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20221. Typed letter, signed to James Bertram
Poynton, John A.
- Name: Poynton, John A. (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: March 27, 1919
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I. Administrative Records, 1872-1996. I.A. Secretary's Office Records, 1911-1977. I.A.1. Board Minutes, 1911-1944. Box no. 2
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation of New York took over many of the charitable initiatives of Andrew Carnegie. However he continued to support schools, settlements, self-help societies and other grassroots organizations, particularly in New York City, from his pe rsonal funds. In this letter, Andrew Carnegie' personal secretary John Poynton asks the Corporation to take over some of the grants. Carnegie hired Poynton as a replacement for James Bertram, who spent all of his time administering Carnegie' organized philanthropy.
20222. Typed letter signed to James T. Shotwell regarding one of the books in Economic and Social History of the World War series
Hoover, Herbert C.
- Name: Hoover, Herbert C. (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 30, 1924
- Collection Name: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices Records
20223. Typed letter signed to Louise Whitfield Carnegie
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
- Name: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 17, 1945
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
20224. Typed letter signed to Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: October 23, 1913
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
- Abstract: This letter to N. M. Butler discussed international arbitration and the Carnegie “Peace Fund” (i.e. Endowment for International Peace”). Carnegie ends the letter with his characteristic optimism “The task of Peace Fund is the abolition of man killing man…After its conquest, but not till then – next!”
20225. Typed letter signed to Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946
- Name: Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 11, 1945
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
20226. Typed letter signed to Nicholas Murray. Butler
Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946
- Name: Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 11, 1945
- Collection Name: Nicholas Murray Butler Papers
20227. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: May 5, 1908
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 3
- Abstract: One of several hundred letters from Andrew Carnegie to Robert A. Franks authorizing payments for various charity causes. The letters were then stamped with transaction numbers, and transactions were recorded in various financial journals depending on the kind of donation. Separate journals were kept for donations to libraries, church organs, and educational institutions.
20228. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December 5, 1901
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 3A
- Abstract: In this letter to Robert A. Franks, the president and director of the Carnegie Home Trust Company, Andrew Carnegie provides the first details on funding and payment arrangements for the Home Trust Company.
20229. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks, regarding payments to Elizabeth Haldans
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 5, 1897
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Carnegie began his private list of pensioners in 1881. The list included persons of distinction from all fields – arts, politics, social service, education – who were in need. Other pensioners were his family members, figures from his earlier life, an d former work associates.
20230. Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks, regarding payments to Martha B. Hixon
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: August 7, 1919
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 1
- Abstract: One of the last documents signed by Andrew Carnegie deals with yet another addition to his private pension list. At the time of his death on August 11, 1919 the list included 409 people.
20231. Typed letter, signed, to the Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: January 13, 1913
- Collection Name: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records
- Abstract: In this letter Carnegie announces a new Division of Educational Research within the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching with its own $1,250,000 endowment.
20232. Typed Letter to David Homer Bates, signed with Ms. Note by Carnegie
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: December, 16 1907
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 1
- Abstract: Carnegie was a founder of the US Military Telegraph Corps of the Civil War. In 1907, upon request from David Homer Bates, the secretary of the Society of the United States Military Telegraph Corps, he established pensions for them; in a few years he e xtended pensions to their widows as well.
20233. The UN: Peacekeeping or Warmaking?; UN Peacekeeping Warmaking
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York (Funder)
- Format: video recordings
- Date: 1994
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.C. Grantees. Box no. 13
20234. Undergraduate Education--allocations recommended
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York (Author)
- Format: agendas (administrative records)
- Date: 1958 January 16
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series I: Administrative Records, Agenda Books. Item no. 1957-1958
20235. Undue Influence: Money in Politics; Undue Influence Money in Politics
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York (Producer)
- Format: video recordings
- Date: 1996
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.C. Grantees. Box no. 13
20236. United Nations Advocacy in Cartoons. Page 4
Church Peace Union
- Name: Church Peace Union (Author)
- Format: printed ephemera
- Date: 1945
- Collection Name: Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs Records
- Abstract: The Council (formerly known as the Church Peace Union) conducted public education campaign on the League of Nations, the United Nations, arms reduction etc. The collection includes public education materials produced by related organizations.
20237. United Nations Development Programme - TV Productions
United Nations Development Programme
- Name: United Nations Development Programme (Producer)
- Format: ephemera
- Date: [between 1997 and 2011?]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.A. Corporation
20238. A University of Ghana - Carnegie Corporation of New York Joint Workshop on Strategic Communications
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: video recordings
- Date: August 15-17, 2011
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.A. Corporation
20239. A University of Ghana - Carnegie Corporation of New York Joint Workshop on Strategic Communications
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: video recordings
- Date: August 15-17, 2011
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.A. Corporation
20240. A University of Ghana - Carnegie Corporation of New York Joint Workshop on Strategic Communications
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: video recordings
- Date: August 15-17, 2011
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.A. Corporation