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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Records, 1905-1979

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Series I: Administration, 1905-1980
Series II: Staff and Trustee Files, 1900-1980
Series III: External Correspondence, 1875-1989
Series IV: Teachers' Retirement, 1905-1984
Series V: Projects, 1909-1976
Series VI: Studies in Higher Education, 1959-1981
Series VII: Related Organizations, 1911-1980
Series VIII: Printed Materials, 1906-1980
Series IX: Educational Legislation, 1912-1913
Series X: Photographs, 1904-1975

Series I: Administration, 1905-1980

Series I contains a mixture of manuscript, typewritten and printed documents on the CFAT administration. The series includes meeting materials for the Board of Trustees and its Committees, financial documents, and internal correspondence files. The records are incomplete, but can be partially supplemented by the Carnegie Corporation of New York Records Series VI.B (CFAT, 1932-1965).

Since the Foundation was for many decades financially and administratively tied to Carnegie Corporation, it is advisable to check the corresponding files in both collections. This is particularly true for financial arrangements. For example, the CFAT never had a separate investment office. After the TIAA was established, Pritchett, as president of both the CFAT and the TIAA (and also 1921-23 president of Carnegie Corporation of New York) worked out a cooperative arrangement among the three organizations. Sam Hall of the TIAA staff was made a part-time assistant treasurer of the CFAT in order to watch over its investments. Incidentally, Hall also advised Pritchett on his personal investments. A joint investment office for the CFAT, Carnegie Corporation, TIAA, Carnegie Institution of Washington and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was established early in 1936, with each organization paying a share of the costs. It was reorganized in 1939 as the Cooperative Investment office. Carnegie Corporation withdrew at that time; the CFAT withdrew in 1948.

Originally there were separate "minutes" and "subject" folders created for each Committee. In 1978 Florence Anderson destroyed all the pre-1960 executive committee folders, and put the material she considered "worth keeping" into the Minutes, Trustees files, or Internal files.

Letters to trustees regarding committee membership are in the Trustee Correspondence file.

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Subseries I.A: Bound Minutes, 1906-1980

Typewritten or printed bound minutes of the CFAT Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Finance and Administration committees. The Finance Committee changed its name and structure several times: initially known as the Finance Subcommittee of Executive Committee (1932-1940), it becomes Finance Committee (1941-1949), Investment Committee (1950-1971), and finally Finance and Administration Committee during 1972-1980. The files are arranged alphabetically by committee name, then chronologically. In many cases decaying bindings were removed and materials put into folders.


Box 1 Board of Trustees Meetings 1 through 50, 1906-1955


Box 2 Board of Trustees Meetings 51 through 74, 1956-1979

Box 2 Executive Committee Meetings 1 through 95, 1905-1922 December, 1905-1922


Box 3 Executive Committee Meetings 96 through 195, 1923 May -1948 May, 1923


Box 4 Executive Committee Meetings 160 through 255, 1939 October -1971 October 1, 1939


Box 5 Finance and Administration Committee, 1972 January 21-1980 May 12, 1972

Box 5 Finance Subcommittee of Executive Committee, Meetings 1 through 64, 1932 January 14-1937 June 18, 1932

Box 5 Finance Subcommittee of Executive Committee, 1937 October 4-1940 September 26, 1937


Box 6 Investment Committee and Finance Committee, 1941 January 10-1972, 1941

Subseries I.B: Meeting Files, 1905-1980

The series contains both handwritten minutes and official documents, including unbound minutes for the Board of Trustees meetings and its various standing and ad-hoc committees. The files are arranged alphabetically by the committee name, then chronologically.

Box 6 Board of Trustees Organization Meeting and First Regular Meeting, 1905-1906

Box 6 Board of Trustees 26th Annual Meeting, 1931 November 18, 1931

Box 6 Board of Trustees 31st Annual Meeting, 1936 November 18, 1936

Box 6 Board of Trustees 32nd Annual Meeting, 1937 November 17, 1937

Box 6 Board of Trustees 45th Annual Meeting, 1950 November 15, 1950

Box 6 Board of Trustees 46th Annual Meeting, 1951 November 21, 1951

Box 6 Board of Trustees 47th Annual Meeting, 1952 November 19, 1952

Box 6 Board of Trustees 48th Annual Meeting, 1953 November 18, 1953

Board of Trustees Special Meeting, 1954 April 13, 1954

Box 6 Board of Trustees 49th Annual Meeting, 1954 November 17, 1954


Box 7 Board of Trustees Annual Meetings, 50th through 53rd, 1955 November 16-1958 November 19, 1955


Box 8 Board of Trustees Annual Meetings, 61th through 65th, 1966 November 16-1970 November 18, 1966


Box 9 Board of Trustees Annual Meetings, 66th through 74th, 1971 November 17-1979 November 28, 1971


Box 10 Committee on the Presidency, 1933

Box 10 Committee on the Presidency, 1944-1945

Box 10 Executive Committee Meetings 125 through 131, 1931 February6-1932 October 7, 1931

Box 10 Executive Committee Meetings 147 through 151, 1936 May 8-1937 May 7, 1936


Box 11 Executive Committee Meetings 152 through 155, 1937 October 15-1938 May 6, 1937

Box 11 Executive Committee Meetings 202 through 218, 1950 May 11-1955 May 6, 1950


Box 12 Executive Committee Meetings 219 through 229, 1955 October 7-1958 November 19, 1955

Box 12 Executive Committee Meetings, 1966 April 16, 1966

Box 12 Executive Committee Meetings, 1966 October 6-1967 May 4, 1966

Box 12 Executive Committee Meetings, 1966 October 5-1968 April 22, 1966

Box 12 Executive Committee Meetings, 1968 October 7, 1968

Box 12 Executive Committee Meetings, 1969 April 24-1970 May 7, 1969


Box 13 Executive Committee Meetings, 1970 October -1971 October, 1970

Box 13 Finance and Administration Committee Meetings, 1972 January -1977 January, 1972


Box 14 Finance and Administration Committee Meetings, 1977 April -1980 May, 1977

Box 14 Finance and Administration Committee Memoranda, 1972-1980

Box 14 Finance Committee Meetings 50 through 71, 1936 March16-1938 October 3, 1936


Box 15 Finance Subcommittee of Executive Committee, Meetings 1 through 6, 1932 January -1932 September, 1932

Box 15 Finance Subcommittee and Committee Memoranda, 1906-1978

Box 15 Investment Committee Meetings 108 through 135, 1950 November -1958 October, 1950


Box 12 Investment Committee Meetings, 1966 January -1971 October, 1966

Box 12 Investment Committee Memoranda, 1949-1978


Box 16 Joint CFAT-Carnegie Corporation Committee on the Pension Load, 1937 March8-1939 January 27, 1937

Box 16 Joint Committee Considering Name Changes, 1976-1977

Box 16 Nominating Committee Meeting, 1936 November, 1936

Box 16 Nominating Committee Meeting, 1937 November, 1937

Box 16 Nominating Committee Meetings, 1971 October -1979 April, 1971

Box 16 Nominating Committee Memoranda, 1975-1976

Box 16 Presidential Search Committee, 1977-1978

Box 16 Special Committee on the Future, 1977


Box 17 Special Committee on the Future, 1977

Box 17 Special Committee on the Liabilities and Resources of CFAT, 1926-1928

Box 17 Special Committee to Plan Council on Policy Studies, 1972-1973

Box 17 Special Committee to Study Policy and Programs of CFAT, 1952-1954

Subseries I.C: Internal Files, 1905-1980

Subject files, arranged alphabetically by title, contain administrative correspondence, original and updated versions of CFAT charter and by-laws, files on legal and financial matters (such as banking, tax, and auditing), government investigations of the foundations, corporate history notes and anniversary celebrations. Related material on many of these subjects can be found in Carnegie Corporation of New York, Series I.G (General Files). The very first file of the series also contains a memorandum by Florence Anderson on arrangement and cross-references within the CFAT internal files. The voluminous Carnegie Corporation file includes memoranda regarding Flexner's 1910 medical schools study and the 1931 Report by Howard Savage on relations between the CFAT, CCNY and TIAA. Complementary materials on relations with Carnegie Corporation can be found in series I.B: Meeting Files (in files on Special Committee to Study Policy and Program, Special Committee on Liabilities and Resources, and Joint CFAT- CCNY Committee on the pension load).


Box 18 Administrative Correspondence, General, 1905-1936


Box 19 Administrative Correspondence, number 147, 1937-1980


Box 20 Administrative Form Letters, 1906-1944

Box 20 Anniversaries, 50th and 75th, 1954-1980

Box 20 Annual Reports, 1936-1980

Auditors:

Box 20 Harvey S. Chase Co, 1909

Box 20 Leslie, Banks and Co, 1918 1953, 1918, 1953

Box 20 Patterson, Teele and Dennis, 1906-1917

Box 20 Peet, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., 1970-1980

Box 20 Price, Waterhouse and Co., 1955-1969

Box 20 Other, 1906-1918

Box 20 Report, 1969-1977

Banks:


Box 21 Bank of Montreal, 1919-1980

Box 21 J. P. Morgan & Co., 1906-1953

Box 21 Morgan Guarantee Trust Co, 1923-1980

Box 21 National City Bank/ National City Safe Deposit, 1919-1949

Box 21 The Riggs National Bank, 1979-1980

Box 21 Royal Bank of Canada Victory Loan Bonds, 1918

Box 21 Bulletins, 1915-1949 1972-1973, 1915-1949, 1972-1973

By-laws, Charter and Acts of Incorporation, 1905-1906

Box 21 Charter and Acts of Incorporation, 1905-1906

Box 21 Certificate of Incorporation, 1905 April 28, 1905

Box 21 Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules for Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1906 April, 1906

Box 21 Act of Incorporation, Rules for Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1906 April, 1906

Box 21 Confidential, 1906 April 9, 1906

Box 21 By-Laws, 1906 April 9, 1906

Box 21 Act of Incorporation, 1906 March, 1906

Box 21 Rules for the Admission of Institutions and for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1908 May, 1910 November, 1908, May, 1910

Box 21 Rules for the Admission of Institutions and for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1913 November -1918 April 22, 1913

Box 21 A Statement to the Teachers in the Associated Colleges and Universities, 1918 April 22, 1918

Box 21 Accredited Higher Institutions, 1920 April, 1920

Box 21 Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules for the Admission of Institutions and for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1920-1922

Box 21 Accredited Higher Institution, 1925 May 12, 1925

Box 21 Letter of Gift, Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules for the Admission of Institutions and for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1929

Box 21 A List of those Having Expectations of Benefits 1931 May 1

Box 21 Interpretation of Rules in Special and Unusual Cases, 1932-1933

Box 21 Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1938


Box 22 Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1940

Box 22 Amending the Court Order of November 18, 1939-1946 February, November 18, 1939-1946

Box 22 Act of Incorporation, 1949

Box 22 Rules for the Granting of Retiring Allowances, 1950-1940

Carnegie Corporation of New York:

Box 22 1913-1931


Box 23 1932-1953

Box 23 1965-1977

Box 23 Denominational Colleges, 1907-1912. Letter of, January 11, 1909


Box 24 Dinners, Annual, 1917-1980

Box 24 Division of Educational Inquiry, 1913-1951

Box 24 Division of Educational Inquiry, 1974

Box 24 Employee Benefits

Box 24 General, 1979-1980

Box 24 Retirement Plans, 1920-1946

Box 24 Retirement Plans Reform Act (ERISA), 1974

Box 24 Social Security, 1937-1950

Historical Material:


Box 25 General, 1905-1979

Box 25 "History of the Foundation," by Savage, Howard J., 1948-1960

Box 25 Lagemann, Ellen, 1979

Box 25 Memoranda, 1965-1980

Insurance:

Box 25 Blanket Bond, 1974

Box 25 Comprehensive General Liability, 1980

Box 25 Unemployment, 1970

Investigations of Foundations:

Box 25 Cox Committee, 1952

Box 25 Reece Committee, 1953-1954

Box 25 Small Business Committee of the House (Patman), 1961-1969

Box 25 United States Commission on Industrial Relations, 1915

Box 25 Investment Office, 1919-1951 (Contains files from the time CFAT ran its own investments and the years it was a member of the Cooperative office)


Box 26 Investment Policy and Standards, 1971-1978

Legal Matters:

Box 26 John Cadwalader, 1906-1931

Box 26 Philbin, Beekman and Menken, 1905-1906

Box 26 Root, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood, 1953-1965

Box 26 New York State, Authority to do Business in, 1906-1939

Box 26 Office Leases and Space, 1906-1940

Box 26 Pension Financial Commitments, 1928-1956 (Includes Duncan's Memo), 1928-1956

Box 26 Public Relations, 1946-1952

Box 26 Reserve Fund, 1926-1952

Box 26 Reserve Fund Number One, 1930-1938

Box 26 Reserve Fund Number Two (Contingency), 1929-1952

Box 26 Retired Professors Survey, 1909-1915

Box 26 Retiring Allowances, 1940-1945

Box 26 Rules for Granting Allowances, 1908-1952

Box 26 Seals, 1906-1913

Box 26 Staff, 1959

Tax Matters:


Box 27 General, 1941-1965

Box 27 Federal Annual Information Returns, 1966-1969

Box 27 Federal Tax Reform Act, 1969-1978

Box 27 Federal Taxability of CFAT pensions, 1955-1976

Box 27 New York State Annual Information Returns, 1967-1975

Box 27 New York State Tax, 1946-1971

Taxability of CFAT allowances and pensions:

Box 27 General, 1917-1965

Box 27 Canada, 1920-1947

Box 27 Federal, 1955-1976

Box 27 New York State, 1919-1946

Box 27 Other States, 1927-1944

Box 27 Taxability of CFAT Supplementary Annuities, 1936-1943

Box 27 U.S. Steel Corporation Bonds, 1922-1929

Box 27 Washington Office, Assistant Secretaries, 1906-1960

Subseries I.D: Financial Records, 1906-1980

Contains general ledgers and cashbooks in oversized bound volumes, investment and tax documentation, budgets and pension summary sheets for the entire New York period of the Foundation's activity. Robert A. Franks, Andrew Carnegie's close friend and financial agent, served as the CFAT treasurer starting November 1910 and up until his death in 1935. At the same time Franks was the director of the Carnegie Home Trust, a life-time trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, in which he also held the offices of vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer (also until his death in 1935). Moreover, for some years he was treasurer of the Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America. Additional information can be found in Carnegie Corporation of New York Records, Series VI (files for the CFAT, Carnegie Home Trust and TIAA-CREF), and in the financial records of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.


Box 28 Audits, 1951-1980

Box 28 Audits, Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, 1946-1949


Box 29 Budgets, 1949-1969

Box 29 Budgets, International Rural Development Office, 1964-1969

Box 29 Change Magazine, 1976-1979

Taxes

Box 29 Fiscal Years 1971-1975 1971-1979, 1971-1975, 1971-1979


Box 30 Fiscal Year 1974-1979 1973-1979, 1974-1979, 1973-1979

Box 30 Treasurer's Correspondence, 1969-1971


Flatbox 442 Cash Books 1946-1950 1957-1975 1974-1979, 1946-1950, 1957-1975, 1974-1979

Flatbox 442 Treasurer's Scrapbook, 1906-1909


Flatbox 443 Cash Books, 1954-1957


Flatbox 444 Cash Book, 1950-1954


Flatbox 445 Cash Book, 1946-1950


Flatbox 446 Cash Book, 1942-1946


Flatbox 447 Cash Book, 1937-1942


Flatbox 448 Cash Book, 1932-1937


Flatbox 449 Cash Book, 1928-1932


Flatbox 450 Cash Book, 1924-1928


Flatbox 451 Cash Book, 1920-1924


Flatbox 452 General Ledgers 1954-1957 1977-1979, 1954-1957, 1977-1979


Flatbox 453 General Ledger, 1957-1977


Flatbox 454 General Ledger, 1952-1954


Flatbox 455 General Ledger, 1949-1952

Flatbox 455 Adjusting Journal Entries, 1957-1974


Flatbox 456 General Ledger, 1945-1949


Flatbox 457 General Ledger, 1940-1945


Flatbox 458 General Ledger, 1934-1940


Flatbox 459 General Ledger, 1931-1934


Flatbox 460 Investment Journal, 1939-1957

Flatbox 460 Stocks Investment Sheets, 1942-1957


Flatbox 461 Investment Ledger, 1942-1957


Flatbox 462 Investment Sheets, Investment Ledger, 1945-1957


Flatbox 471 Pension Summary Sheets, 1946-1957