Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., Correspondence Regarding Merger with University of Pittsburgh, Establishment of Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, U.S. Secretary of Interior
Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., Correspondence Regarding Merger with University of Pittsburgh, Establishment of Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, U.S. Secretary of Interior
Endowments; Universities and colleges--Mergers; Women's colleges; Pittsburgh (Pa.); Carnegie Institute of Technology; University of Pittsburgh; Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1900 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 82
Note
PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
Correspondence Regarding Union of Carnegie Tech and University of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Technical Schools; correspondence with US Secretary of Interior; discussion of setting up Margaret Morrison Tech School for Women
Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (MMCC) was the women's college for Carnegie Mellon University. It was founded in 1903 and opened its doors to students in 1906 as the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women. The school was closed in 1973.” [SOUR CE: “Margaret Morrison Carnegie College.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Morrison_Carnegie_College. Accessed 26 Sep. 2018.] “Past Secretaries… Ethan A. Hitchcock 1899-1907 James R. Garfield 1907-1909 Richard A. Ballinger 1909-1911 Walter Lowrie Fisher 1911-1913 Franklin K. Lane 1913-1920…” [SOURCE: “Past Secretaries.” U.S. Department of the Interior, https://www.doi.gov/whoweare/past_secretaries. Accessed 31 Oct. 2018] “…In 1900, he [Andrew Carnegie] donated $1 million for the creation of a technical institute for the city of Pittsburgh, envisioning a school where working-class men and women of Pittsburgh could learn practical skills, trades and crafts that would enhance their careers, lives and communities. ‘My heart is in the work,’ he stated, which would become part of the school's official motto. The Carnegie Technical Schools offered two- and three-year certificates in the arts as well as in engineering disciplines and included a college for women, Margaret Morrison Carnegie College… Soon faced with the demand for baccalaureate programs, Carnegie Technical Schools began offering bachelor's degrees through its College of Engineering and College of Fine Arts, becoming the Carnegie Institute of Technology, or ‘Carnegie Tech.’… With the end of World War II, the latter half of the 20th century brought unprecedented growth to Carnegie Tech… University culture also changed in 1973 when Margaret Morrison closed and women joined their male peers in classrooms and dorms… In 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with the Mellon Institute, a science research center founded by the Mellon family of Pittsburgh. Officially renamed Carnegie Mellon University, the merger built upon a long history of support from the Mellons…” [SOURCE: “History.” Carnegie Mellon University, https://www.cmu.edu/about/history.html. Accessed 31 Oct. 2018.]