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The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Dakota, where 25 public libraries were built from 25 grants (totaling $254,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions ...
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. New York ...
Keeping the Rapid City Free Library running for two years allowed the city to apply for a Carnegie grant. [3] On March 11, 1914, the program awarded Rapid City a grant of $12,500 to build a new library; this was the 20th such library in South Dakota the program had funded since 1901. [4]
The Rapid City main library is a 47,000-square-foot (4,400 m 2), two-story tall building in Rapid City's downtown area.The library has a collection of over 147,000 materials as well as thousands of digital resources, subscriptions to over 40 newspapers and magazines, and 53 public-use computers.
The Carnegie Free Public Library, also known as the Carnegie Town Hall, is a historic Carnegie library located at 235 W. 10th St. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The library was built in 1903 through a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. [2] Architect Joseph Schwartz designed the building, a Romanesque Revival structure with Neoclassical ...
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Pages in category "Carnegie libraries in South Dakota" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Carnegie Free Public Library (Sioux Falls ...
There were 25 Carnegie libraries built in South Dakota. [2] The Carnegie corporation gifted the Lake Andes library with $5000 toward the construction and foundation of the library. [3] In 2017, Lake Andes librarian Mary Jo Parker was named South Dakota New Librarian of the Year, due to her work increasing children's programming at the library ...