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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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(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 10, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 10, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Health, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Bar Harbor (Me.), Vacations
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton in response to Poynton's letter of the 8th. Church comments on the reported improved health of Andrew Carnegie and states that he and Mrs. Church have not yet made definite vacation plans.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 22, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 22, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, DeVinne Press, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., California (Steamship), Glasgow (Scotland)
A typescript letter from President, presumably Samuel Harden Church, president of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, to J.A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, informing Poynton that the DeVinne Press has sent 500 copies of the Founder's Day book to Andrew Carnegie on June 20, 1914 via the S.S. California that will sail directly to Glasgow, Scotland. Church states that ""this is a slow boat but hope that the books will reach you soon"". At bottom of the page is typed: dictated.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 7, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 7, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church informs Poynton that he is sending him a dozen copies of the Founder's Day book.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, March 10, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, March 10, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute, Manly, Basil Maxwell, 1886-1950, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Governmental investigations, Legislative hearings, Working class--Pennsylvania, Labor--Pennsylvania, Industries--Pennsylvania
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton requesting more copies of Andrew Carnegie's testimony before the Commission on Industrial Relations.
(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 J.A. Poynton, March 4, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, March 4, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute, Manly, Basil Maxwell, 1886-1950, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Governmental investigations, Legislative hearings, Working class--Pennsylvania, Labor--Pennsylvania, Industries--Pennsylvania
A letter (typescript, unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton acknowledging receipt of the requested copies of the transcript containing Andrew Carnegie's testimony before the Commission on Industrial Relations.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 18, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 18, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Parlaghy, Vilma, Carnegie Institute
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church asks Poynton to remind Andrew Carnegie about a portrait of himself by ""Princess Parlaghi"" (i.e., Vilma Parlaghy) that he had promised, to be used in the Carnegie Institute's President's Room.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 19, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 19, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Speeches, addresses, etc., Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Skibo (Scotland)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Referring to Poynton's telegram of the same date, Church states that he hopes to be able to forward a copy of the Carnegie Institute's Founder's Day book to Skibo in two weeks.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 20, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 20, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Winter Harbor (Me.), Vacations, Cemeteries, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Death and burial, Carnegie, Louise--Death and burial.
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton regarding their respective vacations. In a postscript, Church comments, in reference to an earlier conversation, that he has approached Mrs. Carnegie about ""a final resting place."" Marked ""personal.""
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 24, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 24, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute, MacDougall, Donald, 1854-1920. Scots and Scots descendants in America, Scots--United States, Scottish Americans, R.W. Johnston Studios
An unsigned typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church reports that he has made arrangements with R.W. Johnston Studios to provide a photograph of the Carnegie Institute for the article on Andrew Carnegie to appear in Douglas MacDougall's upcoming book Scots and Scots descendants in America.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 25, 1917)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 25, 1917)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute, Corporation reports
An unsigned copy of a typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church informs Poynton that he will send him, as requested, the 1915/1916 annual report for the Carnegie Institute and that the report for 1916/1917 will be printed in the middle of June.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 29, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 29, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton in which Church states that he will be in New York ""next week on June 2nd"" and suggests that he and Poynton meet.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 8, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 8, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Croall and Croall (Firm), Hardie, James F., Automobiles, Automobile industry and trade, Carnegie Engineering Corporation
A typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, in response to Poynton's letter of the 6th. Church informs Poynton that the Carnegie Engineering Corporation has no connection with the United States Steel Corporation.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, September 9, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, September 9, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Health, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Death and burial, Obituaries
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. After commenting on his reasons for taking so long to respond to Poynton's last letter, Church comments on Andrew Carnegie's improved health and offers Poynton a copy of a biographical sketch of Carnegie, presumably to be used as an obituary.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, Apr. 16, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, Apr. 16, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
Typescript letter (unsigned). Church tells Poynton that he has gathered the data for Carnegie's address and will send the material after he has revised it.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, Apr. 2, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, Apr. 2, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
Typescript letter (unsigned). Church tells Poynton that he will assemble the information needed for Carnegie's Founder's Day address and send it as soon as possible.
(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, January 26, 1918)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, January 26, 1918)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, McKahan, Mary S., Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Actions and defenses, X-rays, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton regarding injuries incurred by Mary S. McKahan by an x-ray machine at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. On letterhead of Carnegie Institute. Marked ""copy of letter.""
(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.""
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, May 13, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, May 13, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Vredespaleis (Hague, Netherlands), Peace
Typescript letter (unsigned). Church, gathering material ""relating to the interesting episodes in Mr. Carnegie's life,"" requests a pamphlet describing the dedication of the Peace Palace at the Hague