Akron, INVisit the Library and Archives I grew up in Akron, a very small town in Indiana. When I was in third grade (80 years ago), I would walk to the Carnegie Library, check out an armful of books, take them home to read, take them back to the library, and check out another armload.…
Santa Cruz, CAVisit the Library and Archives In 2014 I started a journey. There were, at one time, four Carnegie Libraries here in Santa Cruz, California. Now, only two of the buildings remain. The one that had been closest to my home, the Eastside Library, had been in what is now a traffic-locked triangle of…
Eveleth, MNVisit the Library and Archives I remember, when I was young, going into the Eveleth Public Library and seeing the Carnegie plaque in the entryway. The Andrew Carnegie–funded library opened on July 1, 1914. When I was a child, the Eveleth Public Library was a magical place to go. I used to spend a…