Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Pa.

ID: 914 ~ Source: "Carnegie library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." [Between 1900 and 1905]. Photo, Print, Drawing. Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007684172/. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, R. Tyler Habiger ~ Date: c. 1900

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Young patrons in a reading room in the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Pa., c. 1900.

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Bolivar Missouri Public Library

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, R. Tyler Habiger

The name Andrew Carnegie likely rings a few bells for the average and expert tourist or historian. In 1889, Carnegie wrote an article in which he stated that “in bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who help themselves.”…