Carnegie, Andrew
A collection of books relating to the great American steel magnate and the company he built. The collection includes biographies like Hendrick's 1932 Life (inscribed from Louise Carnegie to Beatrice and Philip Barendt, 1932) and Carnegie's own autobiography, as well as W.T. Stead's Mr Carnegie's Conundrum, revealing the difficulties of spending ï¾£40,000,000. The company itself is represented by a 1923 Pocket Companion which aimed to standardise structural practice - conveniently in sizes constructed by the company - and a 1929 Shape Book. The collection is rounded out by the unauthorised and privately printed The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh by radical journalist Theodore Dreiser