Typed letter signed to Hew Morrison
- Name
- Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946 (Author)
- Morrison, Hew (Addressee)
- Title
- Typed letter signed to Hew Morrison
- 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 Carnegie hire James Bertram as a secretary. As shown in this letter, he also participated in designing and choosing Andrew Carnegie's bookplates.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Archival Context
- Series VII. Andrew Carnegie. VII.A. CCNY Carnegie Files. Box no. 1
- Subjects
- Libraries; Edinburgh (Scotland); Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Format
- correspondence
- Genre
- correspondence
- Date
- March 21, 1922
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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- Also In
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Carnegie Centennial Exhibition
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3745-mn32