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The following list of Carnegie libraries in the United States provides detailed information on public Carnegie libraries in each state or other territory in the United States, including the number of Carnegie libraries in that state, and the earliest and latest dates of grant award. Click on the state name to go to a detailed listing of the ...
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 Washington (state) List of Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C. List of Carnegie libraries in West Virginia; List of Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin; List of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming
The first Carnegie library, in Dunfermline, Scotland Carnegie Free Library of Braddock in Braddock, Pennsylvania, built in 1888, was the first Carnegie Library in the United States to open (1889) and the first of four to be fully endowed. Carnegie started erecting libraries in places with which he had personal associations. [1]
The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York City provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York City, where 67 libraries were built with funds from one grant totaling $5,202,261 (worth some $190 million today), awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on December 8, 1899. Although the original ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in California provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in California, where 142 public libraries were built from 121 grants (totaling $2,779,487) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at two institutions ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C. provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C., where 4 public libraries were built from one grant (totaling $682,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on March 16, 1899 (a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie).