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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 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, 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.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, November 21, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, November 21, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Argentina, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Naon, Romolo S., Brazil, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
A typescript letter presumably from Andrew Carnegie to William J. Holland concerning the donation of a copy of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. In the letter Carnegie states that he received a note from the president of Argentina (Sa?enz Pen?a), via the ambassador of Argentina (Ro?mulo S. Naon) requesting a Diplodocus for Argentina since Carnegie recommended one for Brazil. Carnegie (erroneously) notes there are two Diplodocus in Pittsburg and wonders if they might send the first one to Argentina, but he notes, ""I suppose it would be too valuable as being the original"". He asks Holland for his help in resolving this request by Argentina.
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, November 24, 1911)
(Andrew Carnegie to W.J. Holland, November 24, 1911)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Argentina, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
A typescript letter from Andrew Carnegie to William J. Holland concerning the donation of a copy of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Carnegie tells Holland that he should get the (replica) of the Diplodocus ready for Argentina and to ship it to President Saenz-Pena in Buenos Aires.
(James Bertram to W.J. Holland, February 16, 1911)
(James Bertram to W.J. Holland, February 16, 1911)
Bertram, James, 1872-1934--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916, Austria--Kings and rulers, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus
A typescript letter presumably from James Bertram to W. J. Holland, Director of Carnegie Museums, regarding a missing portrait of Emperor Francis Josef. Bertram asks Holland as he visits Vienna to ""set up the diplodocus there"", if he recollects the portrait of the Emperor and asks him if it was framed and what the size of it was. The portrait (photograph) was a gift to Andrew Carnegie. Corrections in ink.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, April 2, 1913)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, April 2, 1913)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Dinosaurs, Paleontological excavations--United States, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Spelling reform
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie informing him about the recent Carnegie Museum expedition discovery of a dinosaur skull with an intact fossil eye. Holland also encloses, for Carnegie's reading pleasure, a copy of a recent letter he received which was written in simplified spelling.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 22, 1908)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 22, 1908)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus, Pittsburgh, Pa., Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Paris (France), Wunderly Brothers (Firm), Natural history museums--France--Paris--Exhibitions, Spring, Germany
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, director of Carnegie Museum to Andrew Carnegie in regards to a 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 writes that he instructed Wunderly Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pa. to send Carnegie a photograph of the Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He believes it is the best photograph made of the Diplodocus. Holland writes 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."" Holland concludes the letter by writing that he has not received ""communication from their ""German friends"" on ""certain points"" and he will have to write to them to clarify ""what they want done in the premises"". Includes corrections in ink.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 15, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 15, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Popular science monthly (New York, N.Y. : 1900), Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Birds--Catalogs and collections--North America, Sea birds--Catalogs and collections--Newfoundland and Labrador, Egypt Exploration Fund, Franks, Robert A., Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898, Indians of North America--Antiquities, Swank, James Moore, 1832-1914, King, Wilson C., Peru--Antiquities, DuPuy, Herbert, Egypt--Antiquities, Golf, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, Director, Carnegie Museum, to Andrew Carnegie concerning the Carnegie Museum. Mr. Holland asks if Carnegie received his article on the Museum published in Popular science monthly and mentions that the Annals of the Carnegie Museum will ""go to the printer soon"". Holland states that the first complete account of the anatomy of the dinosaur ""Diplodocus carnegii"" (named after Andrew Carnegie) is in part I of volume I of The Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum and is at the printers. Work in the West continues with two young men collecting sea fowl in Newfoundland and Labrador. Plans are to have a complete collection of birds of North America ""in the next three or four years"". Holland relates that he has solicited funds for the Egypt Exploration Fund from local people and received money from his friends for the fund. Holland tells Carnegie that he and Mr. Franks are disappointed that they were not able to obtain the Donaldson collection (Thomas C. Donaldson) of American Indian material that was referred to them by Mr. J.M. Swank. He goes on to write that Mr. Wilson King has sent a collection of golden ornaments from Peruvian graves and Mr. Herbert DuPuy brought in a collection of Egyptian antiquities. Holland concludes the letter by stating that he has followed Carnegie's advice and taken up the sport of golf. On Carnegie Museum letterhead.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 28, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 28, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Shells--Catalogs and collections, Minerals--Catalogs and collections, Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen), 1846-1913, Egypt Exploration Fund, Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899, Hatcher, J. B. (John Bell), 1861-1904, Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935, Fraas, E. (Eberhard), 1862-1915, Paleontologists, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Moths, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, Director, Carnegie Museum to Andrew Carnegie concerning collections that Mr. J. S. Jeans, Secretary of the British Iron Trade Association, has control over. They are the Sowerby collection of shells and the Calvert collection of minerals. He presumes that they ""would be of very great value to the Institute if they could be obtained"". Holland then explains that because of his efforts, Pittsburgh is the lead city for contributions to the Egypt Exploration Fund. Mr. Holland then mentions that in a letter from Professor Hatcher, Professor Marsh's ""old quarry"", in Colorado, was visited by Professor Osborn, Paleontologist of the U.S. Geological Survey and Professor Fraas of Stuttgart, Germany. Holland hopes that Mr. Carnegie will soon receive the engraving of Diplodocus. He then states that he once named a genus of African moths after Carnegie.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 22, 1910)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 22, 1910)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Family, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Travel--United States, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Douglass, Earl, b. 1862, Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899, Paleontological excavations, Dinosaurs
A typescript letter from William Jacob Holland to Andrew Carnegie in which Holland discusses his family, upcoming travels, and dinosaur excavations. On Carnegie Museum letterhead.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 22, 1911)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, November 22, 1911)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Golf--New York (State)--New York, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Carnegie Museum, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs, Carnegie Museum, Argentina, Philanthropists--United States, Library benefactors--United States, Organ (Musical instrument), Franks, Robert A., Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910, Koh-i-noor (Diamond)
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie in reference to letters from Carnegie to Holland dated November 17 and 21, 1911. In this letter Holland makes reference to being unable to golf with Carnegie in New York the next day due to the amount of work he needs to finish in Pittsburgh, Pa. (presumably at the Carnegie Museum). In the letter dated November 21, 1911 Carnegie writes about the donation of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. In the letter from Carnegie dated November 21, 1911 Carnegie (erroneously) notes there are two Diplodocus in Pittsburg and wonders if they might send the first one to Argentina, but he notes, ""I suppose it would be too valuable as being the original"". In this letter Holland explains that they have another set of casts of the bones of the Diplodocus in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Museum and he can have a replica of the Diplodocus made if Carnegie has his ""bursar"", (Robert A. Franks) remit to him the amounts he calls for. He then explains that they do not have two Diplodocus, only one original and Holland is shocked that Carnegie would want to send the original to Argentina. Church states that the other big beast is a bird of another feather. He compares sending the original Diplodocus to Argentina akin to King Edward donating the Kohinoor from the crown jewels to a museum. Holland assures Carnegie that he can send as many Diplodocus replicas as Carnegie wants to crowned heads and Presidents.
(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.
(W.J. Holland to Dr. Andrew Carnegie, March 22, 1908)
(W.J. Holland to Dr. Andrew Carnegie, March 22, 1908)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Dinosaurs, Diplodocus, Berlin, Germany, Paris, France, Natural history museums--Germany--Berlin--Exhibitions, Natural history museums--France--Paris--Exhibitions, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (Steamship), Franks, Robert A., Carnegie Museum--Finance, Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950, Indian reservations--United States, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie concerning the installation of the copies of the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in Berlin, Germany and Paris, France. Holland writes that he hopes Carnegie's return from his trip to the south finds him in good health. He has received letters from Berlin, Germany in regards to the ""installation"" of the Diplodocus by April 15, 1908. Holland let them know he will be there by April 10, 1908. He has booked passage on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sailing from New York, N.Y. on April 7, 1908. Holland plans to arrive in Berlin on April 7, 1908. He has told the people in Paris, France that he cannot get there before May 15, 1908 for the installation of their copy of the Diplodocus. It will take three to four weeks to ""set up and complete"" the installation of the Diplodocus and it will be ""early June"" before they are ready for the Paris ""Inauguration"" of the Diplodocus. Holland has written to Robert A. Franks requesting Franks to send to him the amount of money it will take for a ""successful conclusion"". He than asks Carnegie for his London address through Mr. Bertram to send to Carnegie any ""messages of gratitude to convey to you"" from the dignitaries. He concludes the letter by writing that the fiscal year at the Carnegie Museum is closing and it has been a successful year with some difficulties. Holland has just received permission from the Secretary of the Interior (James Rudolph Garfield) to explore several Indian reservations that have not been explored and Mr. Garfield has been ""very kind in this matter.""
(W.J. Holland to Romulo S. Naon, December 4, 1911)
(W.J. Holland to Romulo S. Naon, December 4, 1911)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Naon, Romolo S.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Sa?enz Pen?a, Roque, 1851-1914, Presidents--Argentina, Argentina, Diplodocus, Diplodocus--Exhibitions, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs--Exhibitions, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Philanthropists--United States, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910, Natural history museums--Argentina
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland to Romulo S. Naon, Argentinean ambassador to the United States concerning the donation of a replica of a Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii skeleton, located in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Argentina. Holland states that Andrew Carnegie has asked him to comply with the request of the president of Argentina (Sa?enz Pen?a), via the ambassador of Argentina Ro?mulo S. Naon, for a replica of the Diplodocus that the Carnegie Museum owns. He notes that similar replicas have been given to King Edward VII and other heads of state. Holland requests that Naon put him ""in communication with the proper authorities of the museum in your country"" that will be receiving the replica. He needs to know the amount of space the exhibit will use and asks Naon tell the museum to make bases for the display. Holland also needs to know their ""wishes and purposes in reference to the installation. Inlcudes ink notation at the top of letter.