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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 ...
A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems.
Enterprise Carnegie Library: Enterprise: Jan 31, 1913: $5,000 On the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). 6: Eugene Carnegie Library: Eugene: Dec 14, 1903: $10,000 Demolished [citation needed] 7: Grants Pass Carnegie Library: Grants Pass: Nov 18, 1903: $12,500 Built in 1921, it was the last-built Carnegie library in Oregon. Demolished ...
Jul. 28—In 1892, Andrew Carnegie, the multimillionaire steel industrialist, commissioned a library in Fairfield, Iowa. It became the model for his future grants. In 1899, his foundation began ...
The third Carnegie library completed in Queens. [14] Destroyed by fire in 1962. 4: Flushing Kissena Boulevard and Main Street Demolished in 1955 [16] 5: Poppenhusen 121-23 14th Ave. and 13-16 College Point Blvd. Completed in 1904, it was the second Carnegie library completed in Queens. [14] 6: Richmond Hill 118-14 Hillside Ave. 7: Woodhaven 85 ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C. provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C., where 4 public libraries were built from one grant (totaling $682,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on March 16, 1899 (a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie).
The Carnegie Library in Middletown received $25,000 ... Carnegie's foundation has supported everything from research that led to the discovery of insulin, the creation of Pell Grants for ...