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Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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Subject = Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works.
Date = 1899-06-29

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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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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Dornoch (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Dornoch (Scotland). Magistrates--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Dornoch (Scotland). Town Council--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Education--Scotland--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Education--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Silver boxes--Pictorial works. (2)
Wooden boxes--Pictorial works. (2)

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Oak and silver casket containing freedom of Royal Borough of Dornoch, June 29, 1899

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dornoch (Scotland). Town Council--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dornoch (Scotland). Magistrates--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Education--Scotland--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Education--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wooden boxes--Pictorial works., Silver boxes--Pictorial works., Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works., Dornoch (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

A photograph of the front view of an oak and silver casket for a burgess ticket from the Magistrates, Town Council and Community of Dornoch, Scotland, admitting and receiving Andrew Carnegie as a burgess freeman and guild member of the "City and Royal Burgh of Dornoch," for his efforts in the "spread of knowledge and literature among the people both in this country and in America." The casket has a silver engraved scene of a building in the middle of the box, silver ornamentation on the side and a silver plaque on the top of the box with engraved writing presenting to Andrew Carnegie his admission as a burgess of the Royal Burgh of Dornoch. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm

Oak and silver casket containing freedom of Royal Borough of Dornoch, June 29, 1899

A photograph of the reverse side of an oak and silver casket for a burgess ticket from the Magistrates, Town Council and Community of Dornoch, Scotland, admitting and receiving Andrew Carnegie as a burgess freeman and guild member of the "City and Royal Burgh of Dornoch," for his efforts in the "spread of knowledge and literature among the people both in this country and in America." The casket has a silver engraved scene of a building in the middle of the box, two engraved crossed flags of the United States and Scotland on the side and a silver plaque with engraved writing presenting to Andrew Carnegie his admission as a burgess of the Royal Burgh of Dornoch. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm

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