Name
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
Home Trust Company (Author)
Carnegie Corporation of New York (Author)
Title
Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., Clippings Regarding November 25, 1910 Gift
Collection Name
Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
Archival Context
Series II. Files on Microfilm. II.A. Gifts and Grants. II.A.5. General Donations
Subjects
Endowments; Technical institutes; Trade schools; Pittsburgh (Pa.); Carnegie Institute of Technology
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[1910?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 82
Note
PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
Clippings - Carnegie Technical Schools, Gift, Nov. 25, 1910
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 enha nce 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.]
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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Also In
Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-krvk-td87