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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 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, May 19, 1914)
(J.A. Poynton to S.H. Church, May 19, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Speeches, addresses, etc., Carnegie Institute--Finance, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Skibo (Scotland)
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton requests that Church add to a report that he (Church) is to have printed a statement of the amount with which Andrew Carnegie has funded the Carnegie Institute and also that he send 500 copies of the report to Skibo. Includes handwritten notation by Samuel Harden Church regarding the Carnegie Institute's Founder's Day book. On personal letterhead of Andrew Carnegie.
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, Apr. 1, 1914)
(John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church, Apr. 1, 1914)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
Typescript letter (signed). John Poynton requests figures and statements dealing with Carnegie Institute that Andrew Carnegie can use in his Founder's Day address.
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, June 18, 1918)
(John A. Poynton to S.H. Church, June 18, 1918)
Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
A typescript letter (signed) from John A. Poynton to Samuel Harden Church. Poynton states that Church's letter of the 6th reached Mrs. Carnegie but the Founder's Day book did not, and, consequently, she has borrowed a copy from James Bertram. Poynton then requests that a copy of the book be sent to him. On Shadowbrook letterhead.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 21, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 21, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church discusses his upcoming trip to New York, principally his prospective visit with Andrew and Louise Carnegie to obtain some form of communication to be conveyed at the following week's Founder's Day celebration, which the Carnegies, to Church's expressed regret, would not be attending.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 25, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, April 25, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--New York (State)--New York, Church, Samuel Harden--Travel--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia (Pa.)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church states that he is anxious to hear from Louise Carnegie, that he can be reached at the secretary's office at the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia until having to return to Pittsburgh for the Founder's Day celebration.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 22, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 22, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, DeVinne Press, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., California (Steamship), Glasgow (Scotland)
A typescript letter from President, presumably Samuel Harden Church, president of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, to J.A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, informing Poynton that the DeVinne Press has sent 500 copies of the Founder's Day book to Andrew Carnegie on June 20, 1914 via the S.S. California that will sail directly to Glasgow, Scotland. Church states that ""this is a slow boat but hope that the books will reach you soon"". At bottom of the page is typed: dictated.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 7, 1915)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, June 7, 1915)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Church informs Poynton that he is sending him a dozen copies of the Founder's Day book.
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 19, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to J.A. Poynton, May 19, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Speeches, addresses, etc., Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute), Skibo (Scotland)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Referring to Poynton's telegram of the same date, Church states that he hopes to be able to forward a copy of the Carnegie Institute's Founder's Day book to Skibo in two weeks.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, Apr. 2, 1914)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, Apr. 2, 1914)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie Institute--Anniversaries, etc., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
Typescript letter (unsigned). Church tells Poynton that he will assemble the information needed for Carnegie's Founder's Day address and send it as soon as possible.
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, June 20, 1918)
(Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton, June 20, 1918)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Poynton, John A.--Correspondence, Carnegie, Louise, Founder's Day (Carnegie Institute)
A typescript letter (unsigned) from Samuel Harden Church to John A. Poynton. Making reference to Poynton's letter of the 18th, Church apologizes for the non-arrival of Carnegie Institute's Founder's Day book and asks Poynton to inform Louise Carnegie that ""we take special pains to get the first copies into her hands."" On letterhead of the Carnegie Institute. Marked ""(copy) of letter.""