Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1835, Nov. 25 | Born, Dunfermline, Scotland |
| 1848 | Family immigrated to United States Worked as bobbin-boy in Pennsylvania cotton factory |
| 1849 | Messenger boy, then telegraph operator, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1853 | Appointed private telegrapher and secretary to Thomas A. Scott of Pennsylvania Railroad |
| 1853-1865 | Held various positions with the Pennsylvania Railroad, finally succeeding Thomas A. Scott as superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division |
| 1861 | Assisted Thomas A. Scott in organizing military transportation and telegraphy |
| 1865 | Resigned from Pennsylvania Railroad Organized Keystone Bridge Co. |
| 1865-1873 | Engaged in bridge building, bond selling, and oil dealing on worldwide basis |
| 1873 | Began concentration on steel manufacturing with the opening of the J. Edgar Thompson Steel Co. |
| 1882 | Henry Clay Frick's coke industries joined to Carnegie Brothers & Co. |
| 1883 | Began contributions to magazines, notably North American Review and Nineteenth Century |
| 1886 | Published Triumphant Democracy |
| 1887 | Married Louise Whitfield (died 1946) |
| 1889 | Published "Wealth" (later renamed "Gospel of Wealth") in North American Review |
| 1892 | Broke with Henry Clay Frick |
| 1901 | Carnegie Co. sold to J. P. Morgan |
| 1911 | Carnegie Corp. of New York organized to carry out Carnegie's philanthropies |
| 1919, Aug. 11 | Died, "Shadowbrook," Massachusetts |