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The library was donated to the public by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie and was dedicated on January 7, 1903. It was designed by the New York firm of Ackerman & Ross in the Beaux-Arts style . It was the first Carnegie library in Washington, D.C., and the District's first desegregated public building. [ 2 ]
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 ...
University of Florida Baldwin Library and the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature Digital Collection; Florida Digital Newspaper Library and Florida Digital Newspaper Library; Digital Library of the Caribbean and Digital Library of the Caribbean, a collaborative digital library where UF is the technical host partner
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). In ...
The Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, also known as the O'Dome, is a 10,500-seat [1] multi-purpose arena located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. The facility is named for the sixth president of the university, Stephen C. O'Connell , who served from 1967 to 1973.
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Florida provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Florida, where 10 public libraries were built from 10 grants (totaling $198,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $76,500).
FL Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: Public: Tallahassee: FL Florida Institute of Technology: Private (non-profit) Melbourne: FL Fordham University: Private (non-profit) Bronx: NY Georgia Southern University: Public: Statesboro: GA Hampton University: Private (non-profit) Hampton: VA Hofstra University: Private (non-profit ...
The George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida constitute one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system includes eight of the nine libraries of the University of Florida and provides primary support to all academic programs except those served by the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center.