List of Carnegie libraries in the United States explained

The following list of Carnegie libraries in the United States provides detailed information on public Carnegie libraries in each state or other territory in the United States, including the number of Carnegie libraries in that state, and the earliest and latest dates of grant award. Click on the state name to go to a detailed listing of the individual Carnegie libraries in that state (divided into public and academic sections). Note that Alaska and Delaware have no Carnegie libraries, and are thus not included in the table.

Detail table

State	Number of public grants^[1]	Number of public libraries	Number of academic libraries^[2]	Earliest grant^[3]	Latest grant	Total amount (US$)
Alabama	14	14	5			align=right	$289,840.00
Arizona	4	4	—			align=right	$64,000.00
Arkansas	4	4	—			align=right	$138,600.00
California	121	142	2			align=right	$2,836,987.00
Colorado	27	35	1			align=right	$779,943.00
Connecticut	8	11	—			align=right	$191,900.00
District of Columbia	1	4	1			align=right	$732,000.00
Florida	10	10	4			align=right	$254,500.00
Georgia	20	24	5			align=right	$613,756.00
Idaho	10	10	—			align=right	$137,500.00
Illinois	105	106	5			align=right	$1,751,200.00
Indiana	156	165	2			align=right	$2,588,664.38
Iowa	99	101	7			align=right	$1,705,706.00
Kansas	58	59	7			align=right	$1,070,496.00
Kentucky	15	23	4			align=right	$896,800.00
Louisiana	4	9	—			align=right	$380,000.00
Maine	18	18	2			align=right	$311,450.00
Maryland	1	14	—			align=right	$500,000.00
Massachusetts	35	43	5			align=right	$1,651,346.00
Michigan	53	61	—			align=right	$1,655,950.00
Minnesota	57	65	1			align=right	$998,975.00
Mississippi	10	11	2			align=right	$235,000.00
Missouri	26	33	2			align=right	$1,555,143.84
Montana	17	17	—			align=right	$226,700.00
Nebraska	68	69	—			align=right	$706,288.00
Nevada	1	1	—			align=right	$15,000.00
New Hampshire	9	9	1			align=right	$154,000.00
New Jersey	30	36	—			align=right	$1,066,935.03
New Mexico	3	3	—			align=right	$32,000.00
New York (New York City alone)	41 (1)	106 (66)	3 (—)			align=right	$6,697,149.00
North Carolina	9	10	6			align=right	$294,313.71
North Dakota	8	8	3			align=right	$201,100.00
Ohio	79	106	7			align=right	$3,239,928.64
Oklahoma	24	24	1			align=right	$494,500.00
Oregon	25	31	1			align=right	$498,000.00
Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) (Philadelphia alone)	27 (12) (1)	59 (19) (25)	9 (2) (1)			align=right	$5,610,587.00
Rhode Island	—	—	1			align=right	$150,000.00
South Carolina	14	14	4			align=right	$189,700.00
South Dakota	25	25	2			align=right	$311,000.00
Tennessee	10	13	7			align=right	$605,500.00
Texas	30	32	1			align=right	$664,500.00
Utah	23	23	—			align=right	$255,470.00
Vermont	4	4	1			align=right	$105,000.00
Virginia	2	3	4			align=right	$253,000.00
Washington	33	44	—			align=right	$1,046,000.00
West Virginia	3	3	1			align=right	$101,500.00
Wisconsin	60	63	2			align=right	$1,149,511.50
Wyoming	16	16	—			align=right	$257,500.00
Hawaii	1	1	—			align=right	$100,000.00
Puerto Rico	1	1	—			align=right	$100,000.00
Totals	1,419	1,687	109			align=right	$45,865,440.10

• A: Owing to confusion from Old Colorado City's incorporation into Colorado Springs, Jones counts a library twice and reports this figure as 36.
• B: Bobinski and Miller do not list Gardiner as having received a full grant because its grant was to complete an unfinished building (noted in Anderson and Miller); Anderson and Jones include it.
• C: Jones erroneously reports this number as 64, while Bobinski reports the number of grants at 58. However, all four references list 65 libraries in their gazetteers; Anderson, Jones, and Miller list 57 grants.
• D: No reference tallies this number correctly for the public libraries. The amount is reported as $962,475 by Anderson, who for unknown reasons omits Walker from his list. Bobinski and Miller list Walker, but sum to $969,375. However, their gazetteers sum to $968,975 which, when added to $30,000 grant for the academic library in Saint Paul, confirms the above figure.
• E: Bobinski and Miller do not list Orange's library in summary tables, but note in their full listings that the community received a small grant toward the purchase of a branch library.
• F: Bobinski and Miller summarize 105 Ohio libraries, though Miller's summary details 107. Jones, who investigated the branch libraries of Cleveland and Cincinnati, arrives at 106, the most authoritative number.
• G: This figure includes the cost of the central library in Pittsburgh, which Miller does not include.
• H: Bobinski and Miller claim there are just 43 libraries in Washington but detail 44 in their summary tables, which matches the other references.

Map

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References

• Book: Anderson, Florence. Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. Carnegie Corporation. New York. 1963. 1282382. Anderson.
• Book: Bobinski, George S.. Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. American Library Association. Chicago. 1969. 0-8389-0022-4. Bobinski.
• Book: Jones, Theodore. Carnegie Libraries Across America. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1997. 0-471-14422-3. Jones.
• Book: Miller, Durand R.. Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. Carnegie Corporation of New York. New York. 1943. 2603611. 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.

Notes and References

1. At various times, references disagree on these numbers with each other. In these cases, an attempt has been made to note the discrepancy and report the correct number. In general, Anderson's and Miller's works were relied on most.
2. [#Miller|Miller]
3. These dates were compiled from the microfilm records of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, archived at Columbia University, New York City.