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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 W.N. Frew, January 16, 1907)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance
A letter dated January 16, 1907 from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew regarding Mayor Guthrie's letter about appropriations for the library.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, January 17, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924, Wilson, G. H. (George Henry), 1854-1908, Archer, Frederic, 1838-1901, Gifts, Music, Art, Carnegie, Andrew, 1836-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew requesting that three bonds be issued, respectively, to Mrs. Beatty (presumably the wife of John Wesley Beatty), Mrs. Wilson (presumably the wife of George Henry Wilson), and Mrs. Archer (presumably the wife of Frederic Archer) in honor of their ""distinguished husbands.""
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, January 19, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Institute--Finance, Carnegie Institute--Endowments
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William N. Frew, president, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Institute, concerning what Frew and the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute would do with an extra fifty or a hundred thousand yearly income for the Institute. Includes corrections in ink and signed by Andrew Carnegie.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, January 5, 1907)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
A letter dated January 5, 1907 from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew in response to Frew's concern that the city of Pittsburgh will not provide enough funds for an addition to the library.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, January 7, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Nakagawa, Nozomu, Cabinet officers--Japan, Diplomats--Japan, Carnegie Institute, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, Carnegie Institute--Employees
A typescript letter of introduction, presumably, from Andrew Carnegie to William N. Frew asking Frew to show Mr. Nozomu Nakagawa, a cabinet minister and diplomat from Japan, ""all the courtesies that can be bestowed"" when he visits the ""Pittsburg Institute"". Carnegie then asks Frew to introduce Mr. Nakagawa to Hamerschlag and Miss West and ""all the others connected with the Institute"".
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, July 16, 1906)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Board of Trustees, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Finance, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Frew providing further clarification about the respective roles of the library trustees and the city of Pittsburgh with regard to library funding and fund administration and explaining the source of Carnegie's concerns about tensions between the library trustees appointed by himself and those appointed by the city. The letter includes handwritten references to related letters in another correspondence collection.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, May 6, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Painting, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions, Art insurance, Art museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned typescript copy of a letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Frew authorizing modifications to the manner in which the Carnegie Institute insures paintings that are sent to Pittsburgh for the annual international art exhibition. The letter contains both the text of the original agreement, dated June 20, 1898, and the text of the revised agreement, dated May 6, 1913.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, November 11, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Taylor, Chas. L., Franks, Robert A., Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, Carnegie Institute of Technology
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew concerning a donation to the Carnegie Hero Fund and funds needed for the extension of the Technical Schools. Includes handwritten postscript. On personal letterhead.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, November 17, 1906)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Franks, Robert A.--Correspondence, Library benefactors--United States, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Appropriations and expenditures, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Appropriations and expenditures, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Finance, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew, President of the Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, concerning a letter he received from Mr. Frew dated November 15, 1906. He explains that Mr. Robert A. Franks will be sending Mr. Frew money and Mr. Franks can then keep off sufficient coupons from the ""Bonds"" that Andrew Carnegie is to give Mr. Frew. Mr. Carnegie, in reply to Mr. Frew's determination of the amount of money that needs appropriated for the fiscal year, tells Mr. Frew that the Commission ""should leave that largely to the City officials"" and the amount that the City of Pittsburgh wants ""to spend on its Libraries is its own affair"". On Andrew Carnegie letterhead.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, November 5, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Washington (D.C.), Wu, Tingfang, 1842-1922, China, Carnegie Steel Company. Board of Directors, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew, marking Carnegie's return from Scotland. Carnegie refers to visiting ""that noble heathen"" (i.e., Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang) and having to meet with Charles Schwab and the Board of Carnegie Steel before ""falling into your hands.""
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, October 19, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Wu, Tingfang, 1842-1922, China, Missions--China., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew in response to Frew's letter of 9th regarding Carnegie Institute's Founder's Day celebration the following month. Carnegie expresses his excitement over the event, making reference to the expected attendance of Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang and lamenting the realities of Western influence on Chinese civilization.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, October 4, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Carnegie Music Hall, Music-halls--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Buildings--Additions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew regarding the addition to the Carnegie Institute building. Carnegie dismisses the idea of including a grand opera hall, and suggests the music hall should not be too big and that the greater space should used for the foyer.
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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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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, September 29, 1906 (letterhead))
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., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A letter, with 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. The letterhead reads: Skibo Castle, Dornoch, Sutherland.
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(Arthur A. Hamerschlag to William Nimick Frew, May 8, 1907)
Hamerschlag, Arthur Anton--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools, Bricklaying--Vocational guidance
Typescript letter (signed). Hamerschlag clarifies information on the bricklaying class in the Technical Schools, in reply to Frew's telephone inquiry concerning newspaper articles on it.
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Carnegie Library extension, contracts and orders
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence
A three-page list of financial figures for contracts and orders pertaining to the Carnegie Library extension. The document is undated, but had accompanied a letter from William Nimick Frew to Andrew Carnegie, dated August 16, 1907.
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(Frances Jenkins Olcott to W.N. Frew, October 15, 1906)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Library School, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Children's Dept., Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Hopkins, Anderson H., Buyse, Omer, b. 1865, College teachers--Belgium, Tacoma Public Library, Sontum, Bolette, Olcott, Frances Jenkins--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Frances Jenkins Olcott, Chief of the Children's Department of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, describing praise for the Training School for Children's Librarians expressed by Belgian professor Omer Buyse, the Bishop of Tacoma (a member of the board of directors of Tacoma Pubic Library), and Bolette Sontum, a graduate of the school who had recently acquired a position in Norway.
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(George A. Macbeth (?) to William N. Frew (?), September 4, 1906)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Library School, Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library Schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Cost of operation, Macbeth, George A.--Correspondence
A copy of a typescript letter presumably from George A. Macbeth, Chairman of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees Library Committee, to William N. Frew, President of the Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees, addressing funding concerns about the upcoming school year at the Training School for Children's Librarians. The copy does not contain the name of the intended recipient and the name of the letter writer was cut off at the bottom when the copy was made.
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(George W. Guthrie to William N. Frew, January 12, 1907)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Guthrie, George W.--Correspondence
A copy of a typescript letter from George W. Guthrie to William Nimick Frew regarding the stance the city will take on providing funds to the library. (The copy was enclosed with a letter from Frew to Andrew Carnegie dated January 14, 1907.)
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(Henry Shenk Co. to W.N. Frew, February 12, 1908)
Henry Shenk Company--Correspondence, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Frank Peach and Co., Sterling Company of Pittsburg, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. East Liberty Branch, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence
Two-page letter dated February 12, 1908 from the Henry Shenk Company to William Nimick Frew regarding the Frank Peach and Company matter involving the Sterling Company and payment for granite.
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