Guide to the Carnegie Foundation Records,
1905-1945

Collection Number: 3-4-122

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
P. McCray
Date completed:
January 1993
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, November 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Carnegie Foundation records, 1905-1945
Collection Number:
3-4-122
Creator:
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Quantity:
1.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, pension records, financial records, meeting minutes, pamphlets.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records concerning the establishment of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, including letters from Andrew Carnegie to Jacob Gould Schurman and Livingston Farrand (Presidents of Cornell and trustees of the Foundation). The collection includes extensive correspondence of Foundation presidents Henry Pritchett, Henry Suzzallo, and Walter A. Jessup, and secretaries Clyde Furst and Howard Savage; also, material and lists pertaining to pensions, financial records, trustee meeting minutes, and published pamphlets concerning the Foundation.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records concerning the establishment of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, including letters from Andrew Carnegie to Jacob Gould Schurman and Livingston Farrand (Presidents of Cornell and trustees of the Foundation). The collection includes extensive correspondence of Foundation presidents Henry Pritchett, Henry Suzzallo, and Walter A. Jessup, and secretaries Clyde Furst and Howard Savage; also, material and lists pertaining to pensions, financial records, trustee meeting minutes, and published pamphlets concerning the Foundation.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Farrand, Livingston, 1867-1939.
Pritchett, Henry.
Suzzallo, Henry.
Jessup, Walter A.
Furst, Clyde.
Savage, Howard.
Cornell University--Faculty.

Subjects:
Pensions.
Education, Higher.
College teachers.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Available Copies:
Microfilm available.
Cite As:
Carnegie Foundation records, #3-4-122. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1905
Establishment of the Carnegie Foundation. Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Jacob Gould Schurman; Clippings
Box 1 Folder 1
1905-1908
Carnegie's Announcement of Gift. Schurman's trustee correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 2
1908-1910
Carnegie's Announcement of Gift. Schurman's trustee correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 3
1916-1918
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Pritchett, Carnegie, Schurman letters.
Box 1 Folder 4
1919-1923
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Willcox, Pritchett letters,.
Box 1 Folder 5
1905-1915
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Carnegie, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 6
1916-1919
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett, Hammond letters; Cornell University.
Box 1 Folder 7
1916
Teachers' Insurance and Annuities. Schurman correspondence; Cornell University report; correspondence
Box 1 Folder 8-9
1905-1907
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 10
1907-1908
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 11
1909-1911
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 12
1912-1915
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 13
1915-1921
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 14
1913-1929
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett, Furst, Farrand letters.
Box 1 Folder 15
1908-1922
Schurman Correspondence. Salary lists of Cornell University Faculty
Box 1 Folder 16
1912
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Furst letters.
Box 1 Folder 17
1922
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Schurman, Furst, Farrand letters.
Box 1 Folder 18
1927
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Furst, Farrand letters.
Box 1 Folder 19
1916-1918
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Teachers' annuities and insurance; Schurman, Furst, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 20
1918-1927
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Teachers' annuities and insurance; Schurman, Pritchett letters.
Box 1 Folder 21
1917
Salary lists sent to Carnegie Foundation.
Box 1 Folder 22
1916-1931
List of Pensionables.
Box 1 Folder 23
1929-1935
List of Pensionables.
Box 1 Folder 24
1929
Business for Meetings - Farrand Minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee.
Box 1 Folder 25
1929-1932
Business for Meetings - Farrand Minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee.
Box 1 Folder 26
1932
Business for Meetings - Farrand Minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee.
Box 1 Folder 27
1934
Business for Meetings - Farrand Minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee.
Box 1 Folder 28
1936
Business for Meetings - Farrand Minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee.
Box 1 Folder 29-30
1923
Minutes of the Sub-committee on Finance.
Box 1 Folder 31
1933
Minutes of the Sub-committee on Finance.
Box 1 Folder 32
1931-1943
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Savage, Farrand, Day letters.
Box 1 Folder 33
1930-1936
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Savage letters.
Box 1 Folder 34-35
1930-1933
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Furst, Suzzallo letters.
Box 1 Folder 36
1934-1937
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Jessup letters.
Box 1 Folder 37
1933-1934
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Savage, Farrand letters; Farrand chairmanship.
Box 1 Folder 38
1942-1944
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Savage letters.
Box 1 Folder 39
1932-1936
Carnegie Foundation Correspondence. Miscellaneous material.
Box 1 Folder 40
1905-1935
Carnegie Foundation Pamphlets, Reports, Act of Incorporation, Foundation Papers, Memoranda, Rules.
Box 2 Folder 1