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(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914)

MLA citation style
Poynton, J. A. (J.a. Poynton To Col. S.h. Church, May, 20, 1914). no date. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, William R. Oliver Special Collections Room, 1914May .
APA citation style
Poynton, J. A. (1914). (J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_11861
Chicago citation style
Poynton, John A. “(J.a. Poynton To Col. S.h. Church, May, 20, 1914)”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, May 20, 1914. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_11861.
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Title

(J.A. Poynton to Col. S.H. Church, May, 20, 1914)

Subject

Poynton, John A.--Correspondence
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence
Carnegie, Louise
Lwoff-Parlaghy, Vilma Elisabeth, Princess, 1863-1923
Painters--Hungary
Portraits
Art commissions
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits
Philanthropists--United States--Portraits
Cunningham, Charles R.
Carnegie Institute

Description

A typescript letter from John A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary, to Col. Samuel Harden Church explaining the portrait painted by Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy of Andrew Carnegie is being packed and will be shipped to the Institute (Carnegie Institute). Carnegie is sending the portrait to the Institute ""because it is the costliest picture of him, by far, ever purchased"". On Andrew Carnegie stationary, signed in ink by J.A. Poynton. Includes handwritten note at bottom of letter from Samuel H. Church to Mr. Cunningham (custodian of buildings and grounds at the Carnegie Institute), dated May 22, 1914, stating that Mr. Church is going to ""deposit"" the picture in the ""President's Room"" and asks that Cunningham notify him when it arrives.

Creator

Poynton, John A.

Publisher

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, William R. Oliver Special Collections Room

Date

5/20/1914

Type

Letter; Text

Original Format

image/jp2; [1] p. ; 27 cm.

Identifier

Box G, Series 2, FF 24

Language

English

Relation

Andrew Carnegie Correspondence Collection

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Contact

For further information about the collection or a specific item please visit the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries website at https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/portal/help.jsp

Contributing Institution

Carnegie Mellon University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.