For the Love of Carnegie Libraries

This website, produced by Carnegie Corporation of New York, features user-generated content submitted by fans of Carnegie Libraries. It also includes celebrations funded through Carnegie Libraries 250, a special initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with gifts of $10,000 to Carnegie Libraries across the country.

Click here to share your photographs and personal stories about the Carnegie Libraries you’ve visited.

Click here to share the ways that your Carnegie Library has spent your $10,000 gift.

Visit our companion website, Carnegie Libraries Across America, to view an interactive map and archival records of the nearly 1,700 libraries across America that Andrew Carnegie helped fund.

Did your library receive a Carnegie Libraries 250 gift?

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A Carnegie Library Road Trip

Journalist Mark McDonald submitted a collection of photos and stories about his travels to more than 150 Carnegie Libraries in the United States. What he saw and learned, he says, made him proud to be an American.

In a Snowy North Dakota Town, Bake Sales and Raffles Provide a Restored Dome for a Carnegie Library

122 years ago, a women’s group helped bring a Carnegie Library to Valley City. Recently, the town rallied again to make much-needed repairs to the building

A Portland Community Votes to Invest $13 Million in Its Carnegie Library

As part of a taxpayer-approved ballot measure, North Portland Library is one of three Carnegie Libraries renovated in Multnomah County, Oregon

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Carnegie Libraries Across America

Use our interactive map, based on historical records, to learn about the nearly 1,700 public libraries Andrew Carnegie built in the United States. Discover materials from Carnegie’s archives for each location and help preserve and extend the legacy of these institutions by submitting your own photographs and personal stories about the Carnegie Libraries you’ve visited.

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