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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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The Carnegie Institute
The Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools, Frew, William Nimick, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
Draft of speech delivered by Andrew Carnegie on Founder's Day, ghost-written by William Nimick Frew and presumably accompanying his letter of Apr. 18, containing information on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, and the Technical Schools. The organ recitals and care of the institute building are mentioned briefly, and gratitude is expressed for coverage of the Institute by local newspapers. William Nimick Frew's service is acknowledged, as well as the work of the Board of Trustees.
The Carnegie Institute
The Carnegie Institute
Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute. Technical Schools, Frew, William Nimick, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise--Health, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Church, Samuel Harden, Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc.
Revised draft of speech delivered by Andrew Carnegie on Founder's Day, ghost written by William Nimick Frew, containing information on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, and the Technical Schools. The organ recitals and care of the institute building are mentioned briefly, and gratitude is expressed for coverage of the Institute by local newspapers. William Nimick Frew's service is acknowledged, as well as the work of the Board of Trustees. The revisions include acknowledgement of the election of Samuel Harden Church as president of the Institute and Mrs. Carnegie's regrets that she is unable to attend due to illness.
(James Bertram to John W. Beatty, June 8, 1908)
(James Bertram to John W. Beatty, June 8, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Downes, William Howe, 1854-1941, Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Boston evening transcript (Boston, Mass. : 1872), Art critics, Millet, Frank D., Carnegie Institute. Dept. of Fine Arts, Art
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to John W. Beatty, in response to Beatty's letter of May 11 to Andrew Carnegie. Bertram relates Carnegie's pleasure in the articles written by William Howe Downes, art critic for the Boston evening transcript, which presumably praised the Carnegie Institute's art galleries.
(James Bertram to S.H. Church, January 15, 1912)
(James Bertram to S.H. Church, January 15, 1912)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Frick, Childs, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Museum, Museum exhibits, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to Samuel Harden Church in response to Church's letter of the 12th concerning a resolution by the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institute to thank Childs Frick for a donation to the museum of a collection of ""natural history objects.""
(James Bertram to W.J. Holland, May 8, 1908)
(James Bertram to W.J. Holland, May 8, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Commercial china, Bills of lading
An addendum to James Bertram's letter of the 5th to William Jacob Holland, stating that the inventory for a shipment of chinaware for the museum has ""turned up.""
(J.F. Loubat to Louise Carnegie, January 9, 1900)
(J.F. Loubat to Louise Carnegie, January 9, 1900)
Carnegie, Louise--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Philanthropists--United States., Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927--Correspondence
Handwritten letter from American philanthropist Joseph Florimond Loubat to Louise Carnegie (in her husband's absence) regarding a set of casts for Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
(""P. Secretary"" to F. Edwin Elwell, November 2, 1908)
(""P. Secretary"" to F. Edwin Elwell, November 2, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Sculptors--United States, Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Art, Lectures and lecturing
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to sculptor Frank Edwin Elwell. Bertram informs Elwell that Andrew Carnegie is pleased with his (Elwell's) letter of October 29 praising the Carnegie Museum where he had recently presented a lecture. Includes notation in pencil ""Carnegie Inst.""
(""P. Secretary"" to W.J. Holland, May 5, 1908)
(""P. Secretary"" to W.J. Holland, May 5, 1908)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum, Commercial china, Bills of lading
A typescript letter (unsigned) from James Bertram to William Jacob Holland, accompanying a bill of lading for a shipment of chinaware for the Carnegie Museum. Bertram mentions ""There is no inventory of the China""; the following two words (""of course"") are crossed out.
(S.H. Church to James Bertram, April 12, 1912)
(S.H. Church to James Bertram, April 12, 1912)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Booth, Franklin P., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Museum
A typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to James Bertram concerning an ""indignant letter"" from Franklin B. Booth to Andrew Carnegie. Booth, through some oversight, had not been thanked for a donation to the Carnegie Museum.
(Unknown correspondent to W.J. Holland, March 6, 1912)
(Unknown correspondent to W.J. Holland, March 6, 1912)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Douglass, Earl, b. 1862, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs--Utah, Paleontological excavations--Utah, Paleontologists--United States
A unsigned typescript letter presumably from an unidentified official of Carnegie Institute to William Jacob Holland. The author of the letter light-heartedly reprimands Holland for allowing an underling to send Carnegie a lengthy handwritten letter, most likely referring to paleontologist Earl Douglass's letter of the 27th concerning the Utah dinosaur quarry. Marked in pencil ""Carnegie Institute"".
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 25, 1911)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 25, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Casts, Diplodocus, Diplodocus--Exhibitions, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs--Exhibitions, Carnegie Museum, Philanthropists--United States, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Museum exhibits--Argentina--La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Dinosaurs--Transportation, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
A handwritten letter from W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie concerning the cost and shipment of a replica of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to the National Museum in Buenos Aires (i.e. the La Plata Museum located near the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Holland states, per Carnegie's letter he received, the cost to make and install a replica of the Diplodocus would average around $6,000. The average cost of past replicas that were made had been $5,860 a piece. He does note that the freight to Argentina may be higher than the freight to other past destinations. Carnegie also asked how long it would take to make the replica and Holland states that it will take six weeks to make, another six weeks to get it to Buenos Aires and four weeks to mount the specimen in the museum.
(W.J. Holland to James Bertram, January 8, 1900)
(W.J. Holland to James Bertram, January 8, 1900)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Carnegie Museum, Scotland, Highland Railway Company, Lost articles, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
A typescript letter from William J. Holland to James Bertram concerning a package containing a ""man-trap"" (presumably for Carnegie Museum) that was lost in Scotland by the Highland Railway Company.
(W.J. Holland to Romulo S. Naon, December 4, 1911)
(W.J. Holland to Romulo S. Naon, December 4, 1911)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Naon, Romolo S.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Presidents--Argentina, Argentina, Diplodocus, Diplodocus--Exhibitions, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs--Exhibitions, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Philanthropists--United States, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910, Natural history museums--Argentina
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland to Romulo S. Naon, Argentinean ambassador to the United States concerning the donation of a replica of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Holland states that Andrew Carnegie has asked him to comply with the request of the president of Argentina (Sa?enz Pen?a), via the ambassador of Argentina Ro?mulo S. Naon, for a replica of the Diplodocus that the Carnegie Museum owns. He notes that similar replicas have been given to King Edward VII and other heads of state. Holland requests that Naon put him ""in communication with the proper authorities of the museum in your country"" that will be receiving the replica. He needs to know the amount of space the exhibit will use and asks Naon tell the museum to make bases for the display. Holland also needs to know their ""wishes and purposes in reference to the installation. Inlcudes ink notation at the top of letter.