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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. N. Frew, August 5, 1910)
(Andrew Carnegie to Wm. N. Frew, August 5, 1910)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
Typescript letter (signed) from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew. Carnegie states the need for an extension to the Technical School and an increase in the number of students.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, December 15, 1900)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, December 15, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew in which Carnegie announces that he places the new technical school under the control of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institute. A handwritten notation appears on the verso.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, December 15, 1900)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, December 15, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institute of Technology--Buildings, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew on obtaining ground for the site of the technical institute. A handwritten notation appears on the verso.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, November 11, 1910)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.N. Frew, November 11, 1910)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Taylor, Chas. L., Franks, Robert A., Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, Carnegie Institute of Technology
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William Nimick Frew concerning a donation to the Carnegie Hero Fund and funds needed for the extension of the Technical Schools. Includes handwritten postscript. On personal letterhead.
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, December 18, 1900)
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, December 18, 1900)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Western University of Pennsylvania. Board of Trustees, Western University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Jackson, John B., Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence
A typescript letter from William Nimick Frew to Andrew Carnegie discussing the appointment of Frew and two other members of Carnegie Institute's Board of Trustees to the Board of Trustees of Western University of Pennsylvania, raising questions of conflict of interest with regard to Carnegie's new technical institute.
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, December 18, 1901)
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, December 18, 1901)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Bonds, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Board of Trustees, Pittsburgh post (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1887 : Daily), Pittsburgh gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1901 : Daily)
A typescript letter from William Nimick Frew to Andrew Carnegie discussing the possibility of paying for some of the costs of the technical institute with a bond issue. Frew mentions articles on the matter appearing the same day in the Pittsburgh post and the Pittsburgh gazette. Shorthand appears in pencil in the space between the date and the body of the letter. On Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees letterhead.
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, December 31, 1900)
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, December 31, 1900)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Thaw, Mary Copley, Nicola, F.F., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Western University of Pennsylvania, Technical institutes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. Board of Trustees
A typescript letter from William Nimick Frew to Andrew Carnegie making reference to Mary Copley Thaw's letter of the 26th to Carnegie. Frew states the opinion that Thaw had two ulterior motives in writing the letter: to protect her investment in Western University and for Carnegie to purchase the property owned by her nephew, developer F.F. Nicola (presumably as the site of the new technical institute).
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, November 4, 1903)
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, November 4, 1903)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Library buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Library benefactors--United States, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton
A typescript letter from William Nimick Frew to Andrew Carnegie inviting Carnegie and his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie to attend the Founder's Day celebration. Frew explains that bids will be submitted for doing the excavation and footing courses for the foundation of the extension of the Main Library building in Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Frew then expresses his delight at Carnegie's approval of the selection of Arthur Arton Hamerschlag for the head of the Carnegie Technical School (Carnegie Institute of Technology); On William N. Frew, Attorney at Law, stationery.