Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
History Cover Page

Court Petition to Restructure Library Board, Including the Elimination of Life Trustees
PETITION APPROVED at
Public Hearing in Allegheny County Orphans' Court
17th floor, Frick Building, Downtown Pittsburgh
Tuesday, June 6, 2000, 10:50:00 a.m.(EDST)

News Articles Regarding Petition to Amend
1899 Trust of Andrew Carnegie

News Release - April 20, 2000:
DO YOU HAVE OLD PICTURES OF, OR PAPERS FROM,
THE ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY AND MUSIC HALL ?

Notice - November 22, 1999:
Library Reinstalls Historic Black-Out Blinds
Used During World War II

News Release - October 6, 1999:
OCTOBER 19 MARKS CENTENNIAL OF LIBRARY CORNERSTONE
TIME CAPSULE INCLUDED AS LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION BEGAN

1899 Newspaper Articles Regarding Laying of Library Cornerstone -

From the Carnegie Union - September 1, 1899:
Captain Thomas Espy GAR Post Participated in Military Parade in Pittsburg
From the Carnegie Item - October 13, 1899: Cornerstone Laying Next Thursday
From the Carnegie Union - October 13, 1899:
Dalzell Will Be Here, Will Deliver the Oration at the Library Corner Stone Laying

From the Carnegie Item - October 20, 1899: Cornerstone Laying of Carnegie Library:
Headline
Photograph of Andrew Carnegie
News Article - Part 1
News Article - Part 2
Editorial
From the Carnegie Union - October 20, 1899: The Corner Stone Laid:
Headline
News Article - Part 1
News Article - Part 2
News Article - Part 3
From the Carnegie Union - October 27, 1899:
Notes About the Laying of the Library Cornerstone and the Captain Thomas Espy GAR Post


April 9, 2000 Marks Centennial of Library's By-Laws

News Release - April 7, 1999:
LIBRARY LEGALLY ESTABLISHED 100 YEARS AGO
BY ANDREW CARNEGIE

Click Here to see Andrew Carnegie's Declaration of Trust Agreement,
the Library's Legal Charter, in its entirety.
(Executed April 20, 1899)

Click Here to see the By-Laws and By-Laws Amendments
of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library, in their entirety.
(Established April 9, 1900)

As part of the commemoration of the Centennial of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library's Declaration of Trust Agreement, the Library's Board of Trustees held their Annual Board Meeting on the actual date of the Centennial, April 20, 1999:

Meeting Notice and Agenda of the 1999 Library Board Annual Meeting

Minutes from the 1999 Library Board Annual Meeting
Attachment:
1999 -- 2000 Annual Schedule of Meetings of the Board of Trustees


From The Signal-Item, Carnegie, Pa., April 15, 1999:
100-year celebration forthcoming for library

Cobblestone Magazine logo In Cobblestone Magazine, April, 1999: The History of Andrew Carnegie
Cobblestone Student Activities on Life of Andrew Carnegie
News Release - April 12, 1999:
National Magazine Highlights Andrew Carnegie and Pittsburgh

News Release - April 14, 1998:
Library Marks Centennial of Original Grant From Andrew Carnegie

Grant Centennial Citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,
sponsored by Representative John R. Pippy.


Letter to Andrew Carnegie from first Library Board - March 31, 1898:
Library Board Asks That High School Be Included
With Donation of Library

Letter from Andrew Carnegie - April 26, 1898:
Andrew Carnegie Provides $210,000 Grant to Build
Andrew Carnegie Free Library

1895 Dedication of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
and Carnegie Institute,
Including Andrew Carnegie's Dedicatory Address in its Entirety

News Release - October 2, 1995:
100 Years Ago - Andrew Carnegie Announces Desire to Build Library in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, During Carnegie Institute Dedication

News Release - July 12, 1997:
Historic Music Hall Curtain Re-created

History of the Music Hall of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library


Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries Photo Album

Andrew Carnegie Free Library Photo Album

History of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library

History Plaques of Library


Historic Artifacts from American Wars
on Display at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library

History of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library Civil War Museum:
The Captain Thomas Espy Post #153, Grand Army of the Republic

Cannons from the Spanish-American War
guard the entrance to the Andrew Carnegie Free Library

Cannon on north side of Library entrance. *** Cannon on south side of Library entrance.

Black-Out Blinds Used by the Library During Air Raid Drills,
Conducted During World War II


History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries

The Carnegie Formula and Early Carnegie Libraries

Library Grants, Presented by Andrew Carnegie,
in the Nineteenth Century

Early Children's Services at Carnegie Libraries

History of Astronomer and Optician John A. Brashear
(Friend of Andrew Carnegie)
John Brashear Accompanies Andrew Carnegie to
1902 Dedication of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library

Information about the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall

Institution and Board of Trustees

Library Board Resolutions

Library Service Area

History of The Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other History Links

Library Newsletter On-Line

Archives: News and Events.

News and Calendar of Events.

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