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Carnegie Commemorative Grants to Urban Public Libraries

Marking the Centennial of Andrew Carnegie's Gifts to 2,506 Public Libraries

Grants to Promote Literacy, Services to Children and Adolescents,
Preservation, and Special Collections

Press Packet: June 10, 1999

Table of Contents

• Press Release

• President's Essay: Libraries and Andrew Carnegie's Legacy | Download as a PDF file 290 KB, 10 pages

• Remarks by Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York

• Remarks by Library Directors

• Project Descriptions

  Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Biblioteca Carnegie Boston Public Library Brooklyn Public Library Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Chicago Public Library Cleveland Public Library District of Columbia Public Library Denver Public Library Detroit Public Library Enoch Pratt Free Library

  Free Library of Philadelphia Houston Public Library Indianapolis-Marion County Library Kansas City Public Library Los Angeles Public Library Miami-Dade Public Library System Minneapolis Public Library New Orleans Public Library Newark Public Library New York Public Library Queens Borough Public Library San Antonio Public Library San Francisco Public Library Seattle Public Library

• Andrew Carnegie's Letter of Gift to NYPL in 1901

   

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