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This is a chronological overview of the Carnegie Libraries constructed in Nebraska with background information about the requirements for these grants (yes, there were local requirements) and comments about the architecture and history of these structures. The "Bad" is the downside of the Carnegie donations, including the building designs and expectation of outside funding for library capitol projects. Speaker: Laureen Riedesel, Director, Beatrice Public Library. NCompass Live - December 19, 2012. http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
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Carnegie Libraries the Good, the Bad, and
the Beautiful
Andrew Carnegie
Requirements for receiving
Carnegie Funds for a Public Library
A Public Library Board organized according to
State Law was the recipient of the funds.
Community must provide a site with convenient
access, natural light around the building and room to
expand for the future.
Tentative building plans had to be approved by
Carnegie.
The funding source
had to be public and
agree to a basic funding level that would be
maintained by them.
The public entity
had to agree to continue the continuous existence of the Public Library in
the community.
Lincoln Main 1901
Fremont 1903
Beatrice 1904
Beatrice Foyer
Hastings 1904
Grand Island 1905
Kearney 1905
Adult Reading Room (Kearney)
Children’s Reading Room (Kearney)
Havelock (Lincoln) 1907
Pawnee City 1907
Tecumseh 1907
Albion 1908
Albion Interior
McCook 1908
McCook Front View
Fairbury 1909
Northeast Branch (Lincoln) 1909
Superior 1909
Superior Interior
Sutton 1910
Alma 1911
Ashland 1911
Aurora 1911
Chadron 1911
Neligh 1911
Norfolk 1911
Schuyler 1911
Alliance 1912
Geneva 1912
North Bend 1912
North Platte 1912
North Platte Interior
O’Neill 1912
Pierce 1912
Gibbon 1913
Madison 1913
Wayne 1913
Wayne (Later)
Burwell 1914
Fairfield 1914
Seward 1914
Shelton 1914
Columbus 1915
Crete 1915
Franklin 1915
Stanton 1915
Bloomfield 1916
Broken Bow 1916
Broken Bow (Newspaper Clipping)
College View (Lincoln) 1916
Gothenburg 1916
Hartington 1916
Harvard 1916
Plainview 1916
Tekamah 1916
University Place (Lincoln) 1916
Arcadia 1917 (Newspaper Clipping)
Blair 1917
Loup City 1917 (Newspaper Clipping)
Sidney 1917
Spencer 1917
Ravenna 1918
Clarks 1919 (photo taken 1978)
David City 1919
Wymore 1919 (photo of renovated building in 2002)
Scottsbluff 1921
West Nebraska Art Center(formerly Scottsbluff Carnegie Library)
Cozad 1922 (Newspaper Clipping)
-Bobinski, George S. CARNEGIE LIBRARIES: Their history and impact on American Public Library development. Chicago: ALA, c. 1969
- CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE. A Manual of the public benefactions of Andrew Carnegie. Washington, 1919.
- Jones, Theodore. CARNEGIE LIBRARIES ACROSS AMERICA. New York: John Wiley & Sons, c. 1997.
- Pollak, Oliver. A STATE OF READERS: Nebraska’s Carnegie Libraries. J & L Lee Co., c. 2005.
- http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/docs/nlcarchives/Carnegie/carnegiephotos
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