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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 ""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.
(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.
Fine new book by Dr. Holland--
Fine new book by Dr. Holland--
Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--Buenos Aires, South America--Description and travel, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. To the River Plate and back
Samuel Church's Pittsburgh Gazette Times book review of To the River Plate and Back by William Holland, a volume which recounts Holland's trip to South America to present a gift diplodocus model to Argentina.
(Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo to Andrew Carnegie, October 24, 1912)
(Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo to Andrew Carnegie, October 24, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Museum directors--Argentina--La Plata, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Argentina, Lafone Quevedo, Samuel A. (Samuel Alexander), 1835-1920--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo, director of the Argentine national museum at La Plata, to Andrew Carnegie, expressing thanks for the donation of the Diplodocus carnegii replica and acknowledging the contribution of William Jacob Holland in its installation.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 14, 1912)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 14, 1912)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Museo de La Plata, Natural history museums--Argentina--La Plata, Argentina, Diplodocus, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie in which Holland presents the reasons why he would prefer not to travel to Argentina to install the diplodocus carnegii replica at that country's national museum at La Plata.
(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.