Carnegie himself and go back to the early 1900s. The Corporation has worked with Columbia ever since, with total donat ions exceeding 20 million dollars. This is a small sample of reports, produced by various Columbia University affiliates under Carnegie Corporation grants.
42. Columbia University Grant Report -- The Educational Future of Columbia University. Cover page
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: books
- Date: 1957
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.B. Reports on Grants, 1911-1983. Box no. 38
43. Columbia University List of Faculty
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 1905
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
44. Commonwealth Program
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: books
- Date: 1920
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Flat Box 493
- Abstract: A page from an oversized volume of commonwealth program grants. Each page of the volume contains a brief description, while a complete story behind each grant, its origins and results, is told in the corresponding grant file.
45. Contract for “The Psycho-Analytic Problem of the War”
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
- Name: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 (Contractor)
- Format: legal documents
- Date: October 10, 1921
- Abstract: This contract between Sigmund Freud and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was signed by Freud and James S. Shotwell, the General Editor of the CEIP seminal 150-volume series Economic and Social History of the World War. In December 1921 Freud informed Shotwell that he "can't make any headway" and asked to be released from the contract. In 1924, as the series was brought to a conclusion, Shotwell became director of the CEIP Division of Economics and History.
46. The Corporation and the Promotion of Science. Cover page
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.
47. Creating A Trust for the Benefit of the Universities of Scotland, etc. Front cover
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: 1901
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland was established in 1901, for assistance to students, for expansion of the Scottish universities, and for stimulation of research. The endowment of the Trust on establishment was $10 million, several times larger than the governmental funding of the four Scottish universities at the time. The Trust was accepted, but remained one of the most controversial of all the large Carnegie benefactions. Carnegie was criticized for creating an “academic dictatorship” by his reliance on trustees, and for “pauperization” of the university clientele by providing financial assistance for Scottish students.
48. Deed of Gift for the Andrew Carnegie Relief Fund
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: March 12, 1901
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 60
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie’s first post-retirement project was establishing a pension and relief fund for old or injured employees of the Carnegie Company. In this letter to the Board of Directors he announces a gift of $4,000,000, to be held in trust for this purpose. “I make this first use of surplus wealth upon retiring from business as an acknowledgement of the debt which I owe to the workmen who have contributed so greatly to my success.” The same document also stipulates a separate $1,000,000 endowment for Braddock, Homestead and Duquesne libraries.
49. Final Report on the Allocation of Funds to National Agencies in Social Welfare Field. Cover page
New York School of Social Work
- Name: New York School of Social Work (Author)
- Format: corporation reports
- Date: December 30, 1932
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 267
- Abstract: Grant reports from various social service agencies in the Corporation's files provide a wealth of information on social conditions, population, and other details of life of poor, immigrant and working class residents of New York City.
50. The Final version 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 10, 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.F. General Files, 1911-1987. Box no. 11
51. Financial Records Journal. Page 32
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: albums
- Date: 1885-1897
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Flat Box 477
- Abstract: An early journal shows entries for Andrew Carnegie’s charity expenses entered chronologically among other financial transactions.
52. Financial Records of Donations: Church Organs
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: albums
- Date: 1901-1908
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.C. Financial Record Books, 1872-1987. Box no. 3
- Abstract: This volume documents the first seven years of Andrew Carnegie's donations to communities for church organs. Carnegie was reported to joke that while he would not be responsible for what the preacher might say, he would be responsible for the positiv e influence of music.
53. 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.
54. Flag of Peace; presented to Andrew Carnegie by National Society of the Daughters of American Revolution
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
55. Ghana University of - Conference on University adult education in Africa
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [1966]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Abstract: This Carnegie-sponsored project ties the Corporation's support to African Universities with its long-standing commitment to adult education.
56. The Gospel of Wealth; Volume 148
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: periodicals
- Date: June 1889
- Collection Name: Rare Book & Manuscript Library General Rare Book Collection
- Abstract: In 1889, Andrew Carnegie wrote "The Gospel of Wealth", in which he asserted that all personal wealth beyond that required to supply the needs of one's family should be regarded as a trust fund to be administered for the benefit of the community. The essay was originally published as "Wealth" in the June 1889 issue of the North American Review.
57. The Graduate Records Examination. Cover page
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: 1941
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: Graduate Records Examination grew out of the project for the CFAT in the early 1930s to study the outcomes of college education. Carnegie Corporation of New York played a key role in funding the study, and then helping to accommodate the test to new r ealities after World War II, when a much larger student body began to pursue graduate degrees.
58. Ground Floor Plan for Belgrade University Library
Nestorović, Nikola B.
- Name: Nestorović, Nikola B. (Architect) Đorđević, Dragutin, 1866-1933 (Architect)
- Format: architectural drawings
- Date: [1925]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: In their 1920 decision to allocate $100,000 for the building of the Belgrade University Library the CEIP Executive Committee stated: “Mr. Carnegie's name and fame are inseparably associated with his gifts for the construction of libraries in many land s. … It seems therefore peculiarly fitting to erect this library in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia since 1389, where Serbian independence was proclaimed on August 22, 1878, and which was twice captured by the enemy during the Great War, as the gift of the Carnegie Endowment in commemoration of the heroic defense made by the Serbian people.” The library of the Royal University of Belgrade, rebuilt with Carnegie Endowment’s contributions, officially opened its doors on May 24 1926. Today Svetozar Marković University Library is the largest university library in the country.
59. Higher Education in Tanzania: A Case Study. Front cover
Mkude, Daniel J.
- Name: Mkude, Daniel J. (Author) Cooksey, Brian (Author) Levey, Lisbeth A. (Author)
- Format: books
- Date: 2003
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.G.. Box no. 9
- Abstract: This publication was produced by the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA), a coordinated initiative of grant-making support to strengthen African universities among seven United States-based philanthropic foundations in 2000-2010, bringin g Carnegie Corporation's educational initiatives to the twenty-first century.
60. History of European War Project Plan
Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938
- Name: Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938 (Author)
- Format: legal documents
- Date: October 22, 1914
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
- Abstract: After the outbreak of World War I, the Division commissioned a series of studies dealing with topics of immediate importance in connection with the war. This proposal by J.B. Clark presents a plan for the publication of Economic and Social History of the World War. The resulting seminal 150-volume History contained General, American, British, Austrian/Hungarian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Czechoslovak, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Netherland, Polish, Rumanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Serbian, and Turkish series written by eminent scholars from these countries.