History · The first Carnegie library, in Dunfermline, Scotland · Carnegie Free Library of Braddock in Braddock, Pennsylvania, built in 1888, was the first ... List of Carnegie libraries in the... · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie's donations of more than $40 million paid for 1,679 new library buildings in communities large and small across America. Many ...

Carnegie funded the building of 2,509 "Carnegie Libraries" worldwide between 1883 and 1929. Of those, 1,795 were in the United States: 1,687 public libraries ...

5 дней назад · In 1881, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) built his first library in his birthplace Dunfermline, Scottland. Years laters, Carnegie's philanthropy led ...

1 авг. 2013 г. · At the start of the 20th century, the ruthless, self-made steel industrialist paid $60 million for 1689 public libraries to be built in ...

17 янв. 2023 г. · Carnegie began awarding library construction grants to towns in the 1880s. First to Dunfermline Scotland, his birthplace, and then to towns in ...

15 сент. 2021 г. · The first of over 2500 Carnegie-funded libraries opened in his hometown in August 1883. The library was funded by an £8,000 grant provided by ...

The establishment of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh was forecast in a letter, November 25, 1881, from Andrew Carnegie to the Mayor of Pittsburgh, in which Mr.

A CHANCE ENCOUNTER. DC's public library system was established by Congress in 1896. The modest public library operated at 1326 New York Avenue NW.

The library was completed in 1905, fitted out with steel bookshelves and oak furniture, and opened to the public on 9 July 1906. It is a fine example of ...