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1. Bookplate Design for Andrew Carnegie's Personal Library in black and white
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: drawings
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: When Andrew Carnegie funded his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland, he had the motto “Let there be light” carved within its Gothic-arched entrance. He also chose it for his bookplates.
2. Bookplate Design for Andrew Carnegie's Personal Library in sepia
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: drawings
- Date: [between 1872 and 1919]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: When Andrew Carnegie funded his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland, he had the motto “Let there be light” carved within its Gothic-arched entrance. He also chose it for his bookplates.
3. Carnegie Library and Workingman's Club in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: [1900]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 60
- Abstract: Carnegie built the free libraries in Braddock (1895), Homestead (1896) and Duquesne (1901) to serve the employees of Carnegie Steel Company mills in those towns, and their families. In the beginning, the local steel mill would subsidize the libraries in Braddock and Homestead. In addition to the libraries, Braddock, Duquesne and Homestead institutions housed “Workingman's Clubs," with gymnasiums, bowling alleys, swimming pools, night school rooms, kindergartens, and assembly halls.
4. Deed of Gift for the Andrew Carnegie Relief Fund
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: correspondence
- Date: March 12, 1901
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series III. Grants. III.A. Grant files, ca.1911-1988. Box no. 60
- Abstract: Andrew Carnegie’s first post-retirement project was establishing a pension and relief fund for old or injured employees of the Carnegie Company. In this letter to the Board of Directors he announces a gift of $4,000,000, to be held in trust for this purpose. “I make this first use of surplus wealth upon retiring from business as an acknowledgement of the debt which I owe to the workmen who have contributed so greatly to my success.” The same document also stipulates a separate $1,000,000 endowment for Braddock, Homestead and Duquesne libraries.
5. Typed letter signed to Hew Morrison
Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946
- Name: Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946 (Author)
- Format: correspondence
- Date: March 21, 1922
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Abstract: The Carnegies formed a personal friendship with Edinburgh's first City Librarian, Hew Morrison, who brought Andrew Carnegie's attention to the estate at Skibo, were he would later spend his summers. Incidentally, Hew Morrison also recommended that Ca rnegie hire James Bertram as a secretary. As shown in this letter, he also participated in designing and choosing Andrew Carnegie's bookplates.