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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, May 13, 1912)
(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, May 13, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Lake Mohonk (N.Y.), Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Vacations, Highlands (Scotland)
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Harden Church, written in response to Church's letter of the 11th, in which Carnegie reiterates his reasons for not attending Lake Mohonk and suggests that Mrs. Carnegie is in need of ""a quiet time in the Highlands.""
(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, May 13, 1912 (copy))
(Andrew Carnegie to S.H. Church, May 13, 1912 (copy))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Lake Mohonk (N.Y.), Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Vacations, Highlands (Scotland)
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Harden Church, written in response to Church's letter of the 11th, in which Carnegie reiterates his reasons for not attending Lake Mohonk and suggests that Mrs. Carnegie is in need of ""a quiet time in the Highlands"". Marked ""Copy of letter"".
(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914)
(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Lwoff-Parlaghy, Vilma Elisabeth, Princess, 1863-1923, Painters--Hungary, Portraits, Art commissions, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Philanthropists--United States--Portraits, Cunningham, Charles R., Carnegie Institute
A typescript letter from John A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to Col. Samuel Harden Church explaining the portrait painted by Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy of Andrew Carnegie is being packed and will be shipped to the Institute (Carnegie Institute). Carnegie is sending the portrait to the Institute ""because it is the costliest picture of him, by far, ever purchased"". On Andrew Carnegie stationary, signed in ink by J.A. Poynton. Includes handwritten note at bottom of letter from Samuel H. Church to Mr. Cunningham (custodian of buildings and grounds at the Carnegie Institute), dated May 22, 1914, stating that Mr. Church is going to ""deposit"" the picture in the ""President's Room"" and asks that Cunningham notify him when it arrives.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, May 8, 1914)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, May 8, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise
Typescript letter (signed). Poynton communicates the Carnegies' appreciation of Church's account of recent happenings in the Pittsburgh area. Church will visit Carnegie in New York soon. The Carnegies are preparing to leave for Scotland on May 23.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 21, 1915)
(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.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 25, 1915)
(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.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, March 20, 1916)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, March 20, 1916)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Carnegie, Louise, Alexander, John White, 1856-1915, Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Everglades (Fla.), Winter, Museum exhibits, Art, Painters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Art, Modern--Exhibitions
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church expresses his pleasure in hearing of Andrew Carnegie's improved health in the Everglades and states that he had spent the entire previous day at the Carnegie Institute's Department of Fine Arts where the John White Alexander memorial exhibit was being held.
(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.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, June 20, 1918)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, June 20, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Making reference to Poynton's letter of the 18th, Church apologizes for the non-arrival of Carnegie Institute's Founder's Day book and asks Poynton to inform Louise Carnegie that ""we take special pains to get the first copies into her hands."" On letterhead of the Carnegie Institute. Marked ""(copy) of letter.""