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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(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, December 20, 1916)
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, December 20, 1916)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934, Carnegie Institute, Painters--United States, Art
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church regarding a letter from Church to painter Howard Russell Butler concerning a portrait of Andrew Carnegie that Butler had promised the Carnegie Institute. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, December 27, 1916)
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, December 27, 1916)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew--Portraits, Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934, Carnegie Institute, Painters--United States, Art
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church acknowledging Church's clarification of the misunderstanding concerning Howard Russell Butler's portrait of Andrew Carnegie. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, December 21, 1916)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, December 21, 1916)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew--Portraits, Carnegie, Louise, Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934, Lwoff-Parlaghy, Vilma Elisabeth, Princess, 1863-1923, Carnegie Institute, Painters--United States, Art
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, clearing up the misunderstanding concerning his request for Howard Russell Butler's portrait of Andrew Carnegie that was to go in the President's Room of the Carnegie Institute. On letterhead of the Carnegie Institute.