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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 3, January 21, 2007, Article 15 AN EVENING WITH ANDREW CARNEGIE AND HIS CENTENNIAL MEDAL Dick Johnson writes: "On Tuesday night this week I spent an evening with Andrew Carnegie. He gave an hour and a half presentation of his life. Okay, it was an actor playing the part of Andrew Carnegie. It was a one-man show, or what he calls "solo performer." The actor was Richard Clarke, of Boylston, Massachusetts. He gave his presentation at my local library. "It was the same night as the Litchfield County Coin Club meeting, my local club. But the program started an hour before the coin club meeting so I asked if coin club members could attend. The library program director learned of my interest in Andrew Carnegie and that I was involved with the creation of the Carnegie Hero Fund Centennial Medal. She asked if I could prepare an exhibit of the medal for that night. "Sure. And that could be good reason for the coin club members to attend. The performance was phenomenal! Actor Clarke bore a grey beard and was in custom and Scottish cap of Carnegie in later life. All of us in attendance learned a great deal about Carnegie. He has performed this on Broadway, but does it now for historical societies and libraries. He has other celebrities in his repertoire, including Mark Twain, John Barrymore, William Shakespeare and his favorite, lawyer Clarence Darrow. "Afterwards we had his picture taken with the centennial medal of the Carnegie Hero Fund Foundation, bearing the portrait so close to that of the character he had just played." Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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