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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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(J.A. Poynton to Colonel Church, February 8, 1915)
(J.A. Poynton to Colonel Church, February 8, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Finance, Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A letter from J.A. Poynton, Secretary of Andrew Carnegie to Colonel S.H. Church, regarding the Pittsburgh Library situation.
(J.A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church, May 8, 1918)
(J.A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church, May 8, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A signed typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton relates to Church the pleasure taken by Andrew and Louise Carnegie in reading a newspaper article sent by Church (and apparently written by him) describing the Carnegie Institute's 22nd Founder's Day celebration, at which they were not present. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, April 20, 1915)
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, April 20, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Carnegie, Louise, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church regarding Church's recent note and upcoming visit to New York, indicating that Mrs. Carnegie will be glad to see him. Includes handwritten postscript. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, March 12, 1915)
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, March 12, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute, Manly, Basil Maxwell, 1886-1950, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Governmental investigations, Legislative hearings, Working class--Pennsylvania, Labor--Pennsylvania, Industries--Pennsylvania, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A note (typescript, signed) from J.A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church in response to Church's letter of the 10th. Poynton informs Church that he will honor his request for more copies of the transcript containing Andrew Carnegie's testimony before the Commission on Industrial Relations. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, March 9, 1915)
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, March 9, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie Institute, Manly, Basil Maxwell, 1886-1950, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Governmental investigations, Legislative hearings, Working class--Pennsylvania, Labor--Pennsylvania, Industries--Pennsylvania, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A note (typescript, signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church mentioning the positive response from Andrew Carnegie's friends in Pittsburgh concerning the transcript of Carnegie's testimony before the Commission on Industrial Relations. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, May 22, 1917)
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, May 22, 1917)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute, Corporation reports, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A typescript note (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton requests that, since the last annual report of the Carnegie Institute that he has on file is for 1914, Church send him the reports for the following years.
(John A. Poynton to Mr. Church, December 6, 1919)
(John A. Poynton to Mr. Church, December 6, 1919)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A signed handwritten letter from John Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to Samuel Church, President of the Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees, informing him that Poynton has personally delivered several pieces of correspondence to Mrs. Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church, May 27, 1918)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church, May 27, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Vacation homes--Massachusetts--Lenox, Lenox (Mass.), Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton informs Church that the Carnegies (and he) will be leaving for Lenox, Massachusetts the following Saturday and suggests that he visit. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, April 18, 1918)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, April 18, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Ross, John, Church, Samuel Harden. The danger of peace discussion, Franks, Robert A., American Rights League, Lawyers--Scotland--Dunfermline, Peace, Pacifists, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton informs Church that he has sent a copy of his pamphlet The danger of peace discussion to John Ross in Dunfermline. Commenting on Church's elusiveness during his New York trips, he mentions that Louise Carnegie was sorry not to have seen him during his last visit with her husband. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, April 30, 1918)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, April 30, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Pittsburgh dispatch, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel H. Church. Poynton makes reference to an article appearing in the Pittsburgh dispatch (about an unspecified matter pertaining to Andrew Carnegie) and inquires as to whether or not it is true. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, June 21, 1917)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, June 21, 1917)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Health, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Homes and Haunts--Massachusetts--Lenox, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, Lenox (Mass.), Vacation homes--Massachusetts--Lenox, Curtis Hotel (Lenox, Mass.), World War, 1914-1918, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
An signed typescript letter from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, written during the Carnegies' stay at Shadowbrook in Lenox, Massachusetts. Poynton comments on: Church's letter on the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association; his regrets about having to discontinue their discussion on the topic of the Carnegie Institute; the improved health of Andrew Carnegie and his interest in ""all things, particularly the progress of the Allies."" Poynton also extends an invitation for the Churches to come to Lenox and stay as his guests at the Curtis Hotel. On Shadowbrook letterhead.
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, May 19, 1914)
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, May 19, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Speeches, addresses, etc., Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
A telegram from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church requesting that Church send a few printed copies of an unspecified speech by Andrew Carnegie before they set sail.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, January 26, 1918)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, January 26, 1918)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, McKahan, Mary S., Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Actions and defenses, X-rays, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
A typescript letter from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton regarding injuries incurred by Mary S. McKahan by an x-ray machine at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. On letterhead of Carnegie Institute. Marked ""copy of letter.""
(W.J. Holland to John A. Poynton, Apr. 3, 1914)
(W.J. Holland to John A. Poynton, Apr. 3, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Diplodocus, Dinosaurs--Models, Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Natural history museums--Germany--Frankfurt, Paleontology, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Jessup, M. K. (Morris K.), Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935, American Museum of Natural History, Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932--Correspondence
Typescript letter (signed). William Jacob Holland acknowledges John A. Poynton's letter and its enclosure from Arthur von Weinberg in Frankfurt. He relates the story of the Diplodocus model in Frankfurt, which was based on fragments of Diplodicus longus, given to the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft under the auspices of Henry F. Osborn and Morris K. Jesup of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. That model is distinctly inferior to those of Diplodicus carnegii given by Andrew Carnegie to eight museums between 1905 and 1913, these having become very popular with visitors.