Keywords: Carnegie libraries
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 79368
Carnegie letter establishing library gift, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Rumford Media: Ink on paper
Item 151344
Rumford Falls Library, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Rumford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 151575
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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Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary
A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.
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