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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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(Arthur W. Tarbell to Samuel Harden Church, December 20, 1935)
(Arthur W. Tarbell to Samuel Harden Church, December 20, 1935)
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Centennial celebrations, etc.
Tarbell informs Church of his correspondence with Alice B. Carnegie.
(Augustus K. Oliver to Charles Watkins, June 13, 1935)
(Augustus K. Oliver to Charles Watkins, June 13, 1935)
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Centennial celebrations, etc., Founder's Day
Augustus Oliver, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, informs Charles Watkins, Assistant to Thomas S Baker, of the appointment of trustees to a Founder's Day Committee.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography, Industrialists -- United States -- Biography, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
Includes a bookplate with the words, With the Compliments of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie; With illustrations; Parents and Childhood; Dunfermline and America; Pittsburgh and Work; Colonel Anderson and Books; The Telegraph Office; Railroad Service; Superintendent of the Pennsylvania; Civil War Period; Bridge-Building; The Iron Works; New York as Headquarters; Business Negotiations; The Age of Steel; Partners, Books and Travel; Coaching Trip and Marriage; Mills and the Men; The Homestead Strike; Problems of Labor; The 'Gospel of Wealth'; Educational and Pension Funds; The Peace Palace and Pittencrieff; Matthew Arnold and Others; British Political Leaders; Gladstone and Morley; Herbert Spencer and His Disciple; Blaine and Harrison; Washington Diplomacy; Hay and McKinley; Meeting the German Emperor; Bibliography; Index
(A.W. Tarbell to R.S. Crossley, June 2, 1936)
(A.W. Tarbell to R.S. Crossley, June 2, 1936)
Keighley (England), Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
A.W. Tarbell thanks R.S. Crossley, Librarian at the Keighley Carnegie Library for information, and an article, concerning Andrew Carnegie's visit to Keighley, England.
(A.W. Tarbell to R.S. Crossley, June 4, 1936)
(A.W. Tarbell to R.S. Crossley, June 4, 1936)
Keighley (England), Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
A.W. Tarbell thanks R.S. Crossley, Librarian at the Keighley Carnegie Library for information, and an article, concerning Andrew Carnegie's visit to Keighley, England. In this letter, he informs Crossley of the return of article.
(A.W. Tarbell to R.S. Crossley, May 5, 1936)
(A.W. Tarbell to R.S. Crossley, May 5, 1936)
Keighley (England), Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
A.W. Tarbell, the Chairman of the Committee on Historical Records writes to R.S. Crossley, the Librarian at the Keighley Carnegie Library asking for an account of Andrew Carnegie's visit to Keighley, appearing in the Keighley News.
(A.W. Tarbell to W. Healey, May 5, 1936)
(A.W. Tarbell to W. Healey, May 5, 1936)
Keighley (England), Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
A.W. Tarbell, the Chairman of the Committee on Historical Records writes to W. Healey, the Principal at the Technical College in Keighley thanking him for information concerning Andrew Carnegie's visit to Keighley.
The benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
The benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
The gospel of wealth, the influence of Carnegie's doctrine, Carnegie Corporation of New York; Gifts for libraries, essential place of the public library, communities responsible for maintenance; Gifts for education, American colleges, the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, study of medical education, improvement of medical education; Gifts for scientific research, medical research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory; Gifts of sentiment, pension funds, the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Hero Funds; World peace, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, peace organization world wide
The British benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
The British benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
"An address delivered November 25, 1935, from the Music Pavilion in Pittencrief Glen, Dunfermline, Scotland, on the one hundredth anniversary of Andrew Carnegie's birth."
(Burton J. Hendrick to Mrs. William McConway, March 24, 1927)
(Burton J. Hendrick to Mrs. William McConway, March 24, 1927)
McConway, William, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
Burton J. Hendrick, the first Carnegie biographer, requests that Mrs. William McConway send her husband's correspondence with Andrew Carnegie to Hendrick so that he can copy the originals, and make use of the letters in the "complete, authorized biography" that he was writing.
A Carnegie anthology
A Carnegie anthology
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
A collection of quotations from the written works of Andrew Carnegie. Includes numerous photographs and "a collection of portraits of Mr. Carnegie". Includes a bibliography and index.
(Carnegie Corporation of New York)
(Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
An article from 1911 from the New York (Evening) Post, about the creation of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
(Carnegie Day address -- November 28, 1939)
(Carnegie Day address -- November 28, 1939)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Boundaries -- United States, Carnegie family, Philanthropy
Hotchkiss discusses the concept of the frontier, particularly the concept of the frontier in the context of the United States of America; he relates this to Andrew Carnegie.
(Carnegie Dunfermline Trustees to Dr. Thomas S. Baker)
(Carnegie Dunfermline Trustees to Dr. Thomas S. Baker)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial
An invitation to the opening of the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial in Dunfermline, Scotland.
Carnegie gift's versus city's maintenance of Carnegie institutions
Carnegie gift's versus city's maintenance of Carnegie institutions
Thaw, Mary Copley--Correspondence, Barr, Albert James--Correspondence, Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh post (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1887 : Daily), Libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County, Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Library benefactors--United States, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Management, Carnegie Institute--Management, Public institutions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Management, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Management, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Politics and government
A copy of A typescript letter from an unknown taxpayer (presumably Mary Copley Thaw) to the editor of the Pittsburgh Post, Albert J Barr. In the letter Mrs. Thaw believes that communities that accept the gift of libraries from Andrew Carnegie end up paying ""many times the value of the original gift"". She goes on to state that there is ""waste"" in management of the Carnegie Institute and Library. ""Taxpayer"" at the end of letter.
(Carnegie in library (drawing))
(Carnegie in library (drawing))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie libraries
A drawing from the New York Times picturing Andrew Carnegie, completed by an unknown artist. "Not his great wealth -- but the string of more than 1600 public libraries which he built across the country give Andrew Carnegie his most enduring fame."
The Carnegie Institute
The Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools, Frew, William Nimick, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
Draft of speech delivered by Andrew Carnegie on Founder's Day, ghost-written by William Nimick Frew and presumably accompanying his letter of Apr. 18, containing information on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, and the Technical Schools. The organ recitals and care of the institute building are mentioned briefly, and gratitude is expressed for coverage of the Institute by local newspapers. William Nimick Frew's service is acknowledged, as well as the work of the Board of Trustees.
The Carnegie Institute
The Carnegie Institute
Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools, Frew, William Nimick, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise--Health, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Church, Samuel Harden, Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc.
Revised draft of speech delivered by Andrew Carnegie on Founder's Day, ghost written by William Nimick Frew, containing information on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, and the Technical Schools. The organ recitals and care of the institute building are mentioned briefly, and gratitude is expressed for coverage of the Institute by local newspapers. William Nimick Frew's service is acknowledged, as well as the work of the Board of Trustees. The revisions include acknowledgement of the election of Samuel Harden Church as president of the Institute and Mrs. Carnegie's regrets that she is unable to attend due to illness.
Carnegie Institute of Technology, address by Frank F. Nicola, esq. at the Carnegie Day Exercises, November 24, 1920
Carnegie Institute of Technology, address by Frank F. Nicola, esq. at the Carnegie Day Exercises, November 24, 1920
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Wealth, Industrial relations
Nicola speaks of Carnegie as a "plain, practical man of great heart and a wonderful mind." He discusses wealth and the relations between Labor and Capital.
Carnegie libraries
Carnegie libraries
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie libraries
A very brief piece about Carnegie Libraries. Includes thirteen photographs.