Carnegie Foundation records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3-4-122

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.

Dates

1905-1945.

Creator

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1.2 cubic feet.

4 microfilm reels.

Additional Description

Abstract

Available Copies:

Microfilm available.

Physical Description

Correspondence, pension records, financial records, meeting minutes, pamphlets.

General

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