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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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(Andrew Carnegie (?) to Wm. J. Holland, October 31, 1907)
(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.
(Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill, March 21, 1911)
(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"".
(Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root, December 30, 1908)
(Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root, December 30, 1908)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence, Nabuco, Joaquim, 1849-1910, Lacerda, Joa?o Batista de, 1846-1915, Castro, Cipriano, 1856?-1924, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Russia, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Italy, Great Britain, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Arbitration, International, United States--Foreign relations--1901-1909
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Andrew Carnegie to Elihu Root. In response to Root's letter of the 24th, Carnegie agrees to present a Diplodocus replica to Brazil, as requested by Brazilian ambassador to the U.S. Joaquim Nabuco, stipulating that museum director Lacerda put in an official request bearing the name of the Brazilian president, as Carnegie grants the Diplodocus only to requests by the person of a nation's highest office.
(Andrew Carnegie to ""S.A. Lafine Quevubo"" (i.e., S.A. Lafone Quevado), November 19, 1912)
(Andrew Carnegie to ""S.A. Lafine Quevubo"" (i.e., S.A. Lafone Quevado), November 19, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Lafone Quevedo, Samuel A. (Samuel Alexander), 1835-1920--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Diplodocus, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Museum directors--Argentina, Argentina, Peace, Peace treaties--America, America
An unsigned typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to Samuel A. Lafone Quevado, director of Argentina's national museum at La Plata, acknowledging Lafone Quevado's letter of October 24 and declaiming for a peace treaty among all the republics of the Americas.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, February 5, 1912)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, February 5, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Museum exhibits, Argentina, Spain, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, China
A unsigned typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Jacob Holland, written in response to Holland's letter of the 3rd. Carnegie answers in the affirmative as to whether he should continue making replicas of the Diplodocus carnegii those to be given to Argentina and Spain have been completed.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, January 24, 1908)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, January 24, 1908)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus, Pittsburgh, Pa., Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Paris (France), Natural history museums--France--Paris--Exhibitions, Spring, Skibo (Scotland)
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland in regards to a letter Holland sent to Carnegie dated January 22, 1908. In the letter of January 22, 1908, Holland writes about the copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) that was donated to the museum in Paris, presumably the Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle located in Paris, France. Holland states in the letter of January 22, 2008 that he has received a letter from Paris, France from the director of the museum there stating that they will be ready to receive Holland in the spring. They are having the name W. Carnegie engraved on a marble slab recognizing him as the donor. Holland assures Carnegie that he is writing to have them change the W. to A. on the slab. He asks Carnegie to let him know when he will be available to visit Paris, France in the spring for a ""pleasant formality."" Carnegie writes in response to the above mentioned letter that he is disappointed that they do not have room for the full name (presumably Carnegies name) and that he wants Holland to attend the reception in Paris in the spring and report back to him at Skibbo.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, January 26, 1912)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, January 26, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Rian?o, Juan, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941, Diplodocus, Museum exhibits, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Argentina, Spain, Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
An unsigned typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to William Jacob Holland discussing Spanish ambassador Juan Rian?o's request for a copy of Diplodocus carnegii. Carnegie orders Holland to fulfill the request as is being done for Argentina. Also mentions a photograph of ""Grant's letter to Stanton.""
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, May 2, 1910)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, May 2, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Travel--Russia--Saint Petersburg.
Typescript letter (unsigned). Carnegie writes to encourage Holland to go to Russia to set up the Diplodocus and visit him at Skibo on his return.
(C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie, March 16, 1911)
(C.H. Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie, March 16, 1911)
Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
A typescript letter from Charles H. Sherrill (U.S. Ambassador to Argentine) to Andrew Carnegie requesting him to donate a cast of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to the La Plata Museum located near the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
(Emperor Franz Joseph to Andrew Carnegie)
(Emperor Franz Joseph to Andrew Carnegie)
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Naturhistorisches Museum (Austria), Diplodocus
A typescript translation of a letter from Emperor Franz Josef to Andrew Carnegie expressing appreciation for the donation of the Diplodocus housed at Austria's natural history museum in Vienna.
(James Bertram to C.H. Sherrill, April 28, 1911)
(James Bertram to C.H. Sherrill, April 28, 1911)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Peace, Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, Naon, Ro?mulo S., Argentinas, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Diplodocus, South America, Bolivia, Bolivia--Boundaries--Peru, Peru--Boundaries--Bolivia, International American Conference (1st : 1889-1890 : Washington, D.C.)
A typescript letter from P. Secretary, presumably James Bertram, to Charles H. Sherrill concerning a letter sent by Sherrill to Andrew Carnegie with the date of April 24, 1911. Bertram writes that Carnegie thanks him for his letter and is happy to hear about the praise given for President Taft and presumably Philander C. Knox for their work on peace. In the letter referred to written on April 24, 1911, Mr. Sherrill wrote that he sent a letter to Dr. Naon, Argentine Ambassador, suggesting that he telegram President Saenz Pena about the ""fossil diplodocus"". The subject of universal peace is brought up and Sherrill writes about the efforts of Secretary Knox and President Taft's ""toward maintaining international peace in South America"". Mr. Sherrill concluded the letter by mentioning his efforts in helping to restore relations between Bolivia and Argentina over the ""Bolivian-Peruvian boundary dispute"". Diplodocus and what looks like Pan Amer (crossed out) written in blue pencil is at the top of the letter.
(James Bertram to John Barrett, November 15, 1911)
(James Bertram to John Barrett, November 15, 1911)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Barrett, John, 1866-1938--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Pan American Union, Argentina, Naon, Ro?mulo S, New York (N.Y.), Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock, 1867-1936--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Heads of state--Argentina
A typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to John Barrett, director general, Pan American Union notifying Barrett that Andrew Carnegie received his letter of November 13, 1911 and that he would be glad to meet with Argentinean minister, Sen?or Doctor Don Ro?mulo S. Naon at 5:00 on November 20, 1911. The letter of November 13, 1911, from John Barrett, stated that Naon would like to meet with Carnegie to present a letter from Argentinean President Saenz Pen?a. Presumably in relation to a letter dated March 21, 1911 from Andrew Carnegie to C.H. Sherrill in which Carnegie writes that he agrees to comply with Sherrills request that he donate a copy of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Carnegie also states in the letter of March 21, 1911 that he will only consider giving copies of the Diplodocus to a place when requests are made by heads of state.
(Samuel S. Dennis to Andrew Carnegie, April 23, 1912)
(Samuel S. Dennis to Andrew Carnegie, April 23, 1912)
Dennis, Samuel S.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Church, Samuel Harden, Ross, John, Rhind, J. Massey (John Massey), b. 1858, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum, Diplodocus, Busts, Dunfermline (Scotland)
A typescript letter from Samuel S. Dennis to Andrew Carnegie describing a visit to the Carnegie Institute and commenting on Samuel Harden Church, William Jacob Holland, John Ross's annual report on Andrew Carnegie's work in Dunfermline, the Diplodocus carnegii, and the bust of Carnegie by J. Massey Rhind. On letterhead of Howard Savings Institution, Newark, New Jersey.
(Unknown correspondent, perhaps the ambassador of Austria Hungary to the U.S., to Andrew Carnegie, March 4, 1910)
(Unknown correspondent, perhaps the ambassador of Austria Hungary to the U.S., to Andrew Carnegie, March 4, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916
Typescript letter from the Austro Hungarian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (signature illegible) noting receipt of a letter from Emperor Franz Joseph thanking Carnegie for his gift of a replica of the Diplodocus skeleton to the Imperial Museum in Vienna. He hopes to hand deliver the letter to Carnegie in New York before sailing for Europe on Mar. 9.