List of Carnegie libraries in Europe explained

This is an incomplete list of Carnegie libraries in Europe.

Belgium

A Carnegie library was built in the 1920s for the University of Leuven to replace a building destroyed in the First World War.

Funding came from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which also built libraries in the war-damaged cities of Rheims and Belgrade.The architect of the Leuven library was Whitney Warren. Although the architect was American, he employed a Flemish style for this commission. His building in turn suffered severe damage in the Second World War, but has been restored. (For more details of this library, see Catholic University of Leuven.)

France

The Carnegie library of Reims is the single Carnegie library in France. Reims was devastated in the First World War and the losses included library accommodation in the town-hall. The provision of a new library was conceived as a contribution to the city's reconstruction. Reims was one of three "front-line" cities to be given a Carnegie library, the other two being Leuven and Belgrade.

The Art Deco building was finished in 1927, and opened the following year in the presence of Gaston Doumergue, the French President and Myron T. Herrick, the US ambassador. The building was restored at the beginning of the 21st century. The library stock includes some materials that survived World War I.[1]

Ireland

Carnegie libraries are to be found throughout Ireland.[2] [3] Libraries vary considerably in size, some of the rural ones being very small, but the smallest must be the cabinets used for the Carnegie Library Lighthouse Service. 80 were constructed originally and 62 survive in their current form as of 2020 although some no longer function as libraries.[4]

A full list and description of Carnegie libraries in Ireland is in Irish Carnegie Libraries: a Catalogue & Architectural History.[5] The examples listed below are in the Republic of Ireland.

!County!Location and street!Image!Notes
CorkAnglesea Streetfoundation stone laid 1903; destroyed in the Burning of Cork[6]
CorkAshe Street. YoughalAlso used as a Quaker meeting house[7]
CorkMillstreet
DublinBalbrigganBuilt c1905[8]
DublinBallsbridge(1929)[9]
DublinBlackrock, Dublin[10]
DublinCabinteely[11] [12]
DublinClondalkin[13]
DublinDalkey[14]
DublinCharleville Mall, North Strand[15]
DublinDundrum, Dublinstill in use as a library[16] [17]
DublinDún Laoghaire[18] [19]
DublinGarristown1912[20]
DublinGlencullen1907[21]
DublinKish Bank lighthouse[22]
DublinLusk, Dublin(1908)[23]
DublinMalahide
DublinPearse Street, Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive
DublinRathmines(1913)[24]
DublinSandyford[25]
DublinShankill(1912, R.M Butler)[26]
DublinSkerries, DublinStrand street. 1911, still in use as a library[27] [28]
DublinSwords, Dublin
DublinWhitechurch, Dublin(1911)[29] [30]
KerryCaherciveen[31]
KerryCastleisland[32]
KerryDingle[33] [34]
KerryKenmare[35]
KerryKillorglin1909[36]
KerryListowel[37] [38]
KerryTralee
KilkennyKilkenny city, John's Quay1910, still in use as a library[39]
LimerickAthea1917[40]
LimerickAskeaton[41]
LimerickBallyhahill[42]
LimerickBallysteen[43]
LimerickBroadford, County Limerick[44]
LimerickClouncagh1917[45]
LimerickCroagh[46]
LimerickFeenagh, County Limerick[47]
LimerickKilcolman[48]
LimerickKildimo[49]
LimerickPery Square, Limerick City1906, Limerick City Gallery of Art[50]
LimerickNewcastle West[51] [52]
LimerickPallaskenry[53]
LimerickRathkeale
LimerickShanagolden, County Limerick[54]
LouthDrogheda[55]
WaterfordBallyduff, County Waterford[56]
WaterfordCappoquin[57]
WaterfordLismore, County Waterford1910[58]
WaterfordTallow, County Waterford[59]
WaterfordWaterford City Libraryfoundation stone laid 1903 – first Carnegie library in Ireland and still in use[60]
WicklowBray, County Wicklow[61]
WicklowEnniskerry[62]
WicklowGreystones[63] [64]

Netherlands

The Peace Palace Library is a library in The Hague. A financial donation by Andrew Carnegie made the construction of the Peace Palace possible.

Serbia

The Belgrade University Library, Serbia, is a Carnegie library.[65] Much of Belgrade was destroyed in the First World War, and in the 1920s it became one of three "front-line" cities to receive a Carnegie library, the other two being Leuven and Rheims.

United Kingdom

The Dunfermline Carnegie Library was the first Carnegie library to be built in Scotland; it opened in Carnegie's birthplace in 1883. Carnegie libraries in England began to be built at the beginning of the 20th century. In his retirement, Carnegie divided his time between the US and Scotland, and opened some British libraries personally.

In Britain the process of applying for a Carnegie library was broadly similar to that in the US. It was adapted to British legislation, e.g. the Public Libraries Act, which permitted expenditure from the rates on local libraries. Carnegie assessed applications using criteria which favoured poorer towns, but applicants had to undertake to support their library, providing it with books etc. from the rates. While most towns were very grateful to receive a grant, Carnegie's project was not without controversy. For example, some people objected to the way in which he had made his money. In the case of Stratford-on-Avon there were objections to the proposed building for conservation reasons, and this resulted in a library which blends into the half-timbered neighbouring buildings.[66]

Most Carnegie libraries served the general population of towns and cities, but he also provided some academic libraries in the UK. (This pattern of town and academic libraries was in line with his policy in the US where he provided a number of college libraries, for example at Tuskegee University.[67]) In Stoke-on-Trent the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust funded a specialist ceramics library.[68] The existence of special collections with catalogues gave scope for the development of interlibrary loans.

From 1913 applications were handled by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust,[69] based in Carnegie's home town, Dunfermline. The trust continued to fund libraries after Carnegie's death in 1919, but its priorities shifted to other areas of its charitable work.

Current status of Carnegie libraries

As at 2011 many of the UK's Carnegie libraries continue to be used for their original purpose. However, Carnegie libraries are being affected by local authority budget cuts which are reducing the number of public libraries across the country.[70]

Some Carnegie libraries are unprotected by the listing system. Over the years some Carnegie libraries have been demolished, e.g. Grays (details in the list below) On the other hand, new uses have been found for other Carnegie libraries, e.g. Pontefract's Carnegie library is now a museum.

England

The Carnegie Collection of British Music on loan to The Maughan Library.

Swinton Carnegie Library opened in 1906. Was sold off in the early 80s and is currently a short term rental building where guests can still enjoy the original features of the building.

Scotland

In Scotland the Carnegie libraries were typically built of stone.[118] In the rest of the British Isles there was much more use of brick. The drawings of the Carnegie libraries designed by architect James Robert Rhind are in the Strathclyde Archives, Glasgow.[119]

Wales

Carnegie's libraries were not exclusively for English-speakers. The Bangor library was called Llyfrgell Rydd ("Free Library" in Welsh).

Northern Ireland

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Irish Carnegie Libraries, An Architectural History . www.dublincity.ie . 28 May 2014 . 27 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Catalogue of the Photographic Exhibition of Irish Carnegie Libraries . An Chomhairle Leabharlanna (Library Council of Ireland) . 4 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726213327/http://www.librarycouncil.ie/documents/AnTaisceCatalogue3.pdf . 26 July 2011 .
  4. Web site: Irish Carnegie Libraries, An Architectural History . Dublin City Council . 28 May 2014 . 24 July 2020.
  5. Irish Carnegie Libraries: a Catalogue & Architectural History by Brendan Grimes (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1998
  6. Web site: 8 March 2013 . 1905 – Carnegie Library, Anglesea Street, Cork . 23 July 2020 . Archiseek.
  7. Web site: CO. CORK, YOUGHAL, ASHE STREET, CARNEGIE LIBRARY Dictionary of Irish Architects - . 27 July 2020 . www.dia.ie.
  8. Web site: 21 January 2010 . 1905 – Carnegie Library, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin . 23 July 2020 . Archiseek.
  9. Web site: 20 January 2010 . 1929 – Pembroke Library, Anglesea Road, Dublin . 23 July 2020 . Archiseek.
  10. Web site: 29 July 2020 . McCullough Mulvin Architects . 29 July 2020 . McCullough Mulvin . en.
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  45. Web site: Clouncagh Carnegie Library, CLONCAGH, Clouncagh, County Limerick . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
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  47. Web site: Feenagh Carnegie Library, FEENAGH, Feenagh, County Limerick . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
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  50. Web site: 26 January 2016 . 1908 – Carnegie Library & Museum, Pery Sq., Limerick . 23 July 2020 . Archiseek.
  51. Web site: CO. LIMERICK, NEWCASTLE WEST, PUBLIC LIBRARY Dictionary of Irish Architects - . 27 July 2020 . www.dia.ie.
  52. Web site: Liston Auctioneers, Market Place, Bishop Street, GORTBOY, Newcastle West, County Limerick . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
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  55. Web site: 7 January 2010 . 1905 – Former Library, Drogheda, Co. Louth . 24 July 2020 . Archiseek - Irish Architecture.
  56. Web site: Ballyduff Carnegie Free Library, BALLYDUFF (COS. BY.), Ballyduff, County Waterford . 23 July 2020 . National Inventory of Architectural Heeritage.
  57. Web site: Cappoquin Carnegie Free Library, Main Street, CAPPOQUIN, Cappoquin, County Waterford . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
  58. Web site: Lismore Carnegie Free Library, West Street, CASTLELANDS, Lismore, County Waterford . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
  59. Web site: Tallow Carnegie Free Library, Convent Street (Tallowbridge Street), TALLOW, Tallow, County Waterford . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
  60. Web site: Waterford City Carnegie Free Library, Lady Lane, Bakehouse Lane, WATERFORD CITY, Waterford, County Waterford . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
  61. Web site: Bray Carnegie Free Library, Florence Road, Eglington Road, BRAY, Bray, County Wicklow . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
  62. Web site: 28 February 2013 . 1911 – Carnegie Library, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow . 24 July 2020 . Archiseek - Irish Architecture.
  63. Web site: Greystones Carnegie Free Library, Church Road, KILLINCARRIG, Greystones, County Wicklow . 27 July 2020 . Buildings of Ireland.
  64. Web site: 14 February 2019 . Greystones Library . 27 July 2020 . greystones.ie.
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  68. The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust has deposited historic files in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, where they are available to researchers
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  134. Web site: 1905 – Carnegie Library, Portadown, Co. Armagh . Archiseek - Irish Architecture . 27 July 2020 . 9 September 2016.
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