Carnegie Centennial Exhibition

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Name: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Speaker)
Format: pamphlets
Date: November 5, 1895
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. VIII.A. CCNY Publications. Vol 57
Abstract: The Carnegie Institute, established as a public trust in 1895, originally comprised the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Music Hall. Andrew Carnegie's donations to Pittsburgh also included Car negie Technical Schools, founded in 1900, now part of Carnegie Mellon University.

Pittsburgh Gazette Times

Format: photographs
Date: 1910
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Flat Box 526
Abstract: The Carnegie family in Pittsburgh on the return of Mr. Andrew Carnegie (front row, third from the left) and Mrs. Louise Whitfield Carnegie (front row, second from the left) from California en route to New York. Pittsburgh witnessed Carnegie's meteori c rise from bobbin boy on a cotton mill, to a telegraph operator then to a railroad manager, and finally to a steel industry titan. Over the years many other members of the extended family settled there as well. Andrew Carnegie moved to New York City in 1867, but Pittsburgh has always remained the site of his steel factories, and the recipient of many Carnegie benefactions.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: printed ephemera
Date: [1895]
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VIII. Printed Material. VIII.A. CCNY Publications. Vol 57
Abstract: The Carnegie Institute, established as a public trust in 1895, originally comprised the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Music Hall. Andrew Carnegie's donations to Pittsburgh also included Car negie Technical Schools, founded in 1900, now part of Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Format: maps
Date: 1917
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 60

Franks, Robert A.

Name: Franks, Robert A. (Author)
Format: correspondence
Date: September 1924
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 74
Abstract: This exchange of telegrams between Frederick Keppel and Robert Franks documents the rumors about impending demolition of the Carnegie Music Hall. In fact, the Corporation owned it for 30 days after the settlement of the Carnegie estate, and then sold it to the buyer, who assured them that the Hall would continue to function as a music center.

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