Title: Andrew Carnegie's Story
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ANDREW CARNEGIE: Pioneer. Visionary. Innovator.
Meet the Father of Modern Philanthropy
“To try to make the world in some way better than you found it is to have a noble motive in life.”
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
“We sailed from the Broomielaw of Glasgow in the 800-ton sailing ship Wiscasset...”
AN IMMIGRANT’S JOURNEY
“The emigrant is the capable, energetic, ambitious, discontented man.”
INDUSTRIOUS YOUTH
KEEN EYE FOR OPPORTUNITY
1849
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Andrew Carnegie becomes a messenger boy
1853
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Andrew Carnegie takes a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad
1856
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Andrew Carnegie invests in sleeping cars
1861
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Andrew Carnegie invests in oil
1865
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1868
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1875
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1883
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1892
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1901
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Andrew Carnegie becomes a messenger boy
Andrew Carnegie takes a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad
Andrew Carnegie invests in sleeping cars
Andrew Carnegie invests in oil
Carnegie founds Keystone Bridge Company
Carnegie pledges to resign from business
First Steel Plant
Carnegie buys the Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie Steel is formed
Carnegie sells to Morgan
BIRTH OF A PHILANTHROPIST
“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”
WEALTHIEST MAN IN THE WORLD
READING AHEAD
GIVING AND LEGACY
CARNEGIE ORGANIZATIONS
CHAMPION FOR PEACE
Andrew Carnegie in 1913
Watch Carnegie touring the Musée International, in Brussels.
FOLLOW AS CARNEGIE’S WORK CONTINUES TODAY
Further Reading
Books Written by Andrew Carnegie
Certificate of U.S. Naturalization
The Gospel of Wealth
Financial Records Journal
Pension Letter
Marriage Settlement
Stock Certificate

Content: In addition to funding libraries, he paid for thousands of church organs in the United States and around the world. Carnegie's wealth helped to establish numerous colleges, schools, nonprofit organizations and associations in his adopted country and many others. His most significant contribution, both in money and enduring influence, was the establishment of several trusts or institutions bearing his name, including: Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Foundation (supporting the Peace Palace), Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Carnegie UK Trust. Share
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READING AHEAD
One of the most tangible examples of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy was the founding of 2,509 libraries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of these libraries, 1,679 were built in the United States. Carnegie spent over $55 million of his wealth on libraries alone, and he is often referred to as the “Patron Saint of Libraries.” It is said that Carnegie had two main reasons for supporting libraries. First, he believed that in America, anyone with access to books and the desire to learn could educate him- or herself and be successful, as he had been. Second, Carnegie, an immigrant, felt America’s newcomers needed to acquire cultural knowled