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(Letter from the Library Committee of the Homewood Board of Trade to Andrew Carnegie, March 9, 1904)

MLA citation style
Homewood Board of Trade (Pittsburgh, P. ). L. C. (Letter From The Library Committee Of The Homewood Board Of Trade To Andrew Carnegie, March 9, 1904). no date. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, William R. Oliver Special Collections Room, 1904Mar .
APA citation style
Homewood Board of Trade (Pittsburgh, P. ). L. C. (1904). (Letter from the Library Committee of the Homewood Board of Trade to Andrew Carnegie, March 9, 1904). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_11971
Chicago citation style
Homewood Board of Trade (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Library Committee. “(Letter From The Library Committee Of The Homewood Board Of Trade To Andrew Carnegie, March 9, 1904)”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, March 9, 1904. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_11971.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

(Letter from the Library Committee of the Homewood Board of Trade to Andrew Carnegie, March 9, 1904)

Subject

Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Carnegie libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Branch libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Library buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa)
Gymnasiums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Auditoriums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Homewood Board of Trade (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Library Committee
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919Correspondence
Library benefactors--United States
Young men--Recreation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Men--Recreation--PennsylvaniaPittsburgh
Young men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Men--PennsylvaniaPittsburgh
Petitions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Garwood, C. H.

Description

A typescript letter to Andrew Carnegie from the Library Committee of the Homewood Board of Trade, dated March 9, 1904. The letter expresses their appreciation of the generous gift of a branch library that will be built in Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Included in the letter is a request that the building be large enough to accommodate at least 6 to 8,000 volumes and that a gymnasium and assembly hall be included. Reference is made to an accompanying petition of boys and young men of Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) to the Library Committee of the Homewood Board of Trade requesting the inclusion of an auditorium and gymnasium in the Homewood Public Library. Members of the committee are listed at the end of the letter. Signed by the secretary of the committee, C.H. Garwood.

Creator

Homewood Board of Trade (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Library Committee

Publisher

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

Date

3/9/1904

Type

Letter; Text

Original Format

image/jp2; [1] p. ; 28 cm.

Identifier

Box B, Series 1, FF 16

Language

English

Relation

Andrew Carnegie Correspondence Collection
[Signed petition from boys and young men of Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) to the Library Committee of the Homewood Board of Trade]

Rights

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

Contact

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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.