Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs records, 1844-2008

Creator:: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984, Angell, Norman, 1874-1967, Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975, Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962, Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937, Baldwin, Roger N (Roger Nash), 1884-1981, Barbour, W. Warren (William Warren), 1888-1943, Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965, Battle, George Gordon, 1868-1949, Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930, Boas, Franz, 1858-1942, Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940, Brown, William Adams, 1865-1943, Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947, Cadman, S. Parkes (Samuel Parkes), 1864-1936, Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951, Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, Cecil of Chelwood, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount, 1864-1958, Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938, Cousins, Norman, Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947, Davis, Malcolm W. (Malcolm Waters), 1889-1970, Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944, Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, Duggan, Stephen, 1870-1950, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926, Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950, Filene, E. A. (Edward Albert), 1860-1937, Finley, John H (John Huston), 1863-1940, Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947, Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969, Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957, Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924, Haig, Alexander Meigs, 1924-2010, Haskell, Henry S., Hiss, Alger, Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Houston, Herbert S. (Herbert Sherman), 1865-, Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955, Jessup, Philip C (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986, Keppel, Frederick P (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943, Lasker, Bruno, 1880-1965, Leach, Henry Goddard, 1800-1970, Lee, Ivy L. (Ivy Ledbetter), 1877-1934, Lehman, Herbert H (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963, Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943, McDonald, James G (James Grover), 1886-1964, Marburg, Theodore, 1862-1946, Marks, Marcus M, Marsh, Benjamin Clarke, 1877-1952, Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946, Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990, Muste, A. J (Abraham John), 1885-1967, Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971, Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993, Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936, Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946, Pritchett, Henry S (Henry Smith), 1857-1939, Robbins, Howard Chandler, 1876-1952, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965, Stelzle, Charles, 1869-1941, Stout, Rex, 1886-1975, Taft, William H (William Howard), 1857-1930, Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949, Wickersham, George W (George Woodward), 1858-1936, Wise, Stephen S (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949, Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947, and Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs
Extent:: 534 linear feet 1069 manuscript boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial records, publications, notes, subject files, awards, speeches, reports and audiovisual materials document work by the Church Peace Union, its successors Council on Religion in International Affairs and Council on Ethics and International Affairs, and related organizations such as the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches. The first installment of the CCEIA archival materials came to the RBML in 1974, with numerous additions over the years. A major addition in 1982 contained primarily the records of the Board of Directors and their semi-annual meetings, as well as the various programs and institutes of the Council, for the years 1972-1982, along with selected 1930s materials. 1986 addition contains presidential correspondence files, minutes of the Board of Trustees and committees, special projects, programs and conferences files, and the business and editorial files of "Worldview". Correspondents include John Foster Dulles, Jane Addams, Fiorello La Guardia, and Paul Tillich. 1990 and 2000 additions includes files of CCEIA presidents and vice presidents, paper and audiovisual materials on Merrill House Conversation Programs; Educational programs; International Monetary Fund/Lecture series; The Annals Of The Academy Of Political & Social Science; Washington Consultations; Colloquia for the Clergy; Church State Project; Asian Development & The Carribean Initiative; Korea: Year 2000 Project; fundraising files, printed materials and files of the Department of Publications.
Biographical / historical:: Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (formerly the Church Peace Union, and later the Council on Religion in International Affairs) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to promoting world peace. It was founded in 1914 by Andrew Carnegie for the purpose of furthering the role of the religions in promoting world peace. In its earliest incarnations, the Carnegie Council searched for ways to influence government action -- issuing statements, sending out petitions, and joining anti-war campaigns. Even in those early years, the Council adopted an educational mission, providing a forum for public debate and issuing pamphlets designed to foster discussion on the causes of war. Today the organization is dedicated entirely to educational pursuits, including publications, and public affairs programs on international relations. The Council has also performed studies of human rights, the environment, conflict, and reconciliation.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--CRIA. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-1974.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Carnegie Council on Ethics International Affairs. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/22/90. Accession number--M-90-03-22.

Custodial history:

Collection formerly titled Council on Religion and International Affairs (CRIA) Records.

Gift of CRIA/CCEIA, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990& 2000.

Processing information:

Processed MBB 02/23/83.

Papers Processed AH 02/21/91.

Arrangement:

Selected correspondence cataloged at item level, the rest arranged into 10 series: I. Individuals' files (Boxes 1-215); II. Organizational files: CPU/CRIA (Boxes 216-369); III. Organizational files: World Alliance (Boxes 370-399); IV. Organizational files: Various (Boxes 400-431); V: Printed materials & photographs (Boxes 432-451); VI: 1982 addition (Boxes 452-642); VII. 1986 addition (Boxes 643-723); VIII. 1990 addition (Boxes 724-795); IX. 2000 addition (Boxes 908-1055); X. 2009 addition (Boxes 796-907).

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Alternative form available:

Pearl S. Buck letters are available on microfilm (MN# 91-2094-2).

Access and use

Restrictions:

The following boxes are located on-site: Catalogued Correspondence (Boxes C1-C14).

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-1055. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Terms of access:

Permissions to publish should be obtained from the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Preferred citation:: Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs Records. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University Libraries. [Box Number].

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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