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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. Brauer to William Holland (?), November 21, 1907)
Brauer, August, 1863-1917--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Museum fr Naturkunde in Berlin, Natural history museums--Germany--Berlin
A translated unsigned typescript copy of a letter from German Museum Director August Brauer, presumably written to Carnegie Museum Director William Holland, discussing plans to install a gift diplodocus model in the Light-court of the Royal Museum of Natural History in Berlin in spring 1908.
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(Albert J. Barr to W.N. Frew, January 21, 1905)
Barr, Albert James--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Thaw, Mary Copley--Correspondence, Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh post (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1887 : Daily), Libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Management, Carnegie Institution--Management, Public institutions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Management, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Library benefactors--United States, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Politics and government, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Management, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Finance, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Finance
A typescript copy of a letter from Albert J. Barr to William Nimick Frew concerning a letter that was written to, Albert J. Barr, editor of the Pittsburgh Post about the Carnegie Institution and Library. This letter entitled: Carnegie gift's versus city's maintenance of Carnegie institutions, presumably written by Mary Copley Thaw criticizes the ""waste"" in management of the Carnegie Institute and Library and the amount of money the cities who are gifted with Carnegie libraries have to pay to maintain them. Mr. Barr suggests to fill the next vacancy on the Board of Trustees with the election of Mrs. M. C. T (i.e. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw).
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to A. Ochs, April 28, 1909)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Ochs, Adolph S. (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935--Correspondence, New York times, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools--Press coverage, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, School administrators--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Press coverage, Frew, William Nimick, Carnegie Institute--Presidents--Press coverage
An unsigned copy of a typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Adolph Ochs, owner and publisher of the New York Times, complaining about recent negative and inaccurate newspaper coverage concerning Carnegie Institute Board President William Frew, the Pittsburgh Technical Schools, and School Director Arthur Hamerschlag. The letter is accompanied by a copy of an April 25th news story and a letter from Frew. A handwritten notation indicates that this is Frew's copy of the letter and a typescript postscript, presumably added by James Bertram, directs Frew to follow up on the matter if necessary.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to R.A. Franks, October 30, 1907)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Franks, Robert A.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Endowments, Carnegie Institute--Finance
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to his business secretary Robert Franks authorizing Franks to send William Frew funds to cover a Carnegie Institute budget shortfall caused by a misunderstanding about the date that bond interest was payable.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to S.H. Church, March 22, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Founders Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc.
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Church written in response to Church's March 18th letter to Louise Carnegie. Carnegie notes that, due to plans to attend the annual meeting of the Oratorio Society in St. Louis, he and his wife will be unable to attend the upcoming Founder's Day celebration in Pittsburgh.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to S.H. Church, November 3, 1904)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Founders Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc.
An unattributed typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Church acknowledging the receipt of Church's note (October 28th?) and providing congratulatory comments to be read to those assembled for the Founder's Day celebration on November 3, 1904.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to S.S. (sic) Church, April 22, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel Church congratulating the Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees on the continued success of the Institute and thanking them for their devoted service.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to W.J. Holland, April 4, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Spelling reform
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to William Holland written in response to Holland's April 2nd letter. Carnegie thanks Holland for sending him a copy of a letter he received that was written in simplified spelling and urges Holland to abandon conventional spelling for this new and improved method.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to W.J. Holland to Andrew, September 4, 1909)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
An unsigned typescript copy of a letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to William Holland acknowledging the receipt of a letter from Holland and asking him to please visit Carnegie in New York on his way back to Pittsburgh from his European trip. A handwritten notation on the letter indicates that a copy was sent to Franz Steindachner, Director of the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to Wm. J. Holland, October 31, 1907)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Paris--France, Natural history museums-Berlin--Germany
An unsigned typescript letter, presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Carnegie Museum Director William Holland, expressing delight about plans to install gift diplodocus models in Germany and Paris and inviting Holland to visit Skibo once the installations have been completed.
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(Andrew Carnegie thank you note, November 25, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
Presumably a formal thank you note from Andrew Carnegie to those who wished him well on his 75th birthday. On personal letterhead.
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(Andrew Carnegie to A.A. Hamerschlag, February 5, 1912 (copy))
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton--Correspondence, Franks, Robert A., Carnegie Institute of Technology--Finance, College presidents, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Arthur Arton Hamerschlag concerning a donation of one million dollars. Marked ""copy"".
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(Andrew Carnegie to A.P. Moore, December 4, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Moore, Alexander Pollock, 1867-1930--Correspondence, Pittsburgh leader (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Daily), Newspaper editors, Carnegie Steel Company--Employees--Wounds and injuries, Carnegie Steel Company--Employees--Mortality, Iron and steel workers--Wounds and injuries, Iron and steel workers--Mortality, Survivors' benefits, Workers' compensation, Pensions, Library benefactors, Endowments
A telegram (marked ""copy"") from Andrew Carnegie to ""editor Leader, Pittsburgh, Pa."" (i.e., Alexander Pollock Moore), in response to Moore's letter of the 29th, in which Moore, suggesting that rather than create a pension for the ex-presidents of the United States as Carnegie had proposed, he create instead a fund to assist those who had been injured and the families of those who had been killed at his steel works. In the telegram, Carnegie responds that upon retiring eleven years ago he had created a $5 million fund for pensions and relief for his workers, as well as a $1 million fund to support the libraries and halls he had built.
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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 C.H. Sherrill, March 21, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Argentina, Quintana, Manuel, 1835-1906, International American Conference (1st : 1889-1890 : Washington, D.C.), France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Charles H. Sherrill regarding a letter received on March 16, 1911 from Sherrill requesting Carnegie donate a cast of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Mr. Carnegie agrees to comply with the request. Carnegie remembers sitting next to Senor Quintana, future president of Argentina, at the first Pan-American Conference. Mr. Quintana mentioned to Mr. Blaine that he wanted to invite Carnegie to visit Argentina as a guest of the state. Mr. Carnegie states that Quintana's life was too short. Carnegie then writes that he will only consider giving copies of the Diplodocus to a place when requests are made by heads of state. He has given copies to France, Germany Russia, Austria and Italy and he highly prizes the acknowledgements he has received from these heads of state. He asks Sherrill to have the current president of Argentina (Dr. Saenz Pena) sign an application, which Sherrill can prepare and then ""it will be filed with the rest"".
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(Andrew Carnegie to Charles Frederick Holder, April 30, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Saber-toothed tigers
Typescript letter (carbon copy). Carnegie thanks Holder for sending the Saber-toothed tiger tooth, which he will give to the museum.
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(Andrew Carnegie to C.H.C (i.e., S.H.C., or Samuel Harden Church), undated; Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie, February 15, 1907)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
Two notes typed on same page. One note is to C.H.C. (i.e., S.H.C.) from Andrew Carnegie asking Mrs. C. to buy a present for Charley's son and spend $500. The second note is dated February 15, 1907 from Samuel Harden Church to Andrew Carnegie noting that Mrs. Church has purchased the present.
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(Andrew Carnegie to Clara L. West, March 24, 1913)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, West, Clara Linforth--Correspondence, West, Clara Linforth--Health, Educators--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to Clara West, a former dean at the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School, written in response to West's letter of March 17th. Carnegie thanks West for her service at the school and expresses his and his wife's good wishes for a quick recovery from her recent breakdown.
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(Andrew Carnegie to Colonel S.H. Church, February 1, 1915)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Foster, Katharine, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Employees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
A letter from Andrew Carnegie to Colonel S.H. Church in response to Church's letter of January 29, 1915. Carnegie regrets that Miss Foster and others are to be suspended from service at the library.
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