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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Iowa provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Iowa, where 101 public libraries were built from 99 grants (totaling $1,495,706) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1892 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $210,000).
Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). 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 ...
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Carnegie libraries in Iowa (42 P) Pages in category "Public libraries in Iowa" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
U.S. Senator James F. Wilson from Fairfield was instrumental in obtaining a grant from Andrew Carnegie for a building of its own. The grant for $40,000 was accepted on January 15, 1892. [2] It was the first Carnegie Library outside of Western Pennsylvania and the first of 101 built in Iowa. [3] It was also one the few libraries Carnegie funded ...
The new library was dedicated on January 1, 1905, and opened to the public for their use. At that time, the population of Waverly was 2,916 and the library owned less than 2,000 books. [4] Andrew Carnegie, New York philanthropist, awarded the city of Waverly a $10,000 grant to construct a free public library in 1903.