In the early 1900’s, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was known not only for his success with the Carnegie Steel Company but also for his passion for reading and education. He ...
In 1892, one Iowa town received a grant from Carnegie not to build a bridge or railroad, but a public library.
Carnegie Libraries in Iowa Project' works to preserve history of 99 libraries built with grants from Andrew Carnegie.
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who became one of the richest men in world history through his company, Carnegie Steel. He sold Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 ...
The Andrew Carnegie Fellowship program was created under the direction of the late Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Aurora ...
At a time when America struggled -- often violently -- to sort out the competing claims of democracy and individual gain, Carnegie championed both. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet he ...
It’s moving day at America’s first Carnegie library, perched on the side of a hill in Braddock, Pa. A team of young librarians shuttles in and out with arms full, filling the back of a pickup truck ...
On this edition of Throwback Thursday, Lori Kent with the Local Lou Podcast tells us about the Old Carnegie Library.
The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program continues the mission of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and ...
The American Library Association (ALA) has selected Lost Children Archive (Alfred A. Knopf) by Valeria Luiselli as the winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and Midnight ...