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  • Date = 1/13/1905

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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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(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1905)
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1905)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Appropriations and expenditures, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Appropriations and expenditures, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Finance, Pittsburgh (Pa.). Common Council, Pittsburgh (Pa.). Select Council, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Board of Trustees. Finance Committee, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Finance
A typescript letter from William Nimick Frew to Andrew Carnegie regarding the Appropriations Ordinance for the coming year that is being presented by the ""Finance Committee to Councils"". The monies requested are for the maintenance of the Carnegie Library system. It is the 11th annual appropriation made to the city for support of the Carnegie libraries. Mr. Frew goes on to state that he will continue to ""persist"" in the distinction between the Carnegie Institute and the Carnegie Library. On Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh letterhead.
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1905)
(W.N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1905)
Frew, William Nimick--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Library benefactors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Endowments, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Endowments, Reference books--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. East Liberty Branch, Endowments--Pittsburgh (Pa.), Carnegie Library School
A typescript letter by William Nimick Frew, President, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, to Andrew Carnegie regarding the funding of a collection of ""technological books for the Library"", mentioned in a letter sent to Mr. Carnegie December 3, 1904 from Mr. Edwin H. Anderson. Mr. Frew also mentions that he talked to the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh about Andrew Carnegie's ""gift for the East End Branch building"" his funding for the maintenance of the ""Training School for Children's Librarians"", his previous funding of materials for the Technological Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, ""his work in the West "" and other gifts to Pittsburgh. On Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh letterhead.