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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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(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, April 20, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Carnegie, Louise, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church regarding Church's recent note and upcoming visit to New York, indicating that Mrs. Carnegie will be glad to see him. Includes handwritten postscript. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
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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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(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 21, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church discusses his upcoming trip to New York, principally his prospective visit with Andrew and Louise Carnegie to obtain some form of communication to be conveyed at the following week's Founder's Day celebration, which the Carnegies, to Church's expressed regret, would not be attending.
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(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 25, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia (Pa.)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church states that he is anxious to hear from Louise Carnegie, that he can be reached at the secretary's office at the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia until having to return to Pittsburgh for the Founder's Day celebration.
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(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 29, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton in which Church states that he will be in New York ""next week on June 2nd"" and suggests that he and Poynton meet.
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(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, May 29, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Franks, Robert A., Vacation homes--Massachusetts--Lenox, Lenox (Mass.)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. In response to Poynton's letter of the 27th, in which it is suggested that the Churches visit the Carnegies at Lenox, Church states that during his recent stay in New York he had been dissuaded from paying the couple a visit by Robert Franks due to the condition of Andrew Carnegie's health, but would most likely visit them at Lenox in August. On letterhead of the Carnegie Institute.
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