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The History of Public Libraries in Indiana exhibit guides visitors through the development of Indiana’s public library system from its humble 19th Century beginnings, to the public library building boom of the Carnegie era, to the high-tech, multi-purpose modern libraries of the 21st Century.
By an act of 1925 the State Library and the Public Library Commission were united and placed under one director, and the State Library thus formed, together with the Historical Bureau and the Legislative Reference Bureau, placed under one board called the Indiana Library and Historical Board.
About The Bellevue History Archives The Bellevue Public Library provides free access to a vast collection of historical newspapers through its partnership with Advantage Archives. The archive includes 280,856 pages spanning from 1867 to 2015.
Sep 13, 2023 · Though some public libraries in Indiana existed earlier, between 1901 and 1922, Andrew Carnegie’s library philanthropy funded 164 ‘Carnegie’ Libraries in Indiana, more than any other state in the country. Why? Because Indiana was in the right place at the right time. Culturally, Hoosiers were ready and receptive to the library movement.
Aug 13, 2007 · The first library in Indiana built with Carnegie funds was the domed structure dedicated in Goshen in 1903, designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Patton and Miller. Indiana received its...
The Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau has been open to the public since 1934. The first attempts to have a state library started when Indiana was still a territory with its capital in Corydon, making it the oldest agency of the Indiana government. [2]
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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Indiana provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Indiana, where 164 public libraries were built from 156 grants (totaling $2,508,664) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1918. [1]
