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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 ...
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 ...
Andrew Carnegie, c. 1905, National Portrait Gallery Plaque at the Taunton Public Library in Massachusetts. 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 ...
This is a list of lists of Carnegie libraries. List of Carnegie libraries in the United States; List of Carnegie libraries in Canada; List of Carnegie libraries in Europe; List of Carnegie libraries in Africa; List of Carnegie libraries in the Caribbean; List of Carnegie libraries in Oceania
List of Carnegie libraries in Texas; B. Ballinger Carnegie Library; C. Carnegie Public Library (Tyler, Texas) Cooke County Library; D. Dallas Public Library; F.
Under the Fort Worth Public Library Association, this association received its state charter and with the financial support from Andrew Carnegie they brought the Fort Worth Public Library into existence. Carnegie donated building funds for the construction of more than 2,000 libraries in the United States and from 1886 to 1919 he donated $56 ...
The Carnegie Library in Jefferson, Texas in 2010. The Jefferson Carnegie Library is a library in Jefferson, Texas, built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Hallett & Rawson of Des Moines were the architects. [1] Built in 1907, it is one of four libraries in Texas, from the original 34, to ...
Though the law passed originally in 1917, it was repealed. With the newer and reworked Texas County Library Law of 1919, the law was petitioned in 1920 and led to a county library being established. [8] Later, in 1921, the Gainesville Carnegie Public Library was renamed to the Cooke County Free Library in the spirit of the new library law. [3] [5]