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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 William Holland (?), March 28, 1913)
(Andrew Carnegie (?) to William Holland (?), March 28, 1913)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Museum finance--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
An unsigned copy of a typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to ""Mr. President."" Though not entirely clear from the contents of the letter, it seems that someone, presumably William Holland, President of the Carnegie Museum, requested an increase in funding to expand museum operations. Carnegie denies the request not only because he feels that other projects should have higher priority but also because he is not sure that the expansion is a wise idea. A penciled signature that was probably not written by Andrew Carnegie has been added to the letter.
(Andrew Carnegie to Robert A. Franks, February 2, 1912)
(Andrew Carnegie to Robert A. Franks, February 2, 1912)
Franks, Robert A.--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie Museum, Museum exhibits, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Diplodocus, Paleontology, Spain, Argentina, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
The top portion of a typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to his financial secretary Robert A. Franks authorizing payment to William Jacob Holland for the creation of two replicas of the Diplodocus carnegii to be presented as gifts to Argentina and Spain.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, September 29, 1906 (letterhead))
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, September 29, 1906 (letterhead))
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Museum exhibits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Meteors--Exhibitions, Children's librarians, Library schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library School., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A letter, with annotations in pencil and ink, from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew discussing funding for the ""Children's Librarian School"" (i.e., Carnegie Library School) and for an exhibit on meteors at the Museum of Natural History. William J. Holland, appointed director of the Museum in 1898, is mentioned. The letterhead reads: Skibo Castle, Dornoch, Sutherland.
Carnegie Museum correspondence
Carnegie Museum correspondence
Franks, Robert A.--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Transportation, Argentina, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Travel costs, Spain, Carnegie Museum, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A document describing: a letter from William Jacob Holland to Robert A. Franks regarding travel expenses for Holland's trip to Buenos Aires for the delivery and installation of the Diplodocus carnegii replica donated to the Argentine government; and a memo from Franks on stated expenses. Affixed to sheet is a cutting from a piece of correspondence requesting that the recipient ""honor the calls of (Holland) ... for sums as needed to the extent of Fifteen hundred dollars, to pay for work on replica of Diplodocus for Spain and two extra ones to be held in reserve.""
(C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie, March 23, 1911)
(C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie, March 23, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Argentina, International American Conference (1st : 1889-1890 : Washington, D.C.), Buchanan, William I. (William Insco), 1852-1909, Quintana, Manuel, 1835-1906, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Bosch, Ernesto, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence
A typescript letter from C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie concerning a letter he received from Carnegie on March 21, 1911 regarding the request that Carnegie donate a cast of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus Carnegie skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Sherrill states that he remembers Carnegie being a delegate to the First Pan-American Conference. Mr. Sherrill regrets never having met Mr. Buchanan (William I. Buchanan) and states he was the best minister we ever had to a Latin-American country and was regarded with great affection in Argentina. Sherrill mentions Senior Quintana and remarks that other representatives of the Argentina delegation to that conference have been successful. They include: Dr Saenz Pena, President of Argentina, Mr. Quezada, Cuban Minister to Germany and Dr. Ernesto Bosch, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs. Sherrill finally states he is forwarding a copy of Carnegies letter to his Secretary of Legation at Buenos Aires, in order that there may be arranged a formal request for the Diplodocus from Dr. Saenz Pena.
(Charles Frederick Holder to Andrew Carnegie, April 23, 1910)
(Charles Frederick Holder to Andrew Carnegie, April 23, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Saber-toothed tigers, La Brea Pits (Calif.), Lake Forest (Orange County, Calif.), Paleontology--California, Southern, Carnegie Museum, Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915--Correspondence
Typescript letter. Writing from Pasadena, Calif., C.F. Holder sends a tooth from a Saber-toothed tiger to Andrew Carnegie as a memento of the Carnegies' visit to La Brea, as well as an earring, taken from a grave on Santa Catalina Island, for the Carnegies' daughter. He offers assistance to W.J. Holland if the latter is unsuccessful in obtaining La Brea specimens, and recommends Holland visit El Toro.
(Charles Walcott to Andrew Carnegie, December 30, 1910)
(Charles Walcott to Andrew Carnegie, December 30, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Smithsonian Institution, Carnegie Museum, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Dinosaurs--Utah, Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Charles Doolittle Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Andrew Carnegie, signed, on Smithsonian Institution letterhead. Walcott discusses a recent visit to the Carnegie Museum and William Jacob Holland's description of the dinosaur quarry in Utah.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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"".
S.H. Church to Andrew Carnegie, January 12, 1912; Samuel Harden Church to Childs Frick, January 10, 1912
S.H. Church to Andrew Carnegie, January 12, 1912; Samuel Harden Church to Childs Frick, January 10, 1912
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frick, Childs--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Museum, Museum exhibits, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
Two letters and a resolution: a typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie indicating two enclosed items; a letter (indicated in the first letter) from Church to Childs Frick expressing thanks on behalf of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institute for Frick's donation of a collection of ""natural history objects"" to Carnegie Museum; and a resolution (indicated in the first letter) by the Board to thank Childs for the gift. The three items share a single pagination.
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 31, 1903)
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 31, 1903)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Dinosaurs--Models--Design and construction, Diplodocus, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, British Museum, Canis, Fossil, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
Typescript letter from Carnegie Museum director W.J. Holland to Carnegie, noting receipt of a letter from the director of the British Museum thanking Carnegie for his offer of a reproduction of Diplodocus, and he comments on the technical process of making the molds and the cost of doing so. Similar gifts might be made to other European governments, on condition that they reciprocate with models for the Carnegie Museum. He is also sending Carnegie, under separate cover, a paper on fossil dogs.
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 9, 1903)
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 9, 1903)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models--Design and construction, Paleontology--Europe, Paleontology--Private collections--Belgium--Brussels, Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910, Museum of Zoology (Cambridge, England), Carnegie Museum, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
Typescript letter (carbon copy). Museum director Holland describes the ongoing restoration of the Diplodocus specimen. He then speaks of a large collection of European fossils collected by Bayet of Brussels, now offered for sale. Both the Imperial Museum in St. Petersburg and the British Museum are interested in it, as is the Zoological Museum at Cambridge. Alexander Agassiz is coming to Pittsburgh to see Holland to propose that the two museums purchase the collection jointly, for $25,000. However, as no American museum has such a collection of European paleontology. Holland appeals to Carnegie to provide funding for the purchase, which would supplement the Museum's American collection.
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, September 28, 1903)
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, September 28, 1903)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Fishes, Fossil, Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, Hatcher, J. B. (John Bell), 1861-1904, Stanton, T. W. (Timothy William), b. 1860, Paleontology--Judith River Formation, Geological Survey (U.S.), Diplodocus, Okapi, Muse?e royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Le?opold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
Typescript letter. Carnegie Museum director Holland reports to Carnegie that the extension of the Museum building will probably begin soon. The Bayet paleontology collection has arrived. It contains a number of fish species new to science, and therefore complements the earlier work of Louis Agassiz. Paleontological explorations in the western U.S., specifically the Judith River Formation, led by John Hatcher, on loan to the U.S. Geological Survey which paid for the expedition, and a Mr. Stanton, who opposed Hatcher's scientific views, were successful, and the material collected will come to Carnegie Museum. Some remarkable finds there, among them a large teleosaur, remain unidentified. Holland will act upon Carnegie's suggestion to have reproductions made of the museum's Diplodocus to be used as gifts. He then tells Carnegie that while in Brussels he learned that the Museum of the Congo Free State there has Okapi specimens; as there are none of these in the U.S., he urges Carnegie to talk with the Belgian king (Le?opold II) to obtain an Okapi, as well as a model of Iguanodon bernissartensis (a large lizard) in exchange for the gift of a Diplodocus. Holland relates an amusing exchange with the king about the possibility of obtaining insect specimens from the Congo Free State.