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  • Subject = Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
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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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(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 22, 1910)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 22, 1910)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Travel--Europe, Carnegie Museum, Diplodocus, Brussels (Belgium), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden), Stewart, Douglas, Dinosaurs--Exhibitions, Dinosaurs--Utah, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie on Carnegie Museum letterhead. Holland describes his itinerary through Europe following the installation of a diplodocus in St. Petersburg and discusses progress in the dinosaur excavation in Utah, mentioning that Douglas Stewart had taken care of museum business in his absence.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 29, 1912)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 29, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Museum exhibits, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Spain, Argentina, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Fossils, Dinosaurs--Utah, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie discussing the creation of a replica of the diplodocus carnegii to be given to the King of Spain. Holland goes on to describe a recent discovery at Carnegie Museum's Utah quarry, ""the most complete as well as the largest specimen of a dinosaur yet discovered in America."" On Carnegie Museum letterhead.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 2, 1910)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 2, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs--Utah, Uinta Mountains (Utah and Wyo.), Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie relating the progress of transporting the dinosaur remains from the Unitah Mountains in Utah. On Uintah Railway Company letterhead.