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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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(A meeting of the Carnegie Centennial Celebration Committee was held in the President's Office at the Carnegie Institute on, Thursday, June 27, 1935)
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Centennial celebrations, etc., Founder's Day
Minutes from a meeting of the Carnegie Centennial Celebration Committee, 1935
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(A meeting of the Carnegie Centennial Celebration Committee was held in the President's Office at the Carnegie Institute on, Tuesday, June 18, 1935)
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Centennial celebrations, etc., Founder's Day
Minutes from a meeting of the Carnegie Centennial Celebration Committee, 1935
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(A.A. Hamerschlag to J.A. Poynton, May 4, 1914)
Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
A typescript letter (marked ""copy"") from Arthur Arton Hamerschlag to John A. Poynton. Hamerschlag expresses his desire to own all of the property abutting the Carnegie Institute of Technology but explains he has no money to do so. He mentions that he tried to explain this to Andrew Carnegie.
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(Address given by Dr. Frederick P. Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, at the unveiling of the Hamerschlag Memorial at the Carnegie Day exercises, November 27, 1928)
Hamerschlag, Arthur A., Carnegie Institute of Technology
Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York honors his friend Arthur Hamerschlag, and discuses Hamerschlag's contributions to the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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(Alice B. Carnegie to Arthur W. Tarbell, December 19, 1935)
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Centennial celebrations, etc.
Carnegie thanks Tarbell for sending her programs and the texts of addresses from the Carnegie Centenary celebrations.
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All under one roof ; Scheme of administration
Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Pitcairn, Robert, 1836-1909, Brown, J. O., McConway, William, Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937, Jackson, John B., Carnegie Institute of Technology
A newspaper article, from an undetermined newspaper, discussing differences of opinion between Andrew Carnegie and some of his trustees about the location of Carnegie's technical institute. Named in the article are: Robert Pitcairn, J.O. Brown, William McConway, A.W. Mellon, and John B. Jackson.
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Andrew Carnegie and the founding of the Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie-Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
This booklet outlines some of the biographical details of Andrew Carnegie's life, as well as the history of the founding of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. It was produced by students in the department of printing in 1937, and penned by Arthur Wilson Tarbell.
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(Andrew Carnegie to Arthur Hamerschlag, January 26, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, College presidents
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Arthur Hamerschlag concerning ""additional students in the new quarters now building"" at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Marked ""Copy"".
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(Andrew Carnegie to Arthur Hamerschlag, January 26, 1912 (copy))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, College presidents
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Arthur Hamerschlag concerning ""additional students in the new quarters now building"" at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Marked ""copy of letter"".
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(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.
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(Andrew Carnegie to Hon. Wm. J. Diehl, November 15, 1900)
Carnegie Institute of Technology
A draft of a letter dictated by Andrew Carnegie, in which he offers to build a technical institute in Pittsburgh. The penciled corrections on this draft are his own.
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(Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Harden Church, Jan. 27, 1914 ; Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie, Jan. 29, 1914)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Institute of Technology
Handwritten letter, marked ""confidential."" Carnegie notes that Henry Pritchett will be in Pittsburgh for two days. He describes troubling behavior by W.J. Holland and says that the latter should be on par with other Institute departments and under strict discipline. At the end of the letter is a handwritten draft, dated Jan. 29, by Church in response to Carnegie's letter, stating that Holland is not suited to be on a committee representing ""the University"" (Carnegie Technical Schools?), and that the arrival of Pritchett will be welcome as he can handle the situation.
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(Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, August 8, 1904)
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Research
Andrew Carnegie expresses his opinion with regard to experimentation and research at the "Pittsburg Technical School".
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(Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, January 19, 1903)
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie thanks McConway for a report and for plans for proposed buildings at the Carnegie Technical Schools.
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(Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, June 20, 1904)
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie further outlines his plans for the "Pittsburg Technical School".
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(Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, June 29, 1904)
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie writes to William McConway, chairman of the "Technical School Committee, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania".
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(Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, March 25, 1909)
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie expresses his opinion that the Carnegie Technical School would not and should not transition from the grade of technical school to "scientific school" or university.
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(Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, November 2, 1914)
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Andrew Carnegie offers his thanks to William McConway for the success of the (Carnegie) Technical School.
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(Andrew Carnegie to Wm. N. Frew, August 5, 1910)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
Typescript letter (signed) from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew. Carnegie states the need for an extension to the Technical School and an increase in the number of students.
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(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, December 15, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew in which Carnegie announces that he places the new technical school under the control of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institute. A handwritten notation appears on the verso.
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