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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Alabama provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Alabama, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $195,800) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $94,040).
Key
Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building no longer standing
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
Public libraries
Academic libraries
| Institution | City or town |
Image | Date granted |
Grant amount |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | Normal | 
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Mar 10, 1904 | $16,540 | Buchanan Way 34°47′5.07″N 86°34′9.75″W / 34.7847417°N 86.5693750°W / 34.7847417; -86.5693750 (Alabama A&M University Carnegie Library) |
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| 2 | Alabama Polytechnic Institute | Auburn | 
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Mar 27, 1905 | $30,000 | W. Thatch Avenue 32°36′13.86″N 85°29′1.16″W / 32.6038500°N 85.4836556°W / 32.6038500; -85.4836556 (Mary E. Martin Hall) |
Now Martin Hall, houses offices |
| 3 | Judson College | Marion | Mar 12, 1906 | $12,500 | Now Bean Hall, houses Alabama Women's Hall of Fame | ||
| 4 | Talladega College | Talladega | 
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Jan 16, 1904 | $15,000 | Burned in 1963 | |
| 5 | Tuskegee University | Tuskegee | 
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Dec 20, 1900 | $20,000 | Open 1901–1932, now houses offices |
Notes
- ^ Miller, pp. 38–40
References
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- Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
- Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
- Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
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 (usually Jones) without support from the others.
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