Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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  • Date = 6/20/1904

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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 Wm. McConway, June 20, 1904)
(Andrew Carnegie to Wm. McConway, June 20, 1904)
McConway, William--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools--Planning, Technical education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, School buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Planning, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, Chairman of the Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees Technical Schools Committee, written in response to McConway's letter of May 25th concerning plans for the Pittsburgh Technical Schools. Carnegie stresses his view that the immediate business of the Committee should be to provide a working Technical School for not more than one million dollars and notes that some of the plans seem too grandiose, cautioning that it is better to start on a small scale and build additions as necessary rather than erect extra buildings now that may prove unnecessary in the long run.
(Andrew Carnegie to Wm. McConway, June 20, 1904)
(Andrew Carnegie to Wm. McConway, June 20, 1904)
McConway, William--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools--Planning, Technical education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, School buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Planning, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A copy (?) of a typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William McConway, Chairman of the Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees Technical Schools Committee, written in response to McConway's letter of May 25th concerning plans for the Pittsburgh Technical Schools. Carnegie stresses his view that the immediate business of the Committee should be to provide a working Technical School for not more than one million dollars and notes that some of the plans seem too grandiose, cautioning that it is better to start on a small scale and build additions as necessary rather than erect extra buildings now that may prove unnecessary in the long run.