Keywords: Carnegie
Item 52637
Carnegie Library, Fairfield, ca. 1920
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: Postcard
Item 54661
Carnegie Library, Fairfield, ca. 1912
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1912 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 111331
Rumford Falls Library, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Rumford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 111977
Rumford Falls Library alterations, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1933 Location: Rumford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.
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Music in Maine - Country Music
"… Music Show and appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and later as a regular member of the WWVA Jamboree U.S.A. in Wheeling, West Virginia."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library
"Later the Carnegie Foundation donated 10,000 dollars toward creating a library building in Presque Isle. Thomas Phair provided the building site."
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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
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