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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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(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 16, 1904); (Excerpt from a newspaper article about a triceratops specimen)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 16, 1904); (Excerpt from a newspaper article about a triceratops specimen)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Triceratops, Dinosaurs--Wyoming, Fossils--Wyoming, Paleontological excavations--Wyoming, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie discussing a triceratops specimen found during a recent Carnegie Museum expedition in Wyoming. A drawing of the specimen from the Pittsburgh Gazette (?) accompanies the letter and an excerpt from an article in the same newspaper which discusses the drawing is pasted to the bottom of the letter.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 22, 1910)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 22, 1910)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Travel--Europe, Carnegie Museum, Diplodocus, Brussels (Belgium), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden), Stewart, Douglas, Dinosaurs--Exhibitions, Dinosaurs--Utah, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie on Carnegie Museum letterhead. Holland describes his itinerary through Europe following the installation of a diplodocus in St. Petersburg and discusses progress in the dinosaur excavation in Utah, mentioning that Douglas Stewart had taken care of museum business in his absence.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 29, 1909)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 29, 1909)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Italy--Bologna, Natural history museums--Austria--Vienna, Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1789-1833, Entomologists--England, Lepidoptera--Catalogs and collections--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Lepidoptera--Africa, Central, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A signed handwritten letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie notifying him of Holland's arrival in London and providing him with addresses where Holland can be reached throughout the fall while he is helping with the installation of diplodocus models in Vienna and Bologna. Holland also reports that he has brought along five hundred Carnegie Museum specimens of Central African lepidoptera that are not in the British Museum to share with entomologist Sir George Hampson who would like to include figures of them in a book he is preparing.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 5, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 5, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Frew, William Nimick, Franks, Robert A., Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Boats, Ancient--Egypt, Egypt--Antiquities, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, Director, Carnegie Museum, to Andrew Carnegie concerning the arrival of an ancient Egyptian boat, ""said to be over 4500 years old"" for the Carnegie Museum. Holland states that inquires by Mr. Frew, in the absence of Mr. Franks, have not produced information about the boat he assumes was purchased by Andrew Carnegie. On Carnegie Museum letterhead. Includes ink corrections to the letter and signed by W.J. Holland.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, December 2, 1907)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, December 2, 1907)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Brauer, August, 1863-1917--Correspondence, Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie written to accompany a copy of a November 21st letter from German Museum Director August Brauer regarding plans to install a gift diplodocus in Berlin. A handwritten initialed postscript notes that Holland's old school friend Dr. Henry Van Dyke recently visited the Institute and was very favorably impressed.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, December 20, 1909)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, December 20, 1909)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum--Endowments, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Endowments Douglass, Earl, b. 1862, Palentologists--United States, Saurischia--Utah, Paleontological excavations--Utah
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie acknowledging the receipt of James Bertram's December 13th letter and thanking Carnegie for approving additional money for the 1910 Fossil Fund. The letter goes on to describe the sauropod excavation currently underway (in Utah) under the direction of Carnegie Museum paleontologist Earl Douglass.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, December 28, 1912)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, December 28, 1912)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Hamet, Raymond, Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Botanists--France, Plants, Botany
A typewritten letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie regarding the naming of a new species of plant (sedum carnegiei) by French botanist Raymond Hamet. Holland suggests that James Bertram write Hamet a note of appreciation.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 1, 1909)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 1, 1909)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Triceratops, Dinosaurs--Models
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie notifying him that Holland has sent him a plaster triceratops model as a gift. The replica is intended for display in Carnegie's home however, if Carnegie does not have a place for it, Holland suggests that he donate it to a New York museum. A handwritten notation at the top of the letter says, ""Acknowledged by Mr. Carnegie.""
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 13, 1909)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 13, 1909)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Austria--Vienna, Natural history museums--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg, Natural history museums--Italy--Bologna, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Anniversaries, etc., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie discussing responses from Austria, Russia, and Italy concerning offers of gift diplodocus models. Holland notes that he is currently corresponding with contacts in Vienna and St. Petersburg to assess interest and that Italy has already accepted the offer. The remainder of the letter relates the events of a recent Lincoln's birthday celebration held at the Carnegie Museum.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 14, 1902)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 14, 1902)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Customs inspection--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Typescript letter from Carnegie Museum director W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie requesting from the latter an affidavit verifying that a cup sent from Sweden is intended for the Museum's collections, so that the object may clear customs.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 3, 1912)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, February 3, 1912)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Museum exhibits, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Diplodocus, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Spain, Argentina, Franks, Robert A.
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie relating progress on the creation of replicas of the diplodocus carnegii to presented as gifts to Argentina and Spain, mentioning that he had requested one thousand dollars from Robert A. Franks, Carnegie's financial secretary.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 1, 1900)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 1, 1900)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927, Philanthropists--United States., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A letter from William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie regarding matters concerning museum business, including a donation by the Duc de Loubat.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 10, 1902)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 10, 1902)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Apatosaurus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
Typescript letter from Carnegie Museum director W.J. Holland to Carnegie concerning a Brontosaurus skeleton that was supposed given to the Museum but was sent to Yale.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 10, 1913)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 10, 1913)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, National cyclopaedia of American biography, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Industrialists--United States--Biography, Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie informing him that the American biographical cyclopaedia has sent Holland a draft (not included) of a brief Andrew Carnegie biography with a request that Holland revise and/or rewrite it for publication. Holland notes that the biography in its present form is inadequate and asks Carnegie to have his personal secretary send Holland current facts and figures about Carnegie's benefactions so that Holland can incorporate them in his revisions. A handwritten penciled notation on page 2 of the letter says, ""I wrote Holland.""
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1904)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1904)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Boule, Marcellin, 1861-1942, Carnegie Museum, Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--France--Paris
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie concerning a recent letter Holland received from Marcellin Boule, curator of the Department of Paleontology in the Museum of Paris, expressing an interest in obtaining a duplicate cast of Diplodocus carnegii similar to the one that is currently being prepared as a gift for the British Museum. The letter is accompanied by a copy of a follow-up letter that Holland sent to Boule.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 18, 1910)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 18, 1910)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Douglass, Earl, b. 1862, Paleontological excavations--Utah
Typescript letter. W.J. Holland hopes that a copy of a comic play from Paris will cheer Andrew Carnegie, who is recovering from illness. He reports on Earl Douglass' paleontological work in Utah.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 22, 1908)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 22, 1908)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus, Pittsburgh, Pa., Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Paris (France), Wunderly Brothers (Firm), Natural history museums--France--Paris--Exhibitions, Spring, Germany
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, director of Carnegie Museum to Andrew Carnegie in regards to a copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) that was donated to the museum in Paris, presumably the Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle located in Paris, France. Holland writes that he instructed Wunderly Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pa. to send Carnegie a photograph of the Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He believes it is the best photograph made of the Diplodocus. Holland writes that he has received a letter from Paris, France from the director of the museum there stating that they will be ready to receive Holland in the spring. They are having the name W. Carnegie engraved on a marble slab recognizing him as the donor. Holland assures Carnegie that he is writing to have them change the W. to A. on the slab. He asks Carnegie to let him know when he will be available to visit Paris, France in the spring for a ""pleasant formality."" Holland concludes the letter by writing that he has not received ""communication from their ""German friends"" on ""certain points"" and he will have to write to them to clarify ""what they want done in the premises"". Includes corrections in ink.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 29, 1912)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 29, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Museum exhibits, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Spain, Argentina, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Fossils, Dinosaurs--Utah, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie discussing the creation of a replica of the diplodocus carnegii to be given to the King of Spain. Holland goes on to describe a recent discovery at Carnegie Museum's Utah quarry, ""the most complete as well as the largest specimen of a dinosaur yet discovered in America."" On Carnegie Museum letterhead.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, July 14, 1904)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, July 14, 1904)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, British Museum, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models--Design and construction, Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929, Hatcher, J. B. (John Bell), 1861-1904, Museum directors--England--London, Museum curators--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Museums--England--London, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie requesting Carnegie's input on the timetable for the installation of the reproduction of Diplodocus carnegii at the British Museum. Holland encloses his June 10th letter to British Museum Director E. Ray Lankester and Lankester's reply of July 1st to provide Carnegie with background information. The main issue affecting the timetable is the availability of all parties involved to attend an installation ceremony. Another factor, is the recent death of John Hatcher, Curator of Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum. In a postscript, Holland refers to additional enclosures including photographs of the Diplodocus reproduction and a copy of a June 14th letter he sent to Lankester.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, July 15, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, July 15, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Buildings--Additions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie. In the letter Holland mentions his receipt of several communications from Andrew Carnegie. He thanks Carnegie for inviting him to Skibo for the summer, but he has to decline due to a serious illness his son has. The majority of the letter concerns topics and issues about the Carnegie Museum. Holland mentions two appendices that he has included with the letter, one on the comparative annual expenditures of four of the leading museums of America and the other an outline of a formal organization of the staff at the Carnegie Museum. He ends the letter by stating that he is working on entering the new building ""with a notable display of fine material"". On Carnegie Museum letterhead.