History of Andrew Carnegie
History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries
The Life of Industrialist and Philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
(1835 to 1919)
Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie
Libraries Photo Album
Greensides, Kathy.
"Museum Notebook: The man who read himself to wealth." Column: Museum Notebook.
nzherald.co.nz: New Zealand Herald / Wanganui Chronicle 2020 May 25. First retrieved 2020 May 27.
Regarding the life and philanthropies of Andrew Carnegie, including information on the 18 Carnegie Libraries erected in New Zealand.
He and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which he endowed were responsible for the establishment of 2509 libraries in the United States, Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, the Caribbean, Fiji and New Zealand.
New Zealand fared well, with 18 libraries built in Balclutha, Gore, Dunedin, Alexandra, Fairlie, Timaru, Hokitika, Westport, Greymouth, Levin, Dannevirke, Marton, New Plymouth, Hastings, Cambridge, Thames, Hamilton and Onehunga. All told, Carnegie donated US$207,607 to New Zealand library buildings, equivalent to NZ$5 million today.
In New Zealand, each library was designed by a local architect, with most stand-alone libraries following a basic plan of a central hall flanked by reading, library and social rooms.
Some like Hokitika were magnificent, others more mundane. Only two of the New Zealand buildings remain in use as libraries, in Marton and Balclutha. Ten have been restored but are used for other purposes, while six have been demolished.
The library in Marton was built with a grant of £1250, which arrived in 1914 and was used to construct a single-storey brick building with a corrugated-iron roof.
The new facility was opened in 1916 and was the last library building to be funded by the Carnegie Corporation in New Zealand.
"The 50 Greatest Pittsburghers of All Time."
Cooper, Mary Frances. 3. Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh Magazine 2018 Dec. 19.
Gigler, Dan.
"Dunfermline, Scotland: Birthplace of Carnegie and Forbes is Pittsburgh's soulmate."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2013 Nov. 23.
Longer Biographies of Andrew Carnegie:
Morgan, Marilyn.
ANDREW CARNEGIE VISITS MOUNT WILSON
As Recounted in Newspapers of the Time
(Poor weather obscures view of Halley's Comet during 1910 March visit.)
Quarterly Publication of the Mt. Wilson Observatory Association, now owned by the Mount Wilson Institute.
Reflections Summer Quarter / 2006 June: Page 4 of the .pdf document.
Mount Wilson Observatory was funded and built by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Morgan, Marilyn.
"The Amazing MISTER Carnegie."
Quarterly Publication of the Mt. Wilson Observatory Association, now owned by the Mount Wilson Institute.
Reflections Winter Quarter / 2005 December.
Good biography of Andrew Carnegie, with concentration on his scientific philanthropy, particularly related to the founding
and development of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Mount Wilson Observatory. Reflections was
the quarterly publication of the Mount Wilson Observatory Association (MWOA) [which has since been dissolved and
replaced by the Friends of Mt Wilson Observatory (FOMWO)], now owned by the Mount Wilson Institute.
Mount Wilson Observatory was funded and built by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
USDreams.com: Andrew Carnegie
"The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"
From the Web Site of The American Experience, Public Broadcasting Service(PBS)
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline, Scotland
July 18, 1997 Re-creation of 1902 Stage Curtain, including painting of Skibo Castle,
personally donated by Andrew Carnegie to the Music Hall of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library,
Carnegie, Pennsylvania, upon the dedication of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library: April 22, 1902.
Businesses of Andrew Carnegie
History of USX Corporation
Successor to the
United States Steel Corporation, the first business enterprise in history
with an authorized capitalization over one billion dollars[$1.4 billion], created when
Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, for more than $400 million, to New York City
banker
J.P. Morgan. Legal incorporation of the United State Steel Corporation occurred on
February 25, 1901; business officially started on April 1, 1901. Due to the immense,
unprecedented size of this new corporation, financiers on Wall Street gave it the nickname,
"The Corporation"!
Centennial of USX Corporation and United States Steel
News Release from USX Corporation: 2001 February 27:
USX Corporation Celebrates Centennial; The World's First Billion Dollar Company
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pa. - 2001 February 25
Steel Standing: U.S. Steel celebrates 100 years, by Len Boselovic
News Release from USX Corporation: 2001 April 24:
USX Announces Plan of Reorganization
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Pa. - 2001 April 25
U.S. Steel on its own, by William Opalka
News story, from the top of the front page, regarding the annual meeting of the USX Corporation, in Columbus, Ohio, regarding the
corporation's decision to split the two operating groups into separate companies,
by the end of the year: U.S. Steel Group will reclaim its historic name, United States Steel
Corporation, and continue to be based in Pittsburgh; Marathon Group will go back to their
original name, Marathon Oil Company, to be based in Houston as the Marathon Group is today
[Marathon Group moved to Houston, from their original headquarters in Findlay, Ohio, in
1990.].
Mon Valley Works of the U.S. Steel
Group of USX Corporation
Includes Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill, the
Edgar Thomson Works
[named, by Andrew Carnegie, after the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad at that time]
in Braddock, Pennsylvania,
which still operates today.
Andrews, Evan.
"Andrew Carnegie’s Surprising Legacy."
History.com 2017 Feb. 23.
From the Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh - 2005 May 26:
Weekly Column - "You Had to Ask !"
I grew up near U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson plant. Who was Edgar Thomson?
Question submitted by: Sue Kerr, West Mifflin
Writer: CHRIS POTTER
From the Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh - 2001 May 23:
You Had to Ask:
How is it that the Frick Building survives but the Carnegie
Building is no longer around?
By Chris Potter
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2001 July 3:
USX a holding company
Pullman Palace Car Company
From The Daily News, McKeesport, Pa. - 2001 August 27:
Carnegie a Key Player in Railroad Industry by Matt Sullivan
From The Daily News, McKeesport, Pa. - 2001 August 29:
Union(RR) Survives Beyond Steel Past by Patrick Cloonan
Andrew Carnegie created the Union Railroad in 1894, "...to prevent any single railroad from
having a monopoly on the traffic moving in and out of his steel plants," according to
Richard C. Borkowski, Jr. in his just-published book, Union Railroad.
Homestead Steel Works Strike of 1892
Strike and Lock-out at the Homestead Steel Works
of the Carnegie Steel Company,
Limited
Landing Site of Pinkerton Guards
Links to Descriptions of the Homestead Steel Works Strike --
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Link 5
Assassination Attempt on the Life of
Carnegie Steel Company Chairman Henry Clay Frick
Biography of Emma Goldman
One of the two who conspired to assassinate Henry Clay Frick
Associates of Andrew Carnegie
Thomas M. Carnegie, brother of Andrew Carnegie and business partner in original
Carnegie Brothers and Company.
Henry Clay Frick, Industrialist, Art Patron, and Philanthropist
Business Associate of Andrew Carnegie; later Chairman of the
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited(during the 1890s)
Particularly known for role in
1892
labor strike at the Homestead Works of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited;
also survived assassination attempt by an anarchist, in the same time period.
Click here to read news articles about the dispute
regarding possible relocation of
the Frick Family Archives.
Charles Schwab, President of Carnegie Steel Company
* 2007 Aug. 4 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Bruce Dixon has poured years into Schwab home in North Braddock
By Marylynne Pitz
Charles Schwab, former employee of Andrew Carnegie, became President of U.S. Steel
Henry Phipps, Industrialist and Philanthropist
Associate of Andrew Carnegie in the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
From the Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh - 2005 May 26:
Weekly Column - "You Had to Ask !"
I grew up near U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson plant. Who was Edgar Thomson?
Question submitted by: Sue Kerr, West Mifflin
Writer: CHRIS POTTER
* Napsha, Joe.
"Andrew Mellon inspired industrial empires."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 March 24.
More on Andrew W. Mellon
John Pierpont Morgan, New York Banker, Financier, and Philanthropist
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 1999 September 19:
Books - 'Morgan' by Jean Strouse
J. Pierpont Morgan biography is right on the money
By Donald Miller, Post-Gazette Senior Editor
F. T. F. Lovejoy, with the creation of the United States Steel Corporation.
History of Astronomer, Educator, and Optician John A.
Brashear
Friend of Andrew Carnegie
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Andrew Carnegie on John Muir
Krauss, Margaret J.
"In 1940, These Pittsburghers Offered A Million Dollar Reward For Hitler's Capture." Audio File and Transcript.
WESA-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh 2015 May 1.
Samuel Harden Church. President of the Carnegie Institute, and a friend of Andrew Carnegie, "offered a million dollars to anyone 'who will deliver Adolph Hitler, alive, unwounded and unhurt, into the custody of the League of Nations for trial before a high court of justice for his crimes against peace and dignity of the world.'”
Addresses, Articles, and Books Authored by Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie and Communication
Excerpt from
"The Gospel of Wealth" by Andrew Carnegie
Excerpt from Address in Edinburgh, Scotland on Surplus Wealth
"Distant Possessions: The Parting of the Ways"
From The Gospel of Wealth
Book: James Watt
Internet Bibliographies on Andrew Carnegie
Britannica.com
Looksmart.com
Encyclopedia.com
Archives of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Located at Columbia University, New York City
Newspaper and Magazine Articles About Andrew Carnegie
In Cobblestone Magazine, April, 1999:
The
History of Andrew Carnegie
Cobblestone
Student Activities on Life of Andrew Carnegie
News Release - April 12, 1999:
National Magazine Highlights Andrew Carnegie
and Pittsburgh
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - April 9, 2000
"Andrew
Carnegie was so much more than a businessman"
Other Links Regarding Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie:
The Law of Competition
Andrew Carnegie: A Scottish Immigrant's View of the Corporation
Remembering Andrew Carnegie
Ramblings
about Andrew Carnegie (and a few diversions)
Andrew Carnegie's
Coat of Arms
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History of Astronomer, Educator, and Optician John A. Brashear
Friend of Andrew Carnegie
History of The Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh
Historic Cable Car Railway Serving Commuters and Tourists since 1877 !
History of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, Pittsburgh
America's Fifth Major Planetarium(1939)
History of The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago
America's First Major Planetarium(1930)
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