Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, New York, N.Y.

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author); Home Trust Company (Author); Carnegie Corporation of New York (Author)
Title: Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, New York, N.Y.
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
Archival Context: Series II. Files on Microfilm. II.A. Gifts and Grants. II.A.5. General Donations
Subjects: Endowments; Blindness--Prevention; Eye--Care and hygiene; New York (N.Y.); National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness
Format: correspondence
Genre: Business correspondence

Origin Information: 1908
Physical Description: microfilm, 16 mm, b&w; digitized microfilm
Note (Reel no.): Reel 81
Note: PDF may contain multiple grant documents.; The name of the New York Association for the Blind's Special Committee on Prevention of Blindness (founded in 1908) was changed in 1913 to Committee for the Prevention of Blindness; and in 1915 to New York State Committee for the Prevention of Blindne ss. In 1918 the New York State Committee for the Prevention of Blindness merged with the American Association for the Conservation of Vision (organized in 1911) to form the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. The name of the latter was changed in 1927 to National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, and in 1979 to National Society to Prevent Blindness." [SOURCE: "National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness." Library of Congress Name Authority File, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013186025. Accessed 3 Oct. 2018.]
Language: English
Library Location: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Copyright Status: No Copyright - United States
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-78pg-zx88