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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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Simplified spelling: for the use of government departments

Spelling reform

First Edition

Songs of the rail

Railroads -- Poetry

From the collection of Andrew Carnegie -- includes a bookplate that reads, "Let there be light!". Third edition. Poems about the railways.

Spelling in the east side schools of New York

Spelling reform

Julia Richman's (District Superintendent of Schools in New York City) paper prepared for the first annual meeting of the Simplified Spelling Board. Reprinted from the Educational Review, New York, February, 1908.

The story of Carnegie Tech; being a history of Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1900 to 1935

Carnegie Institute of Technology

Dean Tarbell, Chairman of the Committee on Historical Records, account of the first 35 years of the Carnegie Institute of Technology; Andrew Carnegie and technical education; The founding and the first day; The founder and the students; The Hamerschlag directorship: 1903 to 1918; The Hamerschlag presidency: 1918 to 1922; President Baker's administration: 1922 to 1935; The campus and the halls; The spirit of the evening classes; ""Within the bounds of Schenley""; Carnegie in the War; Carnegie roll of honor; The increase of the years; Trustee, faculty and student government; Members of the charter class of 1908; Origin of certain Carnegie customs; Fraternities and sororities in 1935; Margaret Morrison Carnegie College; Carnegie chronology; Index

Triumphant democracy: sixty years' march of the republic

United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century, United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century, United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918

Signed by Andrew Carnegie; The Republic; The American People; Cities and Towns; Conditions of Life; Occupations; Wages and Cost of Living; Education; Religion; Pauperism and Crime; Literature; Art -- Painting and Sculpture; Music; Architecture; Agriculture; Manufactures; Mining; Commerce; Railways and Waterways; Foreign Affairs; The Federal Constellation; The Government's Non-Political Work; The National Budget; Record of the Decade -- 1800-1890; A Look Ahead