<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/d8-8h49-y083</dc:identifier><dc:title>Typed letter, signed, to Andrew Carnegie</dc:title><dc:creator>Pierce, William L.</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Professional education</dc:subject><dc:description>Fundraising letter for the Manhattan Trade School for Girls,  an exemplary Progressive Era institution, the brainchild of a group of New York City reformers and philanthropists, and the subject of a 1911 documentary. At this time it was the only vocational school in the city for female students.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>