Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall - Archives: News and Events of A.D. 2000

Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries
Archives: News and Events of A.D. 2002

NEWS ARTICLES, RELEASES, AND NOTICES


Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Library Centennials --
A.D. 2002

Andrew Carnegie Free Library, Carnegie, Pennsylvania --
Official Dedication Ceremony with Andrew Carnegie and John Brashear:
April 22, 1902
(Opened to the public May 1, 1901)

Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, Pennsylvania: Opened July 15, 1902


News Articles, Releases, Notices

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 31:
Across the country, libraries scale back services to balance the books
By The Associated Press

News Updates for 2002 December:
Buhl Planetarium and Carnegie Library

From Pittsburgh Pulp, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 19:
Private Collection
A new lease agreement may help Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh to fund capital improvements.
But who will own the libraries it improves?

By Miles Dinnen

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 11:
Council OKs lease pact with library By Andrew Conte

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 11:
Pittsburgh Council rejects call for public hearing
on Carnegie Library branch lease deals
18 library branches get leases

By Timothy McNulty

Statement of Glenn A. Walsh
Before Pittsburgh City Council - 2002 December 10:
Request for Public Hearing Before Final Council Vote on
Proposed Lease and Sale of Carnegie Library Buildings

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 10:
Residents want hearing on city library leases
By Andrew Conte and Stephanie Franken

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 10:
Editorial: Due date / Council should act today on the library plan

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 10:
Keeping the book open on library lease plan
Flaherty, Ferlo, O'Connor call for public hearing

By Timothy McNulty

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 9:
Libraries seek ways to reach readers By Debra Erdley

From the Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA - 2002 December 7:
Computer lab opens in free library
in Carnegie Free Library of Connellsville

2002 DECEMBER 6:

SELL-OFF OF PITTSBURGH
CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDINGS !

HELP SAVE THE HISTORIC LIBRARY BUILDINGS WHERE CARNEGIE LIBRARY BEGAN!

News Release - 2002 December 6:
CITIZENS FILE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CARNEGIE LIBRARY LEASES
LEASES INCLUDE OPTION TO SELL LIBRARY BUILDINGS

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 5:
Exhibit gives glimpse of crocodile's much-larger ancestor
By Derek J. Fuchs

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 5:
Council approves lease plan to upgrade library branches
By Timothy McNulty

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 December 4:
Brookline residents react to designs for library renovation
By Jackie Day

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 November 30:
Carnegie Library seeking changes in deal with city
Institution wants to own buildings

By Timothy McNulty

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 November 23:
Editorial: Capital improvement / Schweiker's funding release is a timely boost

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 November 22:
Schweiker delivers $63 million for projects
By Tom Barnes and Bill Schackner

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 November 20:
Carnegie envisions Oakland future
Bigger Dinosaur Hall, new Forbes entrance, offices, parking in plan

By Tom Barnes

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 November 20:
On Stage: Space race not over yet By Chris Rawson

Talks about future of City performance spaces, including the Hazlett Theatre in the very first Carnegie Music Hall on Pittsburgh's North Side, and possible future of adjoining Carnegie Library.

2002 DECEMBER 6:

SELL-OFF OF PITTSBURGH
CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDINGS !

HELP SAVE THE HISTORIC LIBRARY BUILDINGS WHERE CARNEGIE LIBRARY BEGAN!

News Release - 2002 December 6:
CITIZENS FILE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CARNEGIE LIBRARY LEASES
LEASES INCLUDE OPTION TO SELL LIBRARY BUILDINGS

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 October 23:
For decades, Lawrenceville library's basement has concealed a mystery
Tale of the tombstone

By Johnna A. Pro, Post-Gazette Staff Writer

Early History of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Address of Glenn A. Walsh During Commemoration of Centennial
of the Dedication of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Library Music Hall: 2002 October 8, 7:00 p.m.(EDST)

Poster - 2002 September 24:
Notice of Peter Krass' Talk on Andrew Carnegie

News Release - 2002 September 23:
Author, South Hills Native With Family Roots in Carnegie Borough,
to Speak About His New Book on Andrew Carnegie
Free Music Hall Talk to Commemorate Centennial of
Dedication of Library by Andrew Carnegie

Tuesday Evening, October 8, 2002, 7:00 p.m. (EDST)
Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall
300 Beechwood Avenue
Carnegie, Pennsylvania

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 September 17:
Museum to celebrate important dates of its most famous resident By Bob Batz Jr.
Centennial of Discovery of Carnegie Museum's "type specimen" dinosaur,
Tyrannosaurus Rex,
and 60th anniversary of display at Carnegie Museum.

NEW BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE - 2002 September 11:
Carnegie By Peter Krass
More Information
ALSO: FREE PUBLIC TALK AT ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2002, 7:00 PM (EDST)

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line, Pittsburgh - 2002 July 26:
North Side personal care home to close By Gary Rotstein

Anderson Manor, originally 1830 mansion of Col. James Anderson, Allegheny City businessman, iron manufacturer, and library philanthropist, to close as personal care home. Col. James Anderson's founding of Western Pennsylvania's first public library, in the late 1840s, was the inspiration for Andrew Carnegie's gifts of 2,811 libraries throughout the English-speaking world from 1881 through 1917.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 July 14:
Carnegie's summer home returns to glory days
By David Bear, Post-Gazette Travel Editor

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 July 14:
Carnegie's Castle
Private club at Skibo makes the affluent feel at home

By David Bear, Post-Gazette Travel Editor

Discovery of the first major dinosaur skeleton: Diplodocus Carnegii("Dippy")

From the Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh - 2002 February 6:
"You Had to Ask:
Regarding the dinosaur outside the Carnegie Museum:
Is it made to scale, or smaller than the actual dinosaur was?"

Regarding Andrew Carnegie's interest in dinosaur skeletons and
the acquisition of Carnegie Institute's first dinosaur skeleton:
Diplodocus Carnegii("Dippy").
By Chris Potter

From the Newhouse News Service, Washington D.C. - 2002 January 24:
Carnegie Libraries Are on Uncertain Ground in New Century By Dru Sefton

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2002 January 2:
Partnership optimistic about funding By Treshea N. Wade
Regarding funding for rehabilitation of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library, Carnegie PA.


From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - November 13, 1998:
RAD formula called unfair to poorer libraries

Chart of Per Capita Funding of County Libraries, Under ACLA 1999 Distribution Formula

Chart of Per-Capita Funding of County Libraries, Under ACLA 2001-A Proposal

Chart of Per-Capita Funding of County Libraries, Under ACLA Proposal 2001-B("Formula 2001")


Calendar of Astronomical Events

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