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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(Burd S. Patterson to Andrew Carnegie, August 8, 1911)
(Burd S. Patterson to Andrew Carnegie, August 8, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Olcott, Frances Jenkins, Craver, Harrison W., Employees--Resignation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library School, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Patterson, Burd Shippen--Correspondence, Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh---Resignation, Library education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Typescript letter from Burd S. Patterson to Andrew Carnegie referencing three enclosed newspaper clippings regarding the firing of Frances Jenkins Olcott, Head of the Children's Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Director of the Training School for Children's Librarians. One of the articles is found in the Pittsburgh newspaper, The Dispatch. According to Mr. Patterson the article was written by James F. Hudson.
Field notes of the Training School for Children's Librarians, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, June 1911
Field notes of the Training School for Children's Librarians, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, June 1911
Field notes of the Training School for Children's Librarians, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library School, Library education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Sample pages from a magazine, Field notes of the Training School for Children's Librarians, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, that will be issued, dated June 1911.
(Harrison W. Craver to Frances J. Olcott, June 2, 1911)
(Harrison W. Craver to Frances J. Olcott, June 2, 1911)
Olcott, Frances Jenkins--Correspondence, Carnegie Library School, Employees--Resignation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Craver, Harrison W.--Correspondence, Library education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh---Resignation
Copy of a typescript letter from Harrison W. Craver to Frances J. Olcott, Head of the Children's Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Director of the Training School for Children's Librarians, asking her to resign her positions at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
A loss to Pittsburgh
A loss to Pittsburgh
Employees--Resignation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library School, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Olcott, Frances Jenkins, Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Resignation, Library education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A newspaper article from The Pittsburgh post, dated Wednesday morning, June 28, 1911, concerning the resignation of Frances Jenkins Olcott, Head of the Children's Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Director of the Training School for Children's Librarians. Part of the article is missing at the end.
A woman Pittsburg should not lose
A woman Pittsburg should not lose
Employees--Resignation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library School, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Olcott, Frances Jenkins, Children's librarians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Resignation, Library education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A newspaper article from The Pittsburg Press, dated Tuesday evening, June 27, 1911, concerning the resignation of Frances Jenkins Olcott, Head of the Children's Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Director of the Training School for Children's Librarians.