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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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(Earl Douglass to Andrew Carnegie, February 27, 1912)
(Earl Douglass to Andrew Carnegie, February 27, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs--Utah, Paleontology, Paleontologists--United States, Douglass, Earl, b. 1862--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from paleontologist Earl Douglass to Andrew Carnegie concerning his work for the Carnegie Museum in the Utah dinosaur quarries. The verso of the last page of the letter contains an inscription and shorthand notation in pencil.
(Edwin E. Beddoe to Andrew Carnegie, August 12, 1904)
(Edwin E. Beddoe to Andrew Carnegie, August 12, 1904)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Celebrities--Portraits, Celebrities--Autographs, Celebrities--Biography, Photograph collections--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Beddoe, Edwin E.--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from Edwin Beddoe to Andrew Carnegie informing him about a special collection Beddoe is assembling for the Carnegie Museum. The collection will consist of photos of prominent people from around the world along with autograph letters, character sketches, and associated newspaper clippings. The letter is accompanied by a copy of a thank you note that Beddoe is planning to send to people who contribute photos and autograph letters for the collection.
(Edwin E. Beddoe to individuals who contribute photos & autograph letters for his special collection at the Carnegie Museum)
(Edwin E. Beddoe to individuals who contribute photos & autograph letters for his special collection at the Carnegie Museum)
Carnegie Museum, Celebrities--Portraits, Celebrities--Autographs, Photograph collections--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Beddoe, Edwin E.--Correspondence
A signed copy of a typescript thank you note that Edwin Beddoe is planning to send to people who contribute photos and autograph letters for his special collection at the Carnegie Museum.
(Ellsworth Gage Lancaster to Andrew Carnegie, Jan. 1, 1914)
(Ellsworth Gage Lancaster to Andrew Carnegie, Jan. 1, 1914)
Lancaster, Ellsworth Gage, b. 1861--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Whales, Fossil, Olivet College. Biological Museum, Carnegie Museum
Typescript letter. E.G. Gage, president of Olivet College (Mich.), writes to Andrew Carnegie to offer the loan of a unique specimen of fused whale vertebrae to Carnegie Museum. He judges its current location, in the Olivet College Biological Museum to be unsafe, and that the specimen could be better seen and appreciated at Carnegie Museum.
(F. Edwin Elwell to Andrew Carnegie, October 29, 1908)
(F. Edwin Elwell to Andrew Carnegie, October 29, 1908)
Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Sculptors--United States, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Art, Lectures and lecturing
A typescript letter (signed) from sculptor Frank Edwin Elwell to Andrew Carnegie. Elwell expresses his appreciation of the Carnegie Museum, where he had recently presented a lecture. Includes notation in pencil (presumably by a third party). On personal letterhead.
(F.E. Kleinschmidt to Andrew Carnegie, March 12, 1913)
(F.E. Kleinschmidt to Andrew Carnegie, March 12, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Kleinschmidt, Frank E.--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from explorer Frank Kleinschmidt to Andrew Carnegie requesting financial support to enable the purchase a vessel for an upcoming summer Arctic expedition during which Kleinschmidt hopes to gather animal and bird specimens and photographs for the Carnegie Museum.
(James Bertram (?) to W.J. Holland, January 8, 1904)
(James Bertram (?) to W.J. Holland, January 8, 1904)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Winchell, Mrs., Museums--Acquisitions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A typescript letter presumably from James Bertram, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to William Holland, Director of the Carnegie Museum, discussing items that a Mrs. Winchell would like to donate to the museum's collection. Bertram asks Holland to review Mrs. Winchell's items and bring them to Mr. Carnegie's attention if Holland feels they are worthy of acquisition.
(James Bertram (?) to W.J. Holland, May 15, 1913)
(James Bertram (?) to W.J. Holland, May 15, 1913)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Spain), Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Spain--Madrid, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Travel--Europe, Museum directors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from James Bertram, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to William Holland written in response to Holland's May 12th letter to Andrew Carnegie. Bertram notes that Carnegie indicated in a penciled note on Holland's letter that he does not want Holland to use his own money to pay any expenses associated with a trip to Madrid to install their diplodocus and that he would like Holland to visit Skibo on his way home from Madrid.
(James Bertram to John Barrett, November 15, 1911)
(James Bertram to John Barrett, November 15, 1911)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Barrett, John, 1866-1938--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Pan American Union, Argentina, Naon, Ro?mulo S, New York (N.Y.), Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Heads of state--Argentina
A typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to John Barrett, director general, Pan American Union notifying Barrett that Andrew Carnegie received his letter of November 13, 1911 and that he would be glad to meet with Argentinean minister, Sen?or Doctor Don Ro?mulo S. Naon at 5:00 on November 20, 1911. The letter of November 13, 1911, from John Barrett, stated that Naon would like to meet with Carnegie to present a letter from Argentinean President Saenz Pen?a. Presumably in relation to a letter dated March 21, 1911 from Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill in which Carnegie writes that he agrees to comply with Sherrills request that he donate a copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Carnegie also states in the letter of March 21, 1911 that he will only consider giving copies of the Diplodocus to a place when requests are made by heads of state.
(James Bertram to John W. Beatty, June 8, 1908)
(James Bertram to John W. Beatty, June 8, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Downes, William Howe, 1854-1941, Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Boston evening transcript (Boston, Mass. : 1872), Art critics, Millet, Frank D., Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Art
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to John W. Beatty, in response to Beatty's letter of May 11 to Andrew Carnegie. Bertram relates Carnegie's pleasure in the articles written by William Howe Downes, art critic for the Boston evening transcript, which presumably praised the Carnegie Institute's art galleries.
(James Bertram to S.H. Church, January 15, 1912)
(James Bertram to S.H. Church, January 15, 1912)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Frick, Childs, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Museum, Museum exhibits, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to Samuel Harden Church in response to Church's letter of the 12th concerning a resolution by the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institute to thank Childs Frick for a donation to the museum of a collection of ""natural history objects.""
(James Bertram to W.J. Holland, May 8, 1908)
(James Bertram to W.J. Holland, May 8, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Commercial china, Bills of lading
An addendum to James Bertram's letter of the 5th to William Jacob Holland, stating that the inventory for a shipment of chinaware for the museum has ""turned up.""
(J.F. Loubat to Louise Carnegie, January 9, 1900)
(J.F. Loubat to Louise Carnegie, January 9, 1900)
Carnegie, Louise--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Philanthropists--United States., Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927--Correspondence
Handwritten letter from American philanthropist Joseph Florimond Loubat to Louise Carnegie (in her husband's absence) regarding a set of casts for Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
(John Barrett to Andrew Carnegie, November 13, 1911)
(John Barrett to Andrew Carnegie, November 13, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Pan American Union, Naon, Ro?mulo S, New York (N.Y.), Baltimore (Md.), Argentina, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Heads of state--Argentina, Barrett, John, 1866-1938--Correspondence
A typescript letter from John Barrett, director general, Pan American Union notifying Andrew Carnegie that Argentinean minister, Sen?or Doctor Don Ro?mulo S. Naon, has informed him that he cannot go to New York on November 17, 1911 and meet with Carnegie because he already has a dinner to attend to in Baltimore that day. Naon would like to meet with Carnegie on November 20th or 21st, 1911. If that is okay he will meet Carnegie at 5:00 on the date selected to present the letter from Argentinean President Saenz Pen?a. Presumably in relation to a letter dated March 21, 1911 from Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill in which he writes that he agrees to comply with Sherrills request that he donate a copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Carnegie also states in the letter of March 21, 1911 that he will only consider giving copies of the Diplodocus to a place when requests are made by heads of state. On Pan American Union stationary and signed by John Barrett. Includes penciled notations and some shorthand along top and right side of letter.
(John W. Beatty to Andrew Carnegie, May 11, 1908)
(John W. Beatty to Andrew Carnegie, May 11, 1908)
Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Downes, William Howe, 1854-1941, Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Boston evening transcript (Boston, Mass. : 1872), Art critics, Millet, Frank D., Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792, Busts, American Academy in Rome, Art
A typescript letter (signed) from John W. Beatty to Andrew Carnegie concerning comments made by William Howe Downes, art critic for the Boston evening transcript, about ""the exhibition in and around Pittsburgh,"" based upon which Beatty believes it is ""up to our standard."" In a postscript, Beatty states that the bust of John Paul Jones ""came on Saturday from Mr. Millet."" On letterhead of the Carnegie Institute.
(Juan Riaño to Andrew Carnegie, January 24, 1912)
(Juan Riaño to Andrew Carnegie, January 24, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplododus, Museum exhibits, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Spain, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Riaño, Juan--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Juan Riaño, envoy of the King of Spain, to Andrew Carnegie, in which Riaño forwards the request of the King for a replica of the diplodocus carnegii. Includes notations in pencil on recto and verso.
(Juan Riaño to Andrew Carnegie, January 27, 1912)
(Juan Riaño to Andrew Carnegie, January 27, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Diplodocus, Museum exhibits, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Spain, Riaño, Juan--Correspondence
A typscript letter from Spanish ambassador Juan Riaño to Andrew Carnegie in which Riaño expresses his gratitude for Carnegie's granting the King of Spain's request for a replica of the Diplodocus carnegii.
(Juan Rian?o to Andrew Carnegie, March 7, 1912)
(Juan Rian?o to Andrew Carnegie, March 7, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum, Diplomats--Spain, Diplodocus, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Kings and rulers, Spain, Rian?o, Juan--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Spanish envoy Juan Rian?o to Andrew Carnegie offering thanks on behalf of the King of Spain for the gift of a replica of the Diplodocus carnegii. Marked in pencil: ""Spain"" and ""Carnegie Institute"".
(""P. Secretary"" to F. Edwin Elwell, November 2, 1908)
(""P. Secretary"" to F. Edwin Elwell, November 2, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Sculptors--United States, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Art, Lectures and lecturing
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to sculptor Frank Edwin Elwell. Bertram informs Elwell that Andrew Carnegie is pleased with his (Elwell's) letter of October 29 praising the Carnegie Museum where he had recently presented a lecture. Includes notation in pencil ""Carnegie Inst.""
(""P. Secretary"" to W.J. Holland, May 5, 1908)
(""P. Secretary"" to W.J. Holland, May 5, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Commercial china, Bills of lading
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to William Jacob Holland, accompanying a bill of lading for a shipment of chinaware for the Carnegie Museum. Bertram mentions ""There is no inventory of the China""; the following two words (""of course"") are crossed out.