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  • Subject = Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health

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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, December 8, 1904)
(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, December 8, 1904)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Health, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907, Swindlers and swindling--United States
A handwritten letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Church, Secretary of the Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees, expressing concern about Church's health and discussing his own health problems. The letter ends with a short reference to the case of Cassie Chadwick, a woman who claimed to be Carnegie's illegitimate daughter and used forged securities to commit bank fraud, saying, ""That Chadwick case doesn't annoy me in the least.""
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, June 8, 1915)
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, June 8, 1915)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Health, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Garmany, Jasper, Barrow, Archibald C., Bar Harbor (Me.), Vacations
A signed typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton remarks on the improvement in Andrew Carnegie's health as reported by Dr. Jasper Garmany and Archibald Barrow and conveys his pleasure in having Church as a neighbor this summer in Bar Harbor, Maine. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, September 24, 1915)
(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.
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, April 6, 1917)
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, April 6, 1917)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Industrial relations--United States, Labor world (San Francisco, Calif.), Equal opportunities
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton informs Church that he has not been able to show Andrew Carnegie a specified article on the topic of labor because he (Carnegie) was suffering from a ""slight cold"" but goes on to offer his own opinion of the article, revealing an anti-labor/pro-capital bias. Poynton also mentions that there will be a meeting of the full board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York before adjourning for the summer. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie. Includes penciled notation ""for reply.""
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, August 11, 1915)
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, August 11, 1915)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Bar Harbor (Me.), Vacations
A signed typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton expresses pleasure that Andrew Carnegie is ""quite his old self again"" and also that the Churches will be vacationing at Bar Harbor, Maine. Includes penciled postscript: ""will write him.""