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Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron.He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern.
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan team up to help elect William McKinley to the U.S. presidency by paying for his 1896 campaign, to avoid a possible attack on monopolies. However, fate intervenes when McKinley is suddenly assassinated , and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency and promptly begins dissolving monopolies and ...
Little Boss: A life of Andrew Carnegie. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1851588329. Nasaw, David (2006). Andrew Carnegie. New York: The Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-59420-104-2. Ernsberger, Richard Jr. (October 2018). "A Fool for Peace". American History, Vol. 53, Issue 4. Interview with Nasaw. Wall, Joseph Frazier (1989). Andrew Carnegie. ISBN 0822959046 ...
Blast furnaces and iron ore at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mills in 1941. Carnegie Steel Company was a steel-producing company primarily created by Andrew Carnegie and several close associates to manage businesses at steel mills in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area in the late 19th century.
It was designed and built with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie provided $15,000 toward the construction of the Fulton library. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
Individual members of the club did contribute substantially to the relief efforts. Along with about half of the club members, Henry Clay Frick donated thousands of dollars to the relief effort in Johnstown. After the flood, Andrew Carnegie, one of the club's better-known members, built the town a new library.
We know the 12 teams in the new College Football Playoff field. Let’s talk about the 12 things that you need to know as the action kicks off with first-round games Dec. 20-21.
The Great Immigrants Award is an annual initiative by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to honor naturalized citizens of the United States who have made significant contributions to American society, democracy, and culture.