Endowments; International relations; Peace--Societies, etc.; New York (N.Y.); Church Peace Union
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between February 26, 1914 and April 3, 1917]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 79
Note
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Founded in 1914, and originally named Church Peace Union, Carnegie Council is an independent and nonpartisan institution, aiming to be the foremost voice of ethics in international affairs. The Council focuses on, Ethics, War and Peace, Global Social Justice, and Religion in Politics as its three main themes. It is separate and independent from all other Carnegie philanthropies.... The Carnegie Council was founded in 1914 by Andrew Carnegie in New York City. Carnegie gathered together numerous religious leaders, scientists and politicians, and appointed them trustees of a new organization, the Church Peace Union (CPU). Carnegie hoped to create, with the religious and secular leaders, a new moral leadership to prevent armed conflict. The CPU was established shortly before the outbreak of World War I. The planned international inaugural meeting, on Lake Constance, could not take place due to the outbreak of war. First President of the CPU was William P. Merrill. The first activities of the organization were educational programs, calls for reductions in military spending and an end to military education in public schools. After the declaration of war by the US President Woodrow Wilson in April 1917, which led to internal disputes within the CPU, the leadership of the organization concluded in December 1917, to stand behind Wilson and the USA’s involvement in the war. R Henry A. Atkinson was General Secretary of the CPU from 1918 to 1955... In 1961, the CPU was renamed the 'Council on Religion and International Affairs' (CRIA)... CRIA changed its name in 1986, to the 'Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs' (CCEIA)... The current name, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, was given to the organization in 2005... The Carnegie Council is mainly funded through an endowment from Andrew Carnegie. Other sources of funding come from grants, donations, and membership dues..." [SOURCE: "Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Council_for_Ethics_in_International_Affairs. Accessed 7 Nov. 2018.]