Commonwealth Fund archives, 1918-1982.

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Commonwealth Fund archives, 1918-1982.

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The Commonwealth Fund archives document the founding of the Fund and its philanthropic activities from 1918 to 1981. One quarter of the collection consists of grant files, which typically contain grant proposals, reports, and correspondence between the Fund and institutions requesting support. Also present are the records of various Commonwealth Fund programs in the fields of mental and public health, medical research, and medical education; annual reports; and financial records. Harkness family papers include albums, clippings, account books, ledgers, plaques, and photographs relating to Stephen V. Harkness, Anna Harkness, and Mary Stillman Harkness.

425 cubic ft.

Rockefeller Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6731578

Rockefeller Archive Center

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Aldrich, Malcolm P.

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Newton, J. Quigg, Jr.

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Harkness, Anna M. Richardson, 1837-1926

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Harkness, Edward Stephen, 1874-1940

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Epithet: American financier and philanthropist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x0003c3 Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940) was a trustee of the New York Public Library. His wife and co-collector, Mary Stillman Harkness, died in 1950. From the guide to the Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness collection, ca. 1400-1945, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Farrand, Max, 1869-1945

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Max Farrand was born in Newark, N.J., into the family of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise Wilson Farrand. He graduated from Princeton University, where he also received his Ph.D.; later he continued further graduate work in Leipzig and Heidelberg, and at Wesleyan and Yale Universities. He became professor of history at Wesleyan, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale Universities (1896-1925), Incorporator and Director of the Commonwealth Fund (1918-1927) and Director of the Huntington Library (192...

Commonwealth Fund.

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The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with an endowment of ten million dollars from Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness (nee Anna M. Richardson).Its charter was broad: "to do something for the welfare of mankind." TheFund's earliest activities were directed towards supporting the American Relief Administration in its post-war program of civilian relief in Austria and Eastern Europe. Edward Harkness, who led the Fund from 1918 to 1940, encouraged the development of programs in child welfare, child g...

Harkness, Mary Stillman.

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Smith, Barry C.

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Harkness, Stephen V., d. 1888.

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