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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.A. Hamerschlag to J.A. Poynton, May 4, 1914)
(A.A. Hamerschlag to J.A. Poynton, May 4, 1914)
Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
A typescript letter (marked ""copy"") from Arthur Arton Hamerschlag to John A. Poynton. Hamerschlag expresses his desire to own all of the property abutting the Carnegie Institute of Technology but explains he has no money to do so. He mentions that he tried to explain this to Andrew Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church, January 16, 1918)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church, January 16, 1918)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, McKahan, Mary S., Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Actions and defenses, X-rays
A typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church regarding charges made by Mary S. McKahan against the Carnegie Institute of Technology regarding x-ray experimentation that left her with severe burns. A notation appears in pencil at the bottom of the page, signed ""M.G.R.,"" indicating that a copy of McKahan's letter has been retained by Arthur Hamerschlag. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, January 26, 1918)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, January 26, 1918)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, McKahan, Mary S., Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Actions and defenses, X-rays, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton regarding injuries incurred by Mary S. McKahan by an x-ray machine at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. On letterhead of Carnegie Institute. Marked ""copy of letter.""