William A. Carr diary, Volume 6, 1907

Highlights include:

Fire at the Wannamaker mansion; murder trial of Harry K. Thaw; new buildings in Pittsburgh, including the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall and Calvary Episcopal Church; various items on John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil, E.H. Harriman, Andrew Carnegie, the Carnegie Institute, and J.P. Morgan; minor fire at 640 Fifth Avenue; “Frick Known in Gotham as the Mystery of the Wall Street District;” rumors of Frick running for U.S. Senate and building a fine arts academy; Frick’s purchase of Corot and Maris paintings; wedding of William Ellis Corey; chrysanthemum show at Clayton conservatory; death of Frank Ridgway.