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100 1 $aJones, Theodore,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96059231
245 10 $aCarnegie libraries across America :$ba public legacy /$cTheodore Jones.
260 $a[Washington, D.C.] :$bPreservation Press ;$aNew York :$bJohn Wiley,$c©1997.
300 $axii, 181 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-170) and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rKaral Ann Marling --$gCh. 1.$tAndrew Carnegie: Private Fortune and Public Life --$gCh. 2.$tBuilding a Public Library System --$gCh. 3.$tThe Library Program: Carnegie, Bertram, and Community Grants --$gCh. 4.$tResponding to Carnegie's Library Grants --$gCh. 5.$tThe Architecture of Carnegie Libraries --$gCh. 6.$tLife in a Carnegie Library Building --$gCh. 7.$tCarnegie Libraries One Hundred Years Later --$gApp. 1.$tVital Statistics for the Carnegie Library Program --$gApp. 2.$tGazetteer: Carnegie Public Libraries by State.
520 $aIn the only comprehensive history of the libraries that Carnegie built, journalist and historian Theodore Jones revisits these national treasures. He helps us rediscover an important part of who we are as a people. An enthralling read for American history buffs and a valuable resource for preservationists and restoration architects, Carnegie Libraries Across America explores all major historical, social, and technical apexes of the subject.
520 8 $aWriting in a taut journalistic style, Jones introduces us to Andrew Carnegie, robber baron, philanthropist, veritable Horatio Alger character, and explores his motives in endowing the construction of libraries on such a massive scale. He takes us inside the library fund where we meet the decision-makers and learn the criteria by which they judged who was a fit beneficiary of the Carnegie largess and who was not.
520 8 $aAnd with the help of original documents, including letters of petition by schoolteachers, bankers, and civic leaders from across the United States, he provides valuable insights into life in turn-of-the-century American towns and the values and aspirations of their citizens.
520 8 $aAnd, of course, there are the buildings themselves. Jones tells the stories of many of the most notable Carnegie libraries and the various uses they have been put to over the years. In exploring the impact they had on public architecture in America, he recounts the furious battles waged by factions within the architectural community over the design of the libraries.
520 8 $aUsing nearly 100 superb reproductions, including many never-before-seen postcards and photographs, he identifies the differing architectural styles represented in various Carnegie libraries, and considers the ideological implications of each. Jones also supplies a complete directory listing the location, date of construction, and current use of each library.
650 0 $aCarnegie libraries$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aLibrary buildings$zUnited States$xHistory.
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