Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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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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(E. Mayor des Planches to Andrew Carnegie, February 12, 1909)
(E. Mayor des Planches to Andrew Carnegie, February 12, 1909)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, --Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Aldrovandi Museum, Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 1869-1947, Italy--Kings and rulers, Natural history museums--Italy--Bologna, Mayor des Planches, Edmondo, Baron--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from Edmondo Mayor des Planches to Andrew Carnegie acknowledging the receipt of William Holland's letter confirming Carnegie's plan to donate a diplodocus replica to the Aldrovandi Museum in Bologna and accepting the offer on behalf of King Victor Emmanuel. Des Planches notes that he has also wired Carnegie to request a meeting with him on Saturday, February 13th in New York to personally convey the King's thanks.
(Paul Doumer to Andrew Carnegie, May 9, 1907)
(Paul Doumer to Andrew Carnegie, May 9, 1907)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Doumer, Paul, 1857-1932--Correspondence
Handwritten letter from member of Chambre de de?pute?s, Paul Doumer, concerning Carnegie's intended gift of a Diplodocus model to France.
(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, 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 John A. Poynton, Apr. 3, 1914)
(W.J. Holland to John A. Poynton, Apr. 3, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Natural history museums--Germany--Frankfurt, Paleontology, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Jessup, M. K. (Morris K.), Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935, American Museum of Natural History, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
Typescript letter (signed). William Jacob Holland acknowledges John A. Poynton's letter and its enclosure from Arthur von Weinberg in Frankfurt. He relates the story of the Diplodocus model in Frankfurt, which was based on fragments of Diplodicus longus, given to the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft under the auspices of Henry F. Osborn and Morris K. Jesup of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. That model is distinctly inferior to those of Diplodicus carnegii given by Andrew Carnegie to eight museums between 1905 and 1913, these having become very popular with visitors.