Inventory of the ceip centre Européen Records Table of Contents and Organization
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- I. Activités, 1911-1914, 1918-1938
- A. Académie de Droit International de la Haye, 1925-1934, 1936-1937
- C. Allemagne, 1921-1927
- D. Austro-American Institute of Education (Dr. Paul Dengler), 1928-1937
- E. Les Balkans, 1932-1937
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Organizational history The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace established Le Centre Européen de la Dotation Carnegie pour la Paix Internationale in Paris as part of its Division of Intercourse and Education (Division des Relations et de L'Education) in 1912. The Centre was founded with an Advisory Council composed of representative and distinguished statesmen and public leaders of Europe and Asia. An Executive Committee was appointed from this Council with the authority to carry out the work of the Division abroad. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant was President of the Advisory Council from its formation until his death in 1924. Four Special Correspondents were appointed, nationals of Austria, England, Germany and Japan, to keep the Director informed regarding international policies and international conduct relating to their respective countries. After World War I, the Advisory Council was reconstituted to include members from additional countries, and the number of Special Correspondents was increased to seven. The Centre Européen was reorganized again in 1925, when it's administration was placed in charge of an American Directeur-Adjoint, with the advice of a consultative committee formed of members from various European countries. In June 1939, this committee was dissolved, while the Directeur-Adjoint remained in charge. The activities of l'Association de la Conciliation Internationale, founded in Paris in 1905, were combined with the European work of the Endowment from 1912 on, and, following a fusion of interests in 1928, the Centre Européen maintained the title of Conciliation Internationale for the series of documents it published until 1937. At that time, the Endowment merged Conciliation Internationale with l'Esprit Internationale, the quarterly review published by the Centre Européen since 1927. This publication was suspended following the collapse of France in June 1940. Its articles, relating to contemporary problems of international life were contributed by scholars and specialists and statesmen of many nationalities. A chronicle appeared in each number, giving a summary of the political and economic events in the period under review. In collaboration with the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales under the auspices of the Faculty of Law in the University of Paris, the Centre Européen from 1926 until 1939 conducted courses of lectures on international organization and relations. Starting in 1928 the Centre Européen also offered a considerable number of shorter. The lectures were published and distributed to numerous libraries in Europe and the United States. The Centre Européen also offered an independent course under the auspices of the Chaire Carnegie, which was delivered on a different subject each year and included addresses by invited speakers from different European countries. From 1927 until 1933, the Centre maintained a Carnegie Lehrstuhl at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik. For four years until the outbreak of the war in 1939, the Centre Européen provided a Scandinavian traveling lectureship in international law and organization. The Library of the Centre Européen was founded in 1913 in order to establish a collection of works on international law, politics, economics, government, and social science. A separate reading room (Salle de Lecture) for current newspapers and other periodicals opened in 1926. The Centre Européen actively participated in the work of the International Studies Conference. The European Center also supported in part the, which subsidized the work of young scholars, carried on inquiries for the International Studies Conference, published a series of Geneva Studies, and issued a monthly Information Bulletin on developments and events as seen from Geneva and on the activities of the League of Nations and the International Labor Organization. Other organizations with which the Centre Européen cooperated were the International Studies Conference , International Consultative Group, the International Migration Service, the International Student House at Geneva, the Geneva Research Center, the Department of International Relations of the Christian Michelsen Institute at Bergen, the American University, the Amerika Institut in Berlin, the Austro-American Institute of Education in Vienna, the Italo-Ameircan Institute at Florence, and the American Institute at Prague. The Centre's activities were almost completely suspended during the Nazi occupation of Paris. After World War II, its activities were greatly reduced. In 1954 the Centre moved to Paris. (Source: Summary of Organization and Work, 1911-1941 (Washington DC: CEIP, 1941), pages 26-8.)
The Activités series (1911-1938, boxes 1-49) comprises files on particular Centre Européen projects and initiatives, subjects, individuals (including special correspondents), and organizations. The Administration series (1912-1938, boxes 49-84) consists of financial material, clippings, invitations, press releases, lists and notes, personnel files, offers of collaboration, correspondence, and memoranda that document the founding and administration of the Centre and its Hôtel. The Associations Diverses files (1927-1937, boxes 84-102) consist of correspondence with and material issued by various organizations with which the Centre Européen had contact. The correspondence, usage statistics and records, and subscription information in the Bibliothèque series (1920-1937, boxes 102-112) document the activity and administration of the Centre's Bibliothèque and Salle de Lecture. The meeting minutes, agendas, and transcipts and related correspondence in the Comité series (1912-1938, boxes 113-130) reflect the work of the various Centre committees in planning and administering the Centre's activities, as well as the priorities of individual committee members. The Correspondance series (1911-1938, boxes 130-171) includes administrative and internal correspondence (correspondance du bureau) and general correspondence (correspondance diverse). The Cours et Conférences series (1924-1938, boxes 171-188) consists of correspondence, reports, lecture transcripts, invitations, schedules, posters, and printed matter that document the courses and lectures sponsored by and held at the Centre. Correspondence, speeches, internal memoranda, and printed material in the Directeurs series (1913-1940, boxes 189-225) document the work and travels on behalf of the Endowment of the Baron d'Estournelles de Constant (the Centre's President , 1913-1924), Earle Babcock and Malcolm Davis (its two American Directeur-Adjoints), and Nicholas Murrary Butler (the Director of the Division of Intercourse and Education). The series also include books and pamphlets by an about Andrew Carnegie and some correspondence with Louise Carnegie. The Dotation Carnegie series (1912-1938, boxes 225-249) consists of the Centre's correspondence with the London, New York, and Washington offices of the Endowment, and the files of the French section of the Divison of Economics and History, which wokred out of the Centre. Correspondence, typescripts, page proofs, and pamphlets in the Publications series (1920-1940, boxes 250-293) document the editorial, production, and distribution aspects of the Centre's publications program. The Subventions series (1912-1937, boxes 293-313)consists of requests for financial support from the Endowment, reports on grants given by the Endowment, and notes and minutes documenting the Centre's Comité's consideration of grant requests. (The Endowment used the Comité to evaluate requests for support and collaboration originating outside of the United States.) Container list and Series descriptions
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