Research Catalog

Title

Century Foundation records, 1906-2010 (bulk 1960-1996).

Author

Century Foundation.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Twentieth Century Fund.

Description

190 linear feet (456 boxes); 7 sound recordings; 1 video; 4,462 Kilobytes (63 computer files)

Summary

The Century Foundation, established in 1906 as the Cooperative League and renamed the Twentieth Century Fund in 1922, is a non-profit research institution that supports the study of political and economic issues in the United States. Since its inception, the organization has funded research projects--primarily books and reports, but also pamphlets, papers, committees, task forces, conferences, seminars, and educational films--with the aim of influencing and improving public policy. The Century Foundation records, dating from 1906 to 2010, contain correspondence, reports, minutes, memorandum, manuscripts, and publications that document the work of trustees, staff, and funded project directors. The records provide extensive documentation of projects conceived of, funded by, and associated with the organization, the bulk of which date from 1960 to the mid-1990s. These projects, and the development of the foundation's areas of study, track the evolving focus of progressive political thought and economic policy in the 20th century United States.

Subjects

• Floppy discs
• United States > Politics and government > 20th century
• Sound recordings
• Manuscripts for publication
• Motion pictures (visual work)
• Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007
• Cohen, Benjamin V
• United States > Foreign economic relations > 20th century
• Social justice > United States
• Clark, Evans, 1888-1970
• Research institutes > United States
• Rossant, Murray J
• Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
• Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 1895-1971
• Political science > United States
• Filene, E. A (Edward Albert), 1860-1937
• Photographs
• Dewhurst, J. Frederic (James Frederic), 1895-
• Political planning
• Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006
• Dennison, Henry S (Henry Sturgis), 1877-1952
• Heckscher, August, 1913-1997
• Minutes (administrative records)
• Sorensen, Theodore C
• Slides (photographs)
• Annual reports
• United States > Economic policy > 20th century
• Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981
• United States > Foreign relations > 20th century
• Leone, Richard C

Genre/Form

• Annual reports.
• Floppy discs.
• Manuscripts for publication.
• Minutes (administrative records)
• Motion pictures (visual work)
• Photographs.
• Slides (photographs).
• Sound recordings.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Electronic records are available for onsite use only. Sound and video recordings are unavailable for use at this time pending preservation transfer.

Call Number

MssCol 18811

OCLC

852252213

Author

Century Foundation.

Title

Century Foundation records, 1906-2010 (bulk 1960-1996).

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Electronic records are available for onsite use only. Sound and video recordings are unavailable for use at this time pending preservation transfer.

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Added Author

Twentieth Century Fund.

Research Call Number

MssCol 18811