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This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie's bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use as part of their curriculum.
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(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, March 20, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Church, Bertha Jean, Luncheons--New York (State)--New York
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel H. Church regarding a time that Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie would like to have lunch with him and Mrs. (Bertha Jean) Church.
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(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, March 20, 1911 (copy))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Church, Bertha Jean, Luncheons--New York (State)--New York
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel H. Church regarding a time that Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie would like to have lunch with him and Mrs. (Bertha Jean) Church. Marked ""Copy of Letter"".
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(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, May 4, 1919)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939, Carnegie, Louise, Carnegie Institute of Technology--Finance, Carnegie Institute of Technology--Students, Dormitories--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A typescript letter (signed) from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Harden Church. Carnegie requests a statement showing the costs and expenditures of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, expresses displeasure with Hamerschlag's idea of taking over ""Mr. Lovejoy's establishment"" for a dormitory, and states that he is grieved to learn that so many of the students are from other cities, as the Institute was created for ""Pittsburgh and its neighborhood."" He concludes by informing Church that Mrs. Carnegie ""greatly appreciated (his) reply."" On personal letterhead.
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(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 21, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Lwoff-Parlaghy, Vilma Elisabeth, Princess, 1863-1923, Painters--Hungary, Portraits, Art commissions, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Philanthropists--United States--Portraits, Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Cunningham, Charles R., Carnegie Institute
A typescript letter from John A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to Col. Samuel Harden Church explaining that Mrs. Louise Carnegie thinks the portrait painted by Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy of Andrew Carnegie is not good enough to be displayed in the President's office. The portrait is the costliest portrait painted of him to date but it is not the best portrait of him. Mr. Butler's painting of Andrew Carnegie ""is considered the finest likeness"" and Mrs. Carnegie is having a replica made of this painting and will have it sent to Church's ""address at Pittsburgh"". On Andrew Carnegie stationary, signed in ink by J.A. Poynton. Includes handwritten ink notations: ""Informal"" at top of letter, correction in body of letter and a handwritten note at bottom of letter from Samuel H. Church to Mr. Cunningham (custodian of buildings and grounds at the Carnegie Institute), dated May 22, 1914, asking Cunningham to note and return this letter along with another letter sent to him ""today"" (presumably a letter dated May 20, 1914 from J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church)
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(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, September 24, 1915)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Health, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Death and burial, Carnegie, Louise, Obituaries, Bar Harbor (Me.), Vacations
An unsigned typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church commenting on: Church's ulcerated tooth; the continued improvement in the health of Andrew Carnegie; the weather at Bar Harbor, Maine; and Louise Carnegie's appreciation of Church's letter (presumably of the 9th, which refers to a biographical sketch of Carnegie.) On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
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(James Bertram to S.H. Church, April 21, 1913)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Benefactors--United States, Founders Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc.
A signed typescript letter from James Bertram to Samuel Church written in response to Church's April 17th letter to Andrew Carnegie. Bertram notes that Carnegie is gratified by Church's letter of thanks and regrets that he and Mrs. Carnegie will be unable to attend the upcoming Founder's Day celebration.
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(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, January 3, 1916)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Everglades (Fla.), Winter
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton expresses regret that he was unable to see Church during the latter's visit to New York and discusses the Carnegies' upcoming winter stay in the South (i.e. the Florida Everglades). On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
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(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, June 18, 1918)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton states that Church's letter of the 6th reached Mrs. Carnegie but the Founder's Day book did not, and, consequently, she has borrowed a copy from James Bertram. Poynton then requests that a copy of the book be sent to him. On Shadowbrook letterhead.
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(Note from Andrew Carnegie to unknown individual)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Barrow, Archibald C., Scully, Robert E., New York (N.Y.), Social secretaries, Stenographers
A note, written on a scrap of paper, presumably from Andrew Carnegie to unknown individual, identifying who A.C.B. (Archibald C. Barrow) and Mr. Robert Scully are. Archibald C. Barrow was Mrs. Louise Carnegie's secretary and Mr. Robert Scully was Andrew Carnegie's stenographer. Carnegie writes that he frequently submits personal matters for Mrs. Carnegie through Mr. Barrow and he notes that he left Mr. Scully in New York for the summer. He then asks that his memorandum be returned to him.
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