This subseries consists of correspondence relating to and the typescripts of various lectures delivered at the Centre. Many of the lectures for which there is material in this subseries were given under the auspices of the Chaire Carnegie.
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D. Cartes d'Invitations, 1925-1934
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VIII. Directeurs, 1913-1940
Correspondence, speeches, internal memoranda, and printed material 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). Babock's and Davis's files include separate groups of correspondence with Butler and Henry Haskell, who was Butler's assistant. The series also include books and pamphlets by an about Andrew Carnegie and some correspondence with Louise Carnegie.
Baron d'Estournelles was President of the Centre Européen from its founding until his death in 1924.
The correspondence in this suberies consists of letters between Baron d'Estournelles and the staff of the Centre. The notes and mementos are also those exchanged between the Baron and the Centre's staff and include monthly reports on the Centre's activities. The "En voyage" file contains material concerning the Baron's trips to England and Holland in 1924. The biographical material includes correspondence, clippings, postcards, and speeches about the Baron's life and achievements.
Earle Babcock served as the Centre's Directeur-Adjoint from 1925 until 1935.
For some years correspondance diverse files include two or more separate sequences (in chronological and alphabetical order) and include letters and reports from the Centre staff to Babcock.
