The material in this collection documents The Commonwealth Fund's grant-making from the early 2000s through to the early 2010s. The grant files typically include the official paperwork including correspondence, proposal developments, and grant products.
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Commonwealth Fund records, Grants, SG 1, Series 18, 1918-2003 233.3 Cubic Feet
Grant actions comprise the largest series of the Commonwealth Fund records. The earliest grants funded a broad range of projects and associations and reflected the diverse and varied program of the Fund's beginning years. In many cases the grants were parallel or ancillary to existing Commonwealth Fund projects. Often, however, unrelated or special short-term grants were awarded. When the Commonwealth Fund's program became more oriented toward medical education and research, the grant actions mirrored this policy alteration. The records found in the Grants Series are the combination of the unprocessed Grants and Expired Grants Series.
Each grant file often contains records pertaining to: budget and administration, proposals and development, articles and background information, correspondence, grant products and related program files. The grants represented in this series primarily span 2000-2010.
Commonwealth Fund records, Grants, SG 3, Series 15, 1934-2012 189.59 Cubic Feet
Each grant file often contains records pertaining to: budget and administration, proposals and development, articles and background information, correspondence, grant products and related program files. The material represented in this series also contains a selection of program files, program reviews and evaluations, grant authorizations and declinations.
The Harkness Family Papers are the private records of Edward S. and Mary S. Harkness. These documents are concerned with their donations to universities, schools, institutions and individuals. There is a great quantity of information on donations to schools and universities like Phillips Exeter Academy, Columbia, Harvard, Yale and others. There is a book on the residential halls of Yale University in the Harkness Family Volumes. The Harkness Family provided funds for organizations like the Pilgrim Trust in which further information can be found in the Harkness Family Volumes. There are other institutions which the Harkness family contributed to like Presbyterian Hospital, New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gifts and donations for servants, friends and family are documented. Members of the family include the Russels, the Stillmans and the Taylors. There are records of the Harkness family. These are mostly concerned with Edward S. Harkness' Estate and Trust after his death. The Harkness Family Volumes contains condolences offered at his death. The Harkness Family papers were examined by Malcolm P. Aldrich, Trustee of the Edward S. Harkness Estate. These documents consist mostly of correspondence, financial data, legal documents and reports.
Commonwealth Fund records, Harkness Fellowships, Fellows Reports, SG 1, Series 20.2A, 1918-1988 6 Cubic Feet
The records of the Harkness Fellowships reflect the close personal relationship the Fund Instituted with over 1,800 fellows.
The records of the Harkness Fellowships reflect the close personal relationship the Fund Instituted with over 1,800 fellows. A typical file in Series 20.2 contains a fellow's application, his curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation, his fellowship report, and photographs. It was not unusual for fellows and officials at the Commonwealth Fund to maintain correspondence for more than twenty years, and files often contain family photographs, professional writings, and newspaper clippings from fellows who succeeded in a wide variety of fields. Such files clearly demonstrate that close and personal relationships were maintained by the Fund and the Harkness fellows.
Commonwealth Fund records, Harkness House drawings, SG 2, 1907-1984 61.64 Cubic Feet
Consists of approximately 700 oversized drawings ranging in date from James Gamble Rogers originals in 1907 through the renovations completed in the 1980s.
Commonwealth Fund records, Health Care in New York City Program, SG 3, Series 2, 1993-1998, 1993-1998 1.14 Cubic Feet
This series documents the grant administration files and associated program files for the Commonwealth Fund Health Care in New York City program. Each grant file often contains records pertaining to: budget and administration, proposals and development, articles and background information, correspondence, grant products and related files. The resulting Louis Harris and Associates survey is also included.
Commonwealth Fund records, Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, SG 2, Series 6, 1985-2007, bulk 1991-2004 72.2 Cubic Feet
Contains documentation of the Healthy Steps for Young Children program, from its inception through the mid-2000s, including planning documents, correspondence, reports, program and site evaluations, and related grant records.