Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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  • Original Format = image/jp2; [1] p. ; 27 cm.
  • Date = 1/20/1905
  • Subject = Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County

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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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Carnegie gift's versus city's maintenance of Carnegie institutions
Carnegie gift's versus city's maintenance of Carnegie institutions
Thaw, Mary Copley--Correspondence, Barr, Albert James--Correspondence, Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh post (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1887 : Daily), Libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County, Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Library benefactors--United States, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Management, Carnegie Institute--Management, Public institutions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Management, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Management, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Politics and government
A copy of A typescript letter from an unknown taxpayer (presumably Mary Copley Thaw) to the editor of the Pittsburgh Post, Albert J Barr. In the letter Mrs. Thaw believes that communities that accept the gift of libraries from Andrew Carnegie end up paying ""many times the value of the original gift"". She goes on to state that there is ""waste"" in management of the Carnegie Institute and Library. ""Taxpayer"" at the end of letter.