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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(C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie, March 16, 1911)
(C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie, March 16, 1911)
Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
A typescript letter from Charles H. Sherrill (U.S. Ambassador to Argentine) to Andrew Carnegie requesting him to donate a cast of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to the La Plata Museum located near the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
(Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo to Andrew Carnegie, October 24, 1912)
(Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo to Andrew Carnegie, October 24, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Museum directors--Argentina--La Plata, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Argentina, Lafone Quevedo, Samuel A. (Samuel Alexander), 1835-1920--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo, director of the Argentine national museum at La Plata, to Andrew Carnegie, expressing thanks for the donation of the Diplodocus carnegii replica and acknowledging the contribution of William Jacob Holland in its installation.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 25, 1911)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 25, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Casts, Diplodocus, Diplodocus--Exhibitions, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs--Exhibitions, Carnegie Museum, Philanthropists--United States, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Museum exhibits--Argentina--La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Dinosaurs--Transportation, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
A handwritten letter from W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie concerning the cost and shipment of a replica of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to the National Museum in Buenos Aires (i.e. the La Plata Museum located near the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Holland states, per Carnegie's letter he received, the cost to make and install a replica of the Diplodocus would average around $6,000. The average cost of past replicas that were made had been $5,860 a piece. He does note that the freight to Argentina may be higher than the freight to other past destinations. Carnegie also asked how long it would take to make the replica and Holland states that it will take six weeks to make, another six weeks to get it to Buenos Aires and four weeks to mount the specimen in the museum.