Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

In 1936, he decided ta seek a lump sum grant for the purpose,
and found hin-self in a very embarrassing situation. He wrote President
Fredexick Keppel of the Carnegie Corporation as follows:
last year we began a program of the same kind ~ z in s athemticg
in the fields of eeonmics and the h-nitfes, The
econonics group will develop very, very slowly, and its needs
can be met from our oun resources.
The hunmnitfes group can develop more rspidZy...Xndeed, it is
almost entirely a question of money. I believe that, if the
Carnegie Corporation voted tin ~ppropriation of $25,000 z yezr
far three years, it would beyond question be capiblized by
5riends of the Institute by the end of that period, and man-
while facilities and opportunities of the Institute need not
valt..,
It is for the purpose of bridging this gap and enabling us to
progress more rapi ' y. .that I submit this application to you
snd your Trustees. el
Mr. Keppel's reply was disconcerting.
We have been praying over your letter of October 31at. Our
Trustees, or r~ther those Itve.hgd e chznce to consult, are
interested in the possibilities, but one of them suggests
that, in view of the intimate reletions between the Institute
and Princeton University it might be well for you to see
President bdds at your comnon convenience to discuss the
whole situation with him. Princeton may have som plans for
us too, and we don't want to get the wires crossed.44
To Flexner's answer that he talked often vith President Wds,
and that frequent eanferences prevented any "crossing of wiresmn Mr.
Keppel noted that he also had talked vith Dodds, and understood that the
agreement between him and Flexner was one "in principle;" Ikppel suggested
that a nbfll of partikularsm should be drawn up to which agreement would
be secured, then to be presented to the Corporation, 45
During this correspondence Dr. Horey presented to Professor
Panofsky for Dr. Flexner a very ample budget for the Department of Art and
Archaeology. The conecsaion for Antloch had been renewed, and %rey asked