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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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(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914)
(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Lwoff-Parlaghy, Vilma Elisabeth, Princess, 1863-1923, Painters--Hungary, Portraits, Art commissions, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Philanthropists--United States--Portraits, Cunningham, Charles R., Carnegie Institute
A typescript letter from John A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to Col. Samuel Harden Church explaining the portrait painted by Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy of Andrew Carnegie is being packed and will be shipped to the Institute (Carnegie Institute). Carnegie is sending the portrait to the Institute ""because it is the costliest picture of him, by far, ever purchased"". On Andrew Carnegie stationary, signed in ink by J.A. Poynton. Includes handwritten note at bottom of letter from Samuel H. Church to Mr. Cunningham (custodian of buildings and grounds at the Carnegie Institute), dated May 22, 1914, stating that Mr. Church is going to ""deposit"" the picture in the ""President's Room"" and asks that Cunningham notify him when it arrives.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 11, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 11, 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
An unsigned typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, written in response to Poynton's letter of the 10th, requesting one hundred copies of Andrew Carnegie's testimony before the Commission on Industrial Relations.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 16, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 16, 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, Duquesne Club, Businessmen--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Railroads--Officials and employees--United States
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, in response to Poynton's letter of the 13th. Church proposes the idea of widening the circulation of the transcript of Andrew Carnegie's testimony before the Commission on Industrial Relations to as many people as possible, noting as examples the ready-made audiences of the approximately 600 businessmen who are members of the Duquesne Club and the 1,000 railroad officials throughout America. Marked ""Dictated.""
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 6, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 6, 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 concerning the Commission on Industrial Relations' decision to come to Pittsburgh to make inquiries into the affairs of the Carnegie Institute. Marked ""dictated.""
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 8, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, February 8, 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
An unsigned typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton concerning the copy of Andrew Carnegie's statement before the Commission on Industrial Relations that Poynton had sent him.
(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 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 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 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.