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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Burgess ticket, bound and illuminated, Kingston-on-Thames, England, 11th May, 1903
Burgess ticket, bound and illuminated, Kingston-on-Thames, England, 11th May, 1903
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Kingston Public Library (London, England)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Kingston upon Thames (London, England)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Library benefactors--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie libraries--England--London--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--England--London--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Education--United States--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Education--Great Britain--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Kingston upon Thames (London, England)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
A photograph of a handwritten burgess ticket from the Mayor, Alderman, and Burgesses of the Borough of Kingston-on-Thames, England admitting Andrew Carnegie as an honorary freeman for his donation of funds for the building of the public library and his "application of his great wealth and influence for the furtherance of the means of education and learning in America and the United Kingdom". The ticket includes a decorative border, drawings of two buildings, decorative initials, seal, coat of arms and is signed by the mayor and town clerk. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm