At first, Carnegie libraries were almost exclusively in places with which he had a personal connection—namely his birthplace in Scotland and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, his adopted hometown.
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18 Facts About Carnegie libraries
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Yet, beginning in the middle of 1899, Carnegie substantially increased funding to libraries outside these areas.
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The first of Carnegie's public libraries, Dunfermline Carnegie Library, was in his birthplace, Dunfermline, Scotland.
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Rather than insisting on his libraries being racially integrated, Carnegie funded separate libraries for African Americans in the South.
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Similarly, most Carnegie libraries had a lamp post or lantern installed near the entrance, meant as a symbol of enlightenment.
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Carnegie libraries's grants were very large for the era, and his library philanthropy is one of the most costly philanthropic activities, by value, in history.
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Later in Pennsylvania, while working for the local telegraph company in Pittsburgh, Carnegie libraries borrowed books from the personal library of Colonel James Anderson.
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Carnegie libraries opened his collection to his workers every Saturday.
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Carnegie libraries's libraries were the best-known expression of this philanthropic goal.
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In 1900, Carnegie libraries granted funds to build the Anderson Memorial Library, in memory of Colonel James Anderson, at the College of Emporia.
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Carnegie libraries required public support rather than making endowments because, as he wrote:.
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Interest in libraries was heightened at a crucial time in their early development by Carnegie's high profile and his genuine belief in their importance.
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In 1902, Carnegie libraries offered funds to build a library in Dunedin in New Zealand.
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Carnegie libraries's architects designed the Pittsburgh neighborhood branches so that one librarian could oversee each entire operation.
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Mark Twain, a supporter of Carnegie libraries, claimed that Carnegie libraries used philanthropy as a tool to buy fame.
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Carnegie libraries established charitable trusts which have continued his philanthropic work.
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Carnegie libraries found that 276 were unchanged, 286 had been expanded, 175 had been remodeled, 243 had been demolished, and others had been converted to other uses.
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Some Carnegie Libraries, have been replaced in name with that of city libraries such as the Epiphany library in New York City.
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