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  • Subject = Library benefactors--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
  • Subject = Universities and colleges--Scotland--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
  • Date = 1903-07-14

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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 of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, Scotland, 14th July, 1903
Burgess ticket of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, Scotland, 14th July, 1903
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dingwall (Scotland). Council--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie Library (Dingwall, Scotland)--Endowments--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--Scotland--Dingwall--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--Scotland--Dingwall--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Education--Scotland--Dingwall--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Universities and colleges--Scotland--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dingwall (Scotland)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dingwall (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
A photograph of a typewritten burgess ticket from the Council of Dingwall, Scotland, admitting Andrew Carnegie as an honorary "free burgess and guild brother" of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, honoring him for his aid to "deserving youth of Scotland ambitious of securing a university education" and his "gifts of public libraries in many parts of the world" and for his donation of £2000 for a public library for the town. The ticket includes a vignette, decorative borders, a seal and signatures. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 34 x 26 cm