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Burgess ticket of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, Scotland, 14th July, 1903

MLA citation style
Dingwall (Scotland). Council,. Burgess Ticket Of The Royal Burgh Of Dingwall, Scotland, 14Th July, 1903. no date. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, 1903July .
APA citation style
Dingwall (Scotland). Council,. (1903). Burgess ticket of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, Scotland, 14th July, 1903. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_221
Chicago citation style
Dingwall (Scotland). Council,. “Burgess Ticket Of The Royal Burgh Of Dingwall, Scotland, 14Th July, 1903”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, July 14, 1903. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_221.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Burgess ticket of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, Scotland, 14th July, 1903

Subject

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Dingwall (Scotland). Council--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie Library (Dingwall, Scotland)--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Library benefactors--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie libraries--Scotland--Dingwall--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--Scotland--Dingwall--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Education--Scotland--Dingwall--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Universities and colleges--Scotland--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Dingwall (Scotland)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Dingwall (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

Description

A photograph of a typewritten burgess ticket from the Council of Dingwall, Scotland, admitting Andrew Carnegie as an honorary "free burgess and guild brother" of the Royal Burgh of Dingwall, honoring him for his aid to "deserving youth of Scotland ambitious of securing a university education" and his "gifts of public libraries in many parts of the world" and for his donation of £2000 for a public library for the town. The ticket includes a vignette, decorative borders, a seal and signatures. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 34 x 26 cm

Creator

Dingwall (Scotland). Council

Publisher

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial

Date

1903-07-14

Type

Text

Original Format

image/jpg

Identifier

CA-176
71793134

Language

English

Relation

Andrew Carnegie Benefactions 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.