Work sheet 1
The History of Carnegie College
Clarify Brief – Production Project on Lauder/Carnegie College
Production Brief
Our group which consists of Teresa, Sammy,Scott and Chris have been given the task of creating an e- book and a complimentary video covering the subject of the history of Carnegie college and George Lauder the two main characters that were involved in it’s creation, Andrew Carnegie and his uncle and mentor George Lauder who contributed financially to the setting up of the college , our team has started to research the lives of our patrons and we will use this as a basis of information for both the video and e-book , then we will visit places of interest that are connected and gather still images and video footage and sound bytes from either displays or guides.
Research project on Andrew Carnegie and George Lauder
- Andrew Carnegie was born on the 25th November 1835
- Place of Birth was in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland United Kingdom.
- Occupation was Entrepreneur, Philanthropist (steel industrial )
- Death date and place was 11th August 1919 in Lenox, Massachusetts
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17976/17976-h/17976-h.htm
http://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/images/Andrew%20Carnegie%20Story.pdf
http://www.fifefhs.org/Records/familyhistories.html
Early Life
Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Although he had little formal education, Carnegie grew up in a family that believed in the importance of books and learning. The son of a handloom weaver, Carnegie grew up to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in America.
At the age of 13, in 1848, Carnegie came to the United States with his family. They settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and Carnegie went to work in a factory, earning $1.20 a week. The next year he found a job as a telegraph messenger. Hoping to advance his career, he moved up to a telegraph operator position in 1851. He then took a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1853. He worked as the assistant and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, one of the railroad’s top officials. Through this experience, he learned about the railroad industry and about business in general. Three years later, Carnegie was promoted to superintendent.After moving to the United States, he worked a series of railroad jobs.
By 1889 he owned Carnegie Steel Corporation, the largest of its kind in the world. In 1901 he sold his business and dedicated his time to expanding his philanthropic work, including the establishment of Carnegie-Mellon University in 1904.
George Lauder was born on 9th May 1815 in the parish church in Dunfermline, at the time of his birth there was chronic disease and early death and premature aging thats was the fact of life in these days. George had 4 sisters Isobel 26/3/1811, Marion 25/3/1813, Elizabeth 22/9/1817 then Ann 26/5/1820 who was the youngest of the family.
Eductional remains a mystery, perhaps the influence of his father eductional who taught him from the snuff mill in the Glen where he learn all about various tobaccos, spices such as clove and cinnamon and essential oils such as peppermint, lavender , bitter almonds and bergamot and attat rose.
George Lauder was married to Seaton they had 3 daughters Elizabeth, Ann and Margaret. And in 1842 she passed away. George Lauder remarried again in 1843 to Margaret Haig.
George Lauder first set up his grocer business in Guildhall street, Dunfermline in 1840, in his own words ” He found his self at the age of 25 at the back of a counter with deficent eduction for the trade he engaged in” Then he had a grocershop in the High Street, Dunfermline in 1902.
He wrote to his nephew Andrew Carnegie in America if would consider putting up the funds for technical college for such an idea as a way of contributing toward the practrical eduction for the youth and to meeting the real needs of mordern industry. Andrew Carnegie gift £13,000 for the new Technical school and it was offically opened on Tuesday 10th Ocotober 1899. Then late on Andrew Carnegie named it after his Uncle Lauder Technical college.
George Lauder died in 1901 at the age of 86.
Carnegie College (formerly Lauder College) is one of Scotland’s leading College’s providing education and vocational skills.
Based in Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the College was established in 1899, with financial support from Andrew Carnegie, the world renowned philanthropist, industrialist and a son of Dunfermline. Indeed Carnegie College or as it was named in 1899 Lauder Technical School after George Lauder, Andrew Carnegie’s uncle and mentor, was the first educational institute to be funded by Andrew Carnegie
Today the main College campus is at Halbeath, with engineering being delivered at the Rosyth Campus, construction skills at the Cowdenbeath facility and outreach centers in Dunfermline Town Centre, Levenmouth, Kirkcaldy and Lochgelly.
The raison d’ être for the College is straightforward employability This is achieved by:
- delivering high quality education to individuals, employees and the community
- assisting with the economic development of West Fife and Scotland, through the delivery of skills training
- assisting with the development of the local community through CLD
- providing a quality service for all our customers
- ensuring the College is fit for future demands
Today the College has around 10,000 students every year and offers over 350 programs at various levels, from introductory and national qualifications to higher national standards and degrees, delivered through a collegiate model of four schools.
By 1970 the now Lauder College, had 3 main campuses, Halbeath, Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath and in 2007, it was renamed Carnegie College in honour of the steel magnate and philanthropist.
What was the Red Tech Extension
The new Lauder extension was built of red sandstone and it was nicked name was “The Red Tech” as oppsed to the ‘Grey tech’ which was the original Lauder Technical School.
In Carnegie College we celebrate over a hundred years of education. This cames to a new error as from 1st August 2013 all fife colleges are to became as one. The new name will be called Fife Regonial College.
Below is the old Lauder Tech
I have taking some photos of Andrew Carnegie buildings what they all look now
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Grey Tech
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Grey Tech
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Red Tech
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Red Tech
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Down the High Street in Dunfermline
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Right side of East Poet Street, Dunfermline
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Carnegie Hall
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Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline
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Close up to the High Street, Dunfermline
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Left side of the Carnegie Hall
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The right side of the Carnegie Hall
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Inside of the Carnegie Hall, this is the centre part
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Out side of Carnegie Hall
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Close up of the script of Carnegie Leisure centre
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The left side of the Carnegie Leisure Centre
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At the side of the Leisure Centre also the Clinic
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close up to the side of the Centre
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Looking over the bridge
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Left side of the bridge
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Right side of the bridge
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Under the bridgeto the right side
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Under the bridge on the left side
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Andrew Carnegie House
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Close up to Andrew Carnegie House
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Peacock restautrant
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The pond
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inside the green house
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Inside the green house
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Inside the green house
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Inside the green house
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Inside the green house
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Inside the green house
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the Glen garden
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Glen gate
The weeks to follows:
Week 2-4 Research.
Week 5 – 6 Analysis and development.
Week 7-8 Production of 10 page e-book cover .
Week 8-10 Evaluation.
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