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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 Charles Frederick Holder, April 30, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Saber-toothed tigers
Typescript letter (carbon copy). Carnegie thanks Holder for sending the Saber-toothed tiger tooth, which he will give to the museum.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, February 5, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Museum exhibits, Argentina, Spain, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, China
A unsigned typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Jacob Holland, written in response to Holland's letter of the 3rd. Carnegie answers in the affirmative as to whether he should continue making replicas of the Diplodocus carnegii those to be given to Argentina and Spain have been completed.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, January 24, 1908)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus, Pittsburgh, Pa., Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Paris (France), Natural history museums--France--Paris--Exhibitions, Spring, Skibo (Scotland)
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland in regards to a letter Holland sent to Carnegie dated January 22, 1908. In the letter of January 22, 1908, Holland writes about the copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) that was donated to the museum in Paris, presumably the Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle located in Paris, France. Holland states in the letter of January 22, 2008 that he has received a letter from Paris, France from the director of the museum there stating that they will be ready to receive Holland in the spring. They are having the name W. Carnegie engraved on a marble slab recognizing him as the donor. Holland assures Carnegie that he is writing to have them change the W. to A. on the slab. He asks Carnegie to let him know when he will be available to visit Paris, France in the spring for a ""pleasant formality."" Carnegie writes in response to the above mentioned letter that he is disappointed that they do not have room for the full name (presumably Carnegies name) and that he wants Holland to attend the reception in Paris in the spring and report back to him at Skibbo.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, January 26, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Rian?o, Juan, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Diplodocus, Museum exhibits, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Argentina, Spain, Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to William Jacob Holland discussing Spanish ambassador Juan Rian?o's request for a copy of Diplodocus carnegii. Carnegie orders Holland to fulfill the request as is being done for Argentina. Also mentions a photograph of ""Grant's letter to Stanton.""
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, May 22, 1903)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum
Typescript letter (carbon copy), in which Andrew Carnegie gives W.J. Holland permission to buy the European paleontology collection for Carnegie Museum.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, September 29, 1906 (draft))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Museum exhibits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Meteors--Exhibitions, Children's librarians, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library School.
A draft of a letter, with corrections and annotations in pencil and ink, from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew discussing funding for the ""Children's Librarian School"" (i.e., Carnegie Library School) and for an exhibit on meteors at the Museum of Natural History. William J. Holland, appointed director of the Museum in 1898, is mentioned.
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(F. Edwin Elwell to Andrew Carnegie, October 29, 1908)
Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Sculptors--United States, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Art, Lectures and lecturing
A typescript letter (signed) from sculptor Frank Edwin Elwell to Andrew Carnegie. Elwell expresses his appreciation of the Carnegie Museum, where he had recently presented a lecture. Includes notation in pencil (presumably by a third party). On personal letterhead.
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(James Bertram (?) to W.J. Holland, January 8, 1904)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Winchell, Mrs., Museums--Acquisitions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A typescript letter presumably from James Bertram, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to William Holland, Director of the Carnegie Museum, discussing items that a Mrs. Winchell would like to donate to the museum's collection. Bertram asks Holland to review Mrs. Winchell's items and bring them to Mr. Carnegie's attention if Holland feels they are worthy of acquisition.
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(James Bertram (?) to W.J. Holland, May 15, 1913)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Spain), Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Spain--Madrid, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Travel--Europe, Museum directors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from James Bertram, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to William Holland written in response to Holland's May 12th letter to Andrew Carnegie. Bertram notes that Carnegie indicated in a penciled note on Holland's letter that he does not want Holland to use his own money to pay any expenses associated with a trip to Madrid to install their diplodocus and that he would like Holland to visit Skibo on his way home from Madrid.
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(James Bertram to John Barrett, November 15, 1911)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Barrett, John, 1866-1938--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Pan American Union, Argentina, Naon, Ro?mulo S, New York (N.Y.), Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Heads of state--Argentina
A typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to John Barrett, director general, Pan American Union notifying Barrett that Andrew Carnegie received his letter of November 13, 1911 and that he would be glad to meet with Argentinean minister, Sen?or Doctor Don Ro?mulo S. Naon at 5:00 on November 20, 1911. The letter of November 13, 1911, from John Barrett, stated that Naon would like to meet with Carnegie to present a letter from Argentinean President Saenz Pen?a. Presumably in relation to a letter dated March 21, 1911 from Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill in which Carnegie writes that he agrees to comply with Sherrills request that he donate a copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Carnegie also states in the letter of March 21, 1911 that he will only consider giving copies of the Diplodocus to a place when requests are made by heads of state.
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(James Bertram to John W. Beatty, June 8, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Downes, William Howe, 1854-1941, Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Boston evening transcript (Boston, Mass. : 1872), Art critics, Millet, Frank D., Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Art
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to John W. Beatty, in response to Beatty's letter of May 11 to Andrew Carnegie. Bertram relates Carnegie's pleasure in the articles written by William Howe Downes, art critic for the Boston evening transcript, which presumably praised the Carnegie Institute's art galleries.
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(James Bertram to S.H. Church, January 15, 1912)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Frick, Childs, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Museum, Museum exhibits, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to Samuel Harden Church in response to Church's letter of the 12th concerning a resolution by the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institute to thank Childs Frick for a donation to the museum of a collection of ""natural history objects.""
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(Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie, January 8, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Lancaster, Ellsworth Gage, b. 1861, Olivet College, Whales
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie concerning a decision by the Carnegie Museum to request of Ellsworth Lancaster of Olivet College a specimen of fused cervical whale vertebrae for exhibition at the museum.
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(Samuel S. Dennis to Andrew Carnegie, April 23, 1912)
Dennis, Samuel S.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Church, Samuel Harden, Ross, John, Rhind, J. Massey (John Massey), b. 1858, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum, Diplodocus, Busts, Dunfermline (Scotland)
A typescript letter from Samuel S. Dennis to Andrew Carnegie describing a visit to the Carnegie Institute and commenting on Samuel Harden Church, William Jacob Holland, John Ross's annual report on Andrew Carnegie's work in Dunfermline, the Diplodocus carnegii, and the bust of Carnegie by J. Massey Rhind. On letterhead of Howard Savings Institution, Newark, New Jersey.
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(S.H. Church to James Bertram, April 12, 1912)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Booth, Franklin P., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum
A typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to James Bertram concerning an ""indignant letter"" from Franklin B. Booth to Andrew Carnegie. Booth, through some oversight, had not been thanked for a donation to the Carnegie Museum.
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(Unknown correspondent to W.J. Holland, March 6, 1912)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Douglass, Earl, b. 1862, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs--Utah, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Paleontologists--United States
A unsigned typescript letter presumably from an unidentified official of Carnegie Institute to William Jacob Holland. The author of the letter light-heartedly reprimands Holland for allowing an underling to send Carnegie a lengthy handwritten letter, most likely referring to paleontologist Earl Douglass's letter of the 27th concerning the Utah dinosaur quarry. Marked in pencil ""Carnegie Institute"".
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(Unknown to S.H. Church, April 28, 1908)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum
Letter dated April 28, 1908 from unknown to Samuel Harden Church reporting that nearly one million volumes were circulated by the Library last year and that the museum has excellent galleries and is already one of the world's wonders.
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(W.G. Chambers to W.J. Holland, March 31, 1913)
Chambers, Will Grant, 1867-1949--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, University of Pittsburgh, Nature study, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned copy of a typescript letter written in simplified spelling by Will Chambers, Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, to William Holland thanking him for the all the assistance the Carnegie Museum has given the University in their nature study work during the present year.
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(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 14, 1902)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Customs inspection--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Typescript letter from Carnegie Museum director W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie requesting from the latter an affidavit verifying that a cup sent from Sweden is intended for the Museum's collections, so that the object may clear customs.
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(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 10, 1902)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Apatosaurus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
Typescript letter from Carnegie Museum director W.J. Holland to Carnegie concerning a Brontosaurus skeleton that was supposed given to the Museum but was sent to Yale.
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