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81. Meeting of the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Format: photographs
- Date: 1912
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie initially selected 25 trustees to administer the Carnegie Foundation, primarily presidents of major universities, and presidents of "colleges of both the older and the younger type." Robert A. Franks, Thomas Morrison Carnegie, and Fr ank A. Vanderlip were the only three members of the Board with no academic affiliations.
82. Memorandum of Agreement between Carnegie Corporation of New York and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America as to Professors Annuities. Cover
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: March 28, 1929
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.B. Reports on Grants, 1911-1983. Box no. 124
- Abstract: By 1917, the CFAT trustees, after an extensive study, concluded that a pension system paid out of income at no cost to the beneficiary was expensive beyond all estimates and anticipation. In 1917-1918, under an arrangement negotiated by Andrew Carneg ie and the CFAT the CCNY gave $1 million to found the Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America, an occupation-wide contributory plan, believed by some to embody more closely Carnegie’s original vision of the teachers’ pension plan. The nonprofit stock of the association, now called TIAA-CREF was owned outright by the Corporation until 1938, when it was transferred to an independent board of trustees. CCNY continued to support TIAA with grants until 1957.
83. Memorandum on Andrew Carnegie's Pensions for US Presidents
Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943
- Name: Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: January 8, 1929
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 3
- Abstract: The memorandum from Frederick P. Keppel (Carnegie Corporation of New York President from 1923 to1941) tells about the fate of Carnegie's idea of creating pensions for the former presidents of the United States.
84. Monochrome guache on paper, "Andrew Carnegie ain't going to work no more"
Ebert, Charles H. V.
- Name: Ebert, Charles H. V. (Author)
- Format: caricatures and cartoons
- Date: [1901]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.A. Andrew Carnegie. Box no. 1
- Abstract: On March 11, 1901 Carnegie sold out to J.P. Morgan for $480,000,000, a move which allowed Morgan to create US Steel, and made Carnegie the richest man in the world. This original caricature by Charles H. Ebert was intended for the March 1901 issue of Life magazine.
85. The moral values of a League of Nations. Front cover
Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs
- Format: pamphlets
- Date: 1917
- Collection Name: Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs Records
- Abstract: Pamphlet from the Churches and the Moral Aims of the War Series
86. Mounted checks issued by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Format: legal documents
- Date: 1905, 1906
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: In April 1905, Andrew Carnegie announced the creation of the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), a $10,000,000 pension fund for teachers in institutions of higher education (with additional five million dollars added in 1908 to pro vide pensions for teachers in state colleges). These mounted checks were issued to the Foundation's own executives: H. S. Pritchett, the CFAT president and Charles W. Eliot, the Harvard University President and the first CFAT Board Chairman. The third check is for William T. Harris, the United States Commissioner of Education from 1889 to 1906, and one of the 30 founding members of the Simplified Spelling Board.
87. National Peace Federation Chart of Peace Organizations in the United States
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format: posters
- Date: 1915
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
88. The New Year Greeting
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: 1914
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
89. New York Academy of Medicine, Window on Fifth Avenue Facade
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: 1928
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 263
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation of New York sponsored the construction of the New York Academy of Medicine building on 5th Avenue and 105th Street. It became the first notable building in New York City erected with the Carnegie Corporation's funds.
90. The New York Herald
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: periodicals
- Date: August 29, 1919
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series IX. Oversize Material. Map Case 14.05.01
91. Nicholas M. Butler and Frederick P. Keppel discuss funding for Louvain University Library
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author) Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: November 18, 1924
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 207
92. Note to Henry Smith Pritchett in response to the Teachers Retirement Survey
Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918
- Name: Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: April 13, 1909
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: Frederick Remsen Hutton (1853-1918) was a Columbia College graduate of 1873, Columbia University professor of Mechanical engineering, and a Dean of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He also was a Vice President of the Carnegie-su pported American Museum of Safety, and a Secretary of the Carnegie-supported United Engineering Society.
93. Notes on Erection of Library Buildings
Bertram, James, 1872-1934
- Name: Bertram, James, 1872-1934 (Author)
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: 1911
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. Vol 44
- Abstract: Responding to numerous requests from communities the Corporation developed a set of guidelines for library buildings. This is the first version of the guidelines in simplified spelling.
94. Notice of Agreement between Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Community Service Society
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: legal documents
- Date: January 20, 1949
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 2
- Abstract: In January 1949 Charles Dollard, president of the Carnegie Corporation, announced that the house and garden would be transferred to the New York School of Social Work through its parent organization, the Community Service Society. The roots of the Ne w York School of Social Work trace to 1898 as a summer course offered by the New York Charity Organization Society. Six years later it was transformed into a graduate program, originally named the New York School of Philanthropy. The name was changed to the New York School of Social Work in 1917.
95. Opening Ceremony Program for the Birthplace Museum
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: June 28, 1928.
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: In 1895 Louise Carnegie bought the "Birthplace Cottage" as a surprise 60th birthday present for Andrew. After his death, Mrs. Carnegie proposed and funded the erection of a Memorial Treasure House adjoining the Birthplace. Work began in 1925 on the design by architect James Shearer. The linked buildings of the Cottage and Memorial Hall were formally opened on June 28, 1928.
96. Original Request for Information
Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939
- Name: Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939 (Author) Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1864-1937 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: June 30, 1905
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: Copies of this letter were sent to colleges and universities potentially eligible for Carnegie Foundation pensions. The responses from several hundred institutions, held in the archives, paint a rich and varied picture of the state of higher educatio n in the United States and Canada.
97. The Palace of Peace. Page 1
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.
98. 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.
99. Ph.D.'s and the Academic Labor Market. Cover page; A Report Prepared for The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education
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.
100. 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