Collection GB 0096 AL 15f - Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)

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GB 0096 AL 15f 1913 collection 1 sheet Carnegie , Andrew , 1835-1919 , manufacturer and philanthropist

Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Fifeshire in 1835, and emigrated with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, aged 13. In 1853 he started working for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, becoming a divisional superintendent in 1859, aged 24. He continued to work in the railway and steel industries, and by c1863 his work and investments had made him a dollar millionaire. Carnegie retired to the Scottish Highlands aged 65 and became known as a philanthropist; his name is particularly associated with the founding of free public libraries. Carnegie died in 1919.

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Papers of Andrew Carnegie, 1913, comprise a letter to R A Rye, thanking him for a copy of 'The Libraries of London'.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library at the central building of the University of London (1921). A copy is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

April 2008 London Rye , Reginald Arthur , b 1876 , librarian and Egyptologist Carnegie , Andrew , 1835-1919 , manufacturer and philanthropist Libraries England UK Western Europe Europe Barnet Hertfordshire

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Papers of Andrew Carnegie, 1913, comprise a letter to R A Rye, thanking him for a copy of 'The Libraries of London'.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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English

Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library at the central building of the University of London (1921). A copy is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais