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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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(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 31, 1903)
(William J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 31, 1903)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Dinosaurs--Models--Design and construction, Diplodocus, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, British Museum, Canis, Fossil, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
Typescript letter from Carnegie Museum director W.J. Holland to Carnegie, noting receipt of a letter from the director of the British Museum thanking Carnegie for his offer of a reproduction of Diplodocus, and he comments on the technical process of making the molds and the cost of doing so. Similar gifts might be made to other European governments, on condition that they reciprocate with models for the Carnegie Museum. He is also sending Carnegie, under separate cover, a paper on fossil dogs.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 5, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, August 5, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Frew, William Nimick, Franks, Robert A., Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Boats, Ancient--Egypt, Egypt--Antiquities, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, Director, Carnegie Museum, to Andrew Carnegie concerning the arrival of an ancient Egyptian boat, ""said to be over 4500 years old"" for the Carnegie Museum. Holland states that inquires by Mr. Frew, in the absence of Mr. Franks, have not produced information about the boat he assumes was purchased by Andrew Carnegie. On Carnegie Museum letterhead. Includes ink corrections to the letter and signed by W.J. Holland.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1904)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, January 13, 1904)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Boule, Marcellin, 1861-1942, Carnegie Museum, Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--France--Paris
A signed typescript letter from William Holland to Andrew Carnegie concerning a recent letter Holland received from Marcellin Boule, curator of the Department of Paleontology in the Museum of Paris, expressing an interest in obtaining a duplicate cast of Diplodocus carnegii similar to the one that is currently being prepared as a gift for the British Museum. The letter is accompanied by a copy of a follow-up letter that Holland sent to Boule.
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, July 15, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, July 15, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute--Buildings, Buildings--Additions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie. In the letter Holland mentions his receipt of several communications from Andrew Carnegie. He thanks Carnegie for inviting him to Skibo for the summer, but he has to decline due to a serious illness his son has. The majority of the letter concerns topics and issues about the Carnegie Museum. Holland mentions two appendices that he has included with the letter, one on the comparative annual expenditures of four of the leading museums of America and the other an outline of a formal organization of the staff at the Carnegie Museum. He ends the letter by stating that he is working on entering the new building ""with a notable display of fine material"". On Carnegie Museum letterhead.
(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 18, 1901)
(W.J. Holland to Andrew Carnegie, May 18, 1901)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Natural history museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Scott, Mary Merrill, 1880, Indians of North America--Antiquities, Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934, Henry, Charles W., Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
A typescript letter from W.J. Holland, Director, Carnegie Museum to Andrew Carnegie concerning a collection of American Indian material that he would like the Carnegie Museum to acquire. Mr. Holland explains that the collection from Mrs. H. L. Scott consists of Indian materials that her husband, Hugh Lenox Scott, collected during his command of troops stationed at Indian reservations in the western United States. Mr. Charles Henry (one of the directors of the Pennsylvania Rail Road) saw the collection and assures Mr. Holland that it is ""exceptionally fine"". On Carnegie Museum stationary. Includes penciled notations on page one and two of the letter, signed by W.J. Holland.
(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 M. Boule, January, 13, 1904)
(W.J. Holland to M. Boule, January, 13, 1904)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence, Boule, Marcellin, 1861-1942--Correspondence, Carnegie Museum, Muse?um national d'histoire naturelle (France), Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Natural history museums--Collection management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Natural history museums--France--Paris
A typescript letter from W. J. Holland to Marcellin Boule, curator of the Department of Paleontology at the Museum of Paris, explaining that, despite information Boule has received from overzealous Carnegie Museum employees, additional replicas of Diplodocus carnegii, beyond the one currently being prepared as a gift for the British Museum, are not available for placement in other museums. Holland thanks Boule for his interest and promises him that he will be happy to have a replica created for the Museum of Paris at a future time if Mr. Carnegie requests one.