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The Library Book: Centennial History of the Minneapolis Public Library. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center. ISBN 978-0-9613716-0-9. Christensen, Karen; Levinson, David, eds. (2007). Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9770159-2-4.
The Downtown Reno Library is the main library of the Washoe County Library System, at 301 S. Center St. in Reno, Nevada. It occupies a historic Modern -style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Washoe County Library .
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Minnesota provides detailed information on Carnegie libraries in Minnesota, United States, where 65 public libraries were built from 57 [1] grants (totaling $969,375) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1918.
The new Central Library, designed by César Pelli, completed in 2006. The Minneapolis Public Library (MPL) was a library system that served the residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. It was founded in 1885 with the establishment of the Minneapolis Library Board by an amendment to the Minneapolis City Charter.
Minneapolis: 1931 branch library associated with the influential evolution of Minneapolis Public Library 1894–1936, and its nationally renowned director Gratia Countryman (1866–1953). [110] 97: Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged: Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged: September 21, 1978 : 215 Broadway Ave. NE.
Washoe County Library System is the public library system of Washoe County, Nevada. In 2002 it had a bond for new branches and extensive renovations and in a span of several months library usage increased by 17%. The library system did financially well until 2009 with the Great Recession. The county cut 500 county jobs then, and by 2015 there ...
Minneapolis Public Library's first building was the Main Library, opened in 1889. Minneapolis Public Library later added community library branches to supplement the main library. The first branch was North Branch, established in 1890, more branches in south and east Minneapolis followed, and the system grew with the city. [4]
Sumner Library was the third of four branch libraries in Minneapolis to be constructed with funds from Carnegie. [12] Minneapolis architect Cecil Bayless Chapman designed the library in the Tudor Revival style. The brick L-shaped library featured arched ceilings and a central tower where the main entrance and librarian's office were.