Subseries I.B. Finance Committee Records, 1923-1997
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This subseries contains agendas, minutes, correspondence, and other materials of the Finance Committee, including reports of sales and/or purchases of securities, periodic cash balance statements, and analyses of holdings and investments. The correspondence and minutes from meetings provide insight into portfolio decisions and financial policy, with letters from individuals offering advice on investment, diversification tables, and historical data. Interaction with the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, United States Trust Company, and the firm of Miller, Anderson, and Sherrerd is also well documented. In addition, there are records of studies undertaken by the Committee of industries in which they sought or held investments. Following realignment in 1971, the Finance Committee became the Finance and Administration Committee and thereafter was responsible for allocating the budget, determining salaries, and approving expenses.
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- (34 boxes)
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Access and use
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The Collection is open for research with the following standard embargoes: Series I.A. Board Meeting materials are embargoed fifteen (15) years from date of creation. Series I.E. Staff and Trustee Files are embargoed fifteen (15) years from date of creation. Series III.A Grants, Series III.B. Reports on Grants are embargoed twenty-five (25) years from the date the grant closed.
Please be advised that parts of the collection are housed offsite and we request five (5) days advance notice. For Series III.A. Grants, boxes 1701-2085; Series IV.A CCPDC, Series IV.B CCSTG, IV.C CCAD, Series IV.E TFLPG, Series IV.F TFMNYC, Series IV.G MGSSPI, Series V.A Russell, Series V.B Pifer, Series IV.A Home Trust, Series VIII.C. Grant Books, Series XI.A, Series XI.B and Series XI.C are all offsite.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.
Description for Series III, grants, temporarily moved to separate finding aid: https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_16647888/
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- Permission to publish and quote materials must be obtained in writing from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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