Carnegie Foundation records, 1905-1945.
Collection Number: 3-4-122
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Carnegie Foundation records, 1905-1945.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3-4-122
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.
Creator:
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Quanitities:
1.2 cubic feet.
4 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
Microfilm available.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Carnegie Foundation records, #3-4-122. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
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:
College teachers.
Education, Higher.
Pensions.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Establishment of the Carnegie Foundation. Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Jacob Gould
Schurman; Clippings
|
1905 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Carnegie's announcement of gift. Schurman's trustee correspondence.
|
1905-1908 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Carnegie's announcement of gift. Schurman's trustee correspondence.
|
1908-1910 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Pritchett, Carnegie, Schurman letters.
|
1916-1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Willcox, Pritchett letters,.
|
1919-1923 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Carnegie, Pritchett letters.
|
1905-1915 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett, Hammond letters; Cornell
University.
|
1916-1919 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8-9 |
Teachers' insurance and annuities. Schurman correspondence; Cornell University report;
correspondence
|
1916 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
|
1905-1907 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
|
1907-1908 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
|
1909-1911 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
|
1912-1915 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett letters.
|
1915-1921 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Pritchett, Furst, Farrand letters.
|
1913-1929 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Schurman correspondence. Salary lists of Cornell University Faculty
|
1908-1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Furst letters.
|
1912 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Schurman, Furst, Farrand letters.
|
1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Furst, Farrand letters.
|
1927 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Teachers' annuities and insurance; Schurman, Furst,
Pritchett letters.
|
1916-1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Teachers' annuities and insurance; Schurman, Pritchett
letters.
|
1918-1927 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Salary lists sent to Carnegie Foundation.
|
1917 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
List of Pensionables.
|
1916-1931 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
List of Pensionables.
|
1929-1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Business for meetings - Farrand minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive
Committee.
|
1929 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Business for meetings - Farrand minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive
Committee.
|
1929-1932 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Business for meetings - Farrand minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive
Committee.
|
1932 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Business for meetings - Farrand minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive
Committee.
|
1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29-30 |
Business for meetings - Farrand minutes. Minutes of the meetings of the Executive
Committee.
|
1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Minutes of the Sub-committee on Finance.
|
1923 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Minutes of the Sub-committee on Finance.
|
1933 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Savage, Farrand, Day letters.
|
1931-1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34-35 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Savage letters.
|
1930-1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Furst, Suzzallo letters.
|
1930-1933 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Jessup letters.
|
1934-1937 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Savage, Farrand letters; Farrand chairmanship.
|
1933-1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Savage letters.
|
1942-1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Carnegie Foundation correspondence. Miscellaneous material.
|
1932-1936 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Carnegie Foundation pamphlets, reports, Act of Incorporation, foundation papers, memoranda,
rules.
|
1905-1935 |