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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]
An enlargeable map of the 66 ... Black Hills War, 1876–1877; State of South Dakota becomes 40th State ... Libraries in South Dakota List of Carnegie libraries in ...
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.
Pages in category "Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...