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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Tennessee provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Tennessee, where 12 free public libraries were built from nine grants (totaling $310,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1917. In addition, a public library was constructed at a federally owned ...
Memphis Public Libraries (MPL) is a public library system serving Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis Public Libraries has a yearly circulation of 250,000 items and serves 400,000 patrons a year. [ 1 ] The library has 18 branches located throughout the city of Memphis and surrounding areas, offering up to 3,400 programs to the public each year.
Nashville Public Library (NPL) is the public library system serving Nashville, Tennessee and the metropolitan area of Davidson County. In 2010, the Nashville Public Library was the recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. [2] The library was named the Gale/Library Journal 2017 Library of the Year. [3]
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Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature passed Gov. Bill Lee’s school library law in 2022 to establish a local review process to make sure books and materials are “appropriate for the ...
The city's public library system opened in 1916 and the building of the library's new location was finished in 1917. [3] [4] Despite its status as a free public library, the municipal Lawson McGhee Library only served white patrons, leading to the formation of an additional segregated library branch.
A view of the Tennessee State Library and Archives building that was built in 1953. It was located at 403 Seventh Avenue North, near the Tennessee State Capitol building. Tennessee's General Assembly joined the Department of Archives and History with the State Library in 1919 to create the State Library and Archives.
The Old Library Building, the library's former location. The Chattanooga Public Library (est. 1905) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a municipal public library overseen by the city government. [1] [2] As of 1928 it ran the Hamilton County public library. [3] In 2013 it opened a makerspace. [4]