Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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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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Approves Carnegie gi(ft) : Kaiser sending important delegation to Pittsburg institute opening
Approves Carnegie gi(ft) : Kaiser sending important delegation to Pittsburg institute opening
Moeller, Theodore, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Germany, Museum buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Buildings--Additions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute
A newspaper article appearing in ""the Sun"" describing the attendance of the opening of the enlarged Carnegie Institute by former German Minister of Commerce Theodore Moeller. Includes quotations by Moeller praising the Institute and its founder as well as describing the difference between educational institutions in Germany and the United States.
Great organ is winning fame for the city
Great organ is winning fame for the city
Carnegie Music Hall--Organs, Carnegie Institute, Koch, Caspar P., 1872-1970, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Allegheny Regional Branch. Music Hall--Organs, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Organists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Organ (Musical instrument)--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Archer, Frederic, 1838-1901, Lemare, Edwin H. (Edwin Henry), 1865-1934, Organs (musical instruments)--Conservation and restoration, Music-halls--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Heinroth, Charles, 1874-1963
A newspaper article from the Gazette times (Pittsburgh, Pa.) dated October 9, 1911, concerning the ""great organ"" located in the music hall at the Carnegie Institute and the recitals by Charles Heinroth, organist and director of music at the Carnegie Institute. The beginning of the article includes the following line about the ""great organ"": ""Doubted if there is a better in the world than that of Carnegie Institute"". The article also discusses the recitals of Caspar P. Koch, organist at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Regional Branch, Music Hall and the organ located there. The ""great organ"" at the Carnegie Institute was designed by Frederick Archer, the first organist there and later remolded by Edwin Lemare, the second organist there. Charles Heinroth followed Lemare as the organist at the Carnegie Institute and had the organ rebuilt after securing Andrew Carnegie's consent.
Site of founder is now opposed
Site of founder is now opposed
Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Jackson, John B., McConway, William, Brown, J.O., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Carnegie Institute of Technology
A newspaper article from the Pittsburgh gazette, describing the conflict among key players in the selection of a site for Carnegie's technical institute. Named in the article are: Andrew Carnegie, William McConway, John B. Jackson, and J.O. Brown.