Anrew Carnegie
Tycoon in der Stahlbranche, 1835-1919
Andrew Carnegie gelangte in der Eisen- und Stahlindustrie zu einem Vermögen, das nach der Kaufkraft von 2014 372 Milliarden US-Dollar betrug; nach John D. Rockefeller und Cornelius Vanderbilt war er der drittreichste Bürger der USA. Getreu seinem Credo „Der Mann, der reich stirbt, stirbt in Schande“ gründete er zahlreiche Stiftungen, die in unterschiedlichsten Bereichen tätig waren und tlw. noch sind, mehrere Bibliotheken sowie eine Universität und finanzierte den Bau der Carnegie Hall, die sich als eines der weltweit bedeutendsten Konzerthäuser etablierte.
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Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835-1919). Typed Letter Signed. New York. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; folds.
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To Elizabeth Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, expressing doubts about the management of an humanitarian effort and declaring that peace is certain. "[…] The end aim[e]d at is noble, but like all such movements, everything depends upon the management. […] I think there would be great risk of failure and the last stage of these poor unfortunates would be worse than the first. In the nature of the case, the interruption of their work at home is but temporary. This awful war cannot last. Peaceful settlement is certain."
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835-1919). Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To My Dear Friends Mr & Mrs Woodward,". "Skibo Castle" [Dornoch, Scotland], 7 October 1913. 11 1/2 x 9 inches (image), 18 x 14 inches overall; faint dampstaining along lower edge of mount (not affecting text), faint scattered foxing to image.
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Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To My Dear Friends Mr & Mrs Woodward," full-length portrait showing him standing with walking stick beside his Collie, Laddie. Signed on the mount, below the image.
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To John Henderson, Secretary of the National Liberal Club: "I find that the Whitsuntide Holidays will be on when we arrive in London, via Plymouth, Saturday the thirtieth of May, and that Parliament will not assemble until the tenth of June. Because of this I had concluded you would not desire to hav[e] the address delivered until the holidays were over, but on re-reading your letter this morning it shows that you accept for the beginning of June. I hav[e] accepted two other banquet engagements in London early in June: one to attend the Annual Dinner of the Aberdeen University Club, of which University I am Lord Rector, and the other dinner in honor of the veteran of the House, Thomas Burt, who has had a wonderful career. I could not do otherwise than accept this, feeling as I do about him. The question is, would it be more desirable to you to hav[e] me make the address after Parliament meets, or do you prefer to hav[e] the address made the first, second or third of June? In the former case I would go direct to Skibo, and return to keep the three engagements named [...]".