doi:10.7916/d8-q8yy-zk27Notice of Agreement between Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Community Service Societylegal documentstextCharitable uses, trusts, and foundationsCarnegie Corporation of New YorkIn 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 New 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.