Author : Theodore Jones
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 36,11 MB
Release : 1997-04-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
And with the help of original documents, including letters of petition by schoolteachers, bankers, and civic leaders from across the United States, he provides valuable insights into life in turn-of-the-century American towns and the values and aspirations of their citizens.
Author : Abigail A. Van Slyck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 1998-07-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226850320
Familiar landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries have shaped the public library experience of generations of Americans and today seen far from controversial. In Free to All, however, Abigail Van Slyck shows that the classical facades and symmetrical plans of these buildings often mask the complex and contentious circumstances of their construction and use.
Author : George Sylvan Bobinski
Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation provided funding for 1,681 public library buildings in 1,412 U.S. communities between 1889 and 1923. This philanthropy had a great impact on the growth of public library development in the United States. Free public libraries supported by local taxation had begun with Boston in 1849 and slowly spread throughout the country. The Carnegie benefactions made them leap forward. This internationally famous celebrity chose libraries as one of the primary sources for his philanthropy. He also attached two conditions to his offer of money for a public library building--the local community had to provide a suitable site and formally agree to continuously support the library through local tax funds. The latter solidified acceptance of the concept of tax support for libraries.
Author : Andrew Larsen
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 12,36 MB
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781771472678
A picture book biography of American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
Author : Kate Hampton
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 12,30 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781591522508
Between 1910 and 1922, seventeen Montana communities built libraries with money given to them by the era's richest man, Andrew Carnegie. Fifteen of those libraries stand today, and their story is compellingly told here by architectural historian Kate Hampton. Just as he did in Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana, photographer Tom Ferris provides stunning detail of both the classic and unusual architectural elements of these iconic buildings. Hand-drawn architectural renderings and other historical images combine to create a detailed portrait of Carnegie's rich legacy in Montana. All book proceeds benefit Montana historic preservation!
Author : Mary B. Dierickx
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Carnegie libraries
ISBN :
Author : Theodore Wesley Koch
Publisher : White Plains, New York : H.W. Wilson
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Author : Norman D. Stevens
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810818743
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Bibliography
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
