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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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(Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill, March 21, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill, March 21, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Argentina, Quintana, Manuel, 1835-1906, International American Conference (1st : 1889-1890 : Washington, D.C.), France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Charles H. Sherrill regarding a letter received on March 16, 1911 from Sherrill requesting Carnegie donate a cast of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Mr. Carnegie agrees to comply with the request. Carnegie remembers sitting next to Senor Quintana, future president of Argentina, at the first Pan-American Conference. Mr. Quintana mentioned to Mr. Blaine that he wanted to invite Carnegie to visit Argentina as a guest of the state. Mr. Carnegie states that Quintana's life was too short. Carnegie then writes that he will only consider giving copies of the Diplodocus to a place when requests are made by heads of state. He has given copies to France, Germany Russia, Austria and Italy and he highly prizes the acknowledgements he has received from these heads of state. He asks Sherrill to have the current president of Argentina (Dr. Saenz Pena) sign an application, which Sherrill can prepare and then ""it will be filed with the rest"".
(Andrew Carnegie to Charles Frederick Holder, April 30, 1910)
(Andrew Carnegie to Charles Frederick Holder, April 30, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Saber-toothed tigers
Typescript letter (carbon copy). Carnegie thanks Holder for sending the Saber-toothed tiger tooth, which he will give to the museum.
(Andrew Carnegie to Charles Heinroth, December 7, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to Charles Heinroth, December 7, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Heinroth, Charles, 1874-1963--Correspondence, Organists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Music Hall--Organs, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Allegheny Regional Branch. Music Hall--Organs, Organ (Musical instrument)--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Organs (musical instruments)--Conservation and restoration, Allegheny (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Charles Heinroth, organist and director of music at the Carnegie Institute, noting Heinroth's repair of the organ at the Institute and asking him to ""look over the Allegheny organ and say what you think can be done"". The ""Allegheny organ"" was located at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Regional Branch, Music Hall.
(Andrew Carnegie to C.H.C (i.e., S.H.C., or Samuel Harden Church), undated; Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie, February 15, 1907)
(Andrew Carnegie to C.H.C (i.e., S.H.C., or Samuel Harden Church), undated; Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie, February 15, 1907)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
Two notes typed on same page. One note is to C.H.C. (i.e., S.H.C.) from Andrew Carnegie asking Mrs. C. to buy a present for Charley's son and spend $500. The second note is dated February 15, 1907 from Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie noting that Mrs. Church has purchased the present.
(Andrew Carnegie to Clara L. West, March 24, 1913)
(Andrew Carnegie to Clara L. West, March 24, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, West, Clara Linforth--Correspondence, West, Clara Linforth--Health, Educators--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Clara West, a former dean at the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School, written in response to West's letter of March 17th. Carnegie thanks West for her service at the school and expresses his and his wife's good wishes for a quick recovery from her recent breakdown.
(Andrew Carnegie to Colonel S.H. Church, February 1, 1915)
(Andrew Carnegie to Colonel S.H. Church, February 1, 1915)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Foster, Katharine, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Employees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A letter from Andrew Carnegie to Colonel S.H. Church in response to Church's letter of January 29, 1915. Carnegie regrets that Miss Foster and others are to be suspended from service at the library.
(Andrew Carnegie to Daniel C. Gilman, December 10, 1903)
(Andrew Carnegie to Daniel C. Gilman, December 10, 1903)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908--Correspondence, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Typescript letter to Carnegie Institution president Daniel C. Gilman on his retirement.
(Andrew Carnegie to ""dear friend"")
(Andrew Carnegie to ""dear friend"")
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939, Carnegie Institute, Schenley Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
A typscript letter from Andrew Carnegie to an unidentified correspondent expressing his disapproval of a recent public outburst by William Jacob Holland, as reported to him by Henry S. Pritchett, offering instructions to ""ignore him"" if Holland attends an upcoming meeting, and mentioning a cut in funds to his department plus the necessity of additional ""strict discipline."" Marked ""Confidential"" and ""Copy of Letter.""
(Andrew Carnegie to Doctor S.H. Church, December 14, 1914)
(Andrew Carnegie to Doctor S.H. Church, December 14, 1914)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Nineteen fourteen, A.D., Saving and investment, Economic conditions
Typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel H. Church stating: ""Thanks for your favor of ninth December. These are days when people must economize. I hav (i.e., have) never seen such a tempest!""
(Andrew Carnegie to Edwin H. Anderson, December 3, 1904)
(Andrew Carnegie to Edwin H. Anderson, December 3, 1904)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Anderson, Edwin Hatfield, 1861---Correspondence, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Library directors--Resignation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Employees--Resignation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library directors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Edwin H. Anderson, the first library director of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, expressing his regret in Mr. Anderson's decision to give up library work and move to Missouri. Mr. Carnegie writes of his appreciation for Mr. Anderson's establishment of the ""model Library"" and conveys best wishes for Mr. Anderson and his family.
(Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root, December 30, 1908)
(Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root, December 30, 1908)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence, Nabuco, Joaquim, 1849-1910, Lacerda, Joa?o Batista de, 1846-1915, Castro, Cipriano, 1856?-1924, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Russia, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Italy, Great Britain, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Arbitration, International, United States--Foreign relations--1901-1909
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root. In response to Root's letter of the 24th, Carnegie agrees to present a Diplodocus replica to Brazil, as requested by Brazilian ambassador to the U.S. Joaquim Nabuco, stipulating that museum director Lacerda put in an official request bearing the name of the Brazilian president, as Carnegie grants the Diplodocus only to requests by the person of a nation's highest office.
(Andrew Carnegie to Frank A. Vanderlip, May 20, 1914)
(Andrew Carnegie to Frank A. Vanderlip, May 20, 1914)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Skibo (Scotland), Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1864-1937, College teachers--Pensions, Baccalaureate addresses, Carnegie Institute of Technology
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Andrew Carnegie to Frank A. Vanderlip. Carnegie, in acknowledgement of Vanderlip's assistance in setting up the pension for university professors and his commencement address at Carnegie Institute of Technology, extends an invitation to Skibo.
(Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, July 18, 1900)
(Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, July 18, 1900)
Oliver, George T.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Buildings--Additions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript copy of a letter, marked ""private"", from Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, arguing against a change of site for the enlargement of the Carnegie Institute building. A note in pencil states that the copy was sent to William Nimick Frew with another letter of the same date.
(Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, June 20, 1900)
(Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, June 20, 1900)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Oliver, George T.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Carnegie Institute--Funding, Museum buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
A typescript copy of a letter from Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver regarding the expansion of the Carnegie Institute building. Includes typed superscript corrections and initialed in pencil.
(Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, June 20, 1900 (draft))
(Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver, June 20, 1900 (draft))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Oliver, George T.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Carnegie Institute--Funding, Museum buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
A typescript copy of a draft of a letter from Andrew Carnegie to George T. Oliver regarding the expansion of the Carnegie Institute building.
(Andrew Carnegie to G.W. Guthrie, December 15, 1906)
(Andrew Carnegie to G.W. Guthrie, December 15, 1906)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Guthrie, George W.-- Correspondence, Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Appropriations and expenditures, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Appropriations and expenditures, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Finance, Dinners and diningPennsylvania--Pittsburgh, United States--Foreign relations, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Finance
A typescript letter, presumably from Andrew Carnegie, to the mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, George W. Guthrie, concerning certain newspaper clippings (not included). Mr. Carnegie states that he knows how to handle newspaper articles as he has had a lot of experience in dealing with them. Carnegie explains that he has corresponded to Mr. Frew, President of the Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and that he thinks the City of Pittsburgh is ""doing remarkably well in spending about Two Hundred Thousand Dollars a year upon their Libraries"". Mr. Carnegie suggests that the City of Pittsburgh should pay a fair fixed sum for the parts of the new building that the city occupies as a Library. Carnegie then expresses his opinion on an upcoming banquet given by the City of Pittsburgh for foreign guests. Handwritten notation on right side of letter.
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver (?), January 9, 1902)
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver (?), January 9, 1902)
Craver, Harrison W.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
Handwritten letter, apparently concerning an unidentified matter involving William Nimick Frew.
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver, March 20, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver, March 20, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Craver, Harrison W.--Correspondence, Carnegie Library School, Field notes of the Training School for Children's Librarians, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Library educationPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Library schoolsPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Children's librariansPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Librarian Harrison W. Craver, in response to Craver's letter of March 6th. Carnegie expresses delight about the new magazine produced by the Training School for Children's Librarians.
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver, March 20, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver, March 20, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Craver, Harrison W.--Correspondence, Carnegie Library School, Field notes of the Training School for Children's Librarians, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Library educationPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Library schoolsPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Children's librariansPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Letter dated March 20, 1911 from Andrew Carnegie to Librarian Harrison W. Craver, in response to Craver's letter of March 6th. Carnegie expresses delight about the new magazine produced by the Training School for Children's Librarians.
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver, March 20, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to Harrison W. Craver, March 20, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Craver, Harrison W.--Correspondence, Carnegie Library School, Library educationPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Library schoolsPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Children's librariansPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Librarian Harrison W. Craver, in response to Craver's letter of March 6th. Carnegie expresses delight about the new magazine produced by the Training School for Children's Librarians.