“List of Carnegie libraries in Virginia”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 2 grants (totaling $78,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $175,000).

Public libraries

Library

City or
town

Image

Date
granted^[1]

Grant
amount^[1]^[2]

Location

Notes

Norfolk Main

Norfolk

1901|Mar|8}}

$50,000

{{Coord>36.851806|-76.295417|region:US-VA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Norfolk Main Public Library}}

Norfolk Van Wyck

Norfolk

1901|Mar|8}}

$20,000

{{Coord>36.874403|-76.290436|region:US-VA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Norfolk Van Wyck Public Library}}

This library was funded by a Carnegie grant and a donation from H.D. Van Wyck in 1901, but did not open until May 15, 1916. It was designed by Ferguson, Calrow, and Wren.^[4]

Waynesboro

1914|Feb|26}}

$8,000

{{Coord>38.067222|-78.892917|region:US-VA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Waynesboro Carnegie Library}}

Part of Fishburne Military School since 1984, this building was designed by T. J. Collins & Sons. Now used for JROTC classrooms.

Academic libraries

Institution

Locality

Image

Date
granted^[5]

Grant
amount^[5]

Location

Notes

The College of William & Mary

Williamsburg

1905|Mar|31}}
{{dts|1921|Dec|14}}

$20,000
$25,000

Open 1909–1966, now Tucker Hall

Manassas Industrial Institute

Manassas

1908|Apr|16}}

$15,000

Only entrance arch remains

Randolph-Macon College

Ashland

1921|May|2}}

$60,000

Now Peele Hall

Washington and Lee University

Lexington

1905|Mar|15}}

$55,000

Open 1908–1979, now houses the School of Commerce

Notes

1. ^¹At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.
2. ^{{cite journal|date=May 1915|title=The South—Virginia|journal=Library Journal|publisher=R. R. Bowker|location=New York|volume=40|pages=360|issn=0000-0035}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Koch|first=Theodore|title=A book of Carnegie libraries|publisher=H. W. Wilson|location=New York|date=1917|page=116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4-0RAAAAYAAJ&dq=carnegie%20library%20norfolk&pg=PA116-IA6}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.npl.lib.va.us/sgm/oldlobby/archives/nplchron.html|title=History of the Norfolk Public Library|last=Haile|first=Peggy|publisher=Norfolk Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-16}}
5. ^¹Miller, pp. 38–40

References

{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Florence|title=Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961|publisher=Carnegie Corporation|location=New York|date=1963|oclc=1282382|ref=Anderson}}

{{cite book|last=Bobinski|first=George S.|title=Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development|publisher=American Library Association|location=Chicago|date=1969|isbn=0-8389-0022-4|ref=Bobinski}}

{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Theodore|title=Carnegie Libraries Across America|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|date=1997|isbn=0-471-14422-3|ref=Jones}}

{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Durand R.|title=Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917|publisher=Carnegie Corporation of New York|location=New York|date=1943|oclc=2603611|ref=Miller}}

Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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Key

Public libraries

Academic libraries

Notes

References