Universities and colleges--Finance; Universities and colleges--Endowments; Education, Higher--Finance; Halifax (N.S.); Dalhousie University; Mackenzie, A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley), 1865-1938
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Origin Information
1915-04-19
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
digitized microfilm
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 71
Note (Status of gift)
Promised and made
Note
PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
Date based on grant approval.
Note (Historical note)
Dalhousie University, at Halifax, has received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York notification that $125,000 has been appropriated to the university, as an endowment for geology. This swelled the list of gifts from the Carnegie Corporation to D alhousie to a total of $1,207,000 since 1911." [SOURCE: Special to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. "Dalhousie University Gets $125,000." New York Times (1923-Current file), Jan 26, 1933, pp. 14. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/100627882?accountid=10226. Accessed 8 Aug. 2018.] "Dalhousie University, Halifax, is one of the three Canadian colleges to receive from the Carnegie Corporation a gift of art reproductions, original prints, textiles, books and photographs for the teaching of fine arts, and a donation worth many thousands of dollars." [SOURCE: "DALHOUSIE AIDED BY CARNEGIE CORPORATION." The Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Jan 26, 1927, pp. 1. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/512040124?accountid=10226. Accessed 8 Aug. 2018.] "Among other gifts of $100,000 or more is a conditional grant of $600,000 to aid consolidation of Kings College and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, marking the first step in a college federation program in the Maritime Provinces for which the corporation has set aside $3,000,000." [SOURCE: "1924 CARNEGIE FUND FIXED AT $6,415,000." The Sun (1837-1992), Mar 10, 1924, pp. 9. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/544229785?accountid=10226. Accessed 8 Aug. 2018.] "The endowment fund of Dalhousie University will receive $400,000 from the Carnegie Corporation, Dr. A. Stanley MacKenzie, president of the university, stated today. The corporation in 1924 offered $3,000,000 for a federation at Halifax of all the maritime universities, but this offer expired last Jul., according to Dr. MacKenzie." [SOURCE: "Dalhousie to Get $400,000." New York Times (1923-Current file), Jan 02, 1930, pp. 35. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/98678673?accountid=10226. Accessed 8 Aug. 2018.] "When the French cargo ship the Mont-Blanc collided with the Imo in Halifax Harbour on the morning of December 6, 1917, the resulting blast killed 1,650 people instantly. More than 9,000 more were injured and 6,000 were left homeless. A significant portion of the city—an estimated 1,630 buildings, spanning nearly 2.6 square kilometers—was levelled, with more than 12,000 buildings damaged in some way...The Dal Senate convened for an emergency meeting at President MacKenzie’s house the night of the explosion, cancelling all classes until the new year and postponing exams. The eventual bill for campus damage came to nearly $20,000—the equivalent of more than $330,000 in 2017 dollars. President MacKenzie approached Andrew Carnegie of the New York-based Carnegie Corporation, who had previously donated $40,000 to help construct the Macdonald Building, to ask for assistance in paying for the repairs; Carnegie agreed to cover the costs entirely." [SOURCE: McNutt, Ryan. "Like All Thunders Rolled Into One." Dal Magazine, Nov. 2017, http://dalmag.dal.ca/2017/11/like-all-thunders-rolled-into-one/. Accessed 9 Aug. 2018.]
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University