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Library Thing: Books by J. C. Catford; Memorial Websites: Remembering J. C. Catford; The Catford Tapes: Ian Catford's Life in Linguistics. 67/68 year old Ian relates his life. Videos from 8 “lectures” given between Feb. 7 and Apr. 18, 1985. Altogether 6h 21m of storytelling.
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).
Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. formerly served as the DCPL's Central Public Library. In October 1895, in preparation of the library's establishment, founders rented two rooms in the McLean Building at 1517 H Street NW to begin acquiring and processing materials to be used in what would then be called the Washington City Free Library.
In 1999, it became the headquarters for the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. [5] The City Museum of Washington opened in the library in May 2003, but closed less than two years later. [6] In 2014, Events DC twice sought to move the International Spy Museum into the library, but failed to win historic preservation approval.
In 1815, the purchase of Jefferson's book collection formed a core foundation for the library's collection. The building is located on First Street, S.E. between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C., across from the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill.
Library consortia in Washington, D.C. (2 P) F. Folger Shakespeare Library (1 C, 18 P) L. Library of Congress (12 C, 103 P) Pages in category "Libraries in Washington ...
The Southeast Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 403 7th Street SE. [1] Designed by architect Edward Lippincott Tilton in the neoclassical style, it opened in 1922 and is one of three Carnegie libraries in Washington. [2]
The Mount Pleasant Library was the third and last DC Neighborhood Library to be built with Carnegie funding. Andrew Carnegie had funded the construction of the Central Library and, at its dedication in 1903, he offered to finance branch buildings as they were needed. Congress was slow to authorize the acceptance of his offer.