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List of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming

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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Wyoming, where 16 libraries were built from 16 grants (totaling $257,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917.

Carnegie libraries

Library City or
town
Image Date
granted
[1]
Grant
amount
[1]
Location Notes
1 Basin Basin Jun 29, 1908 $17,500
2 Buffalo Buffalo Jan 14, 1909 $12,500
3 Casper Casper Feb 13, 1906 $13,000
4 Cheyenne Cheyenne Dec 27, 1899 $50,000
5 Cody Cody Apr 13, 1914 $15,000
6 Douglas Douglas Jul 20, 1908 $10,000
7 Evanston Evanston Feb 20, 1903 $11,000
8 Green River Green River Dec 8, 1905 $20,000
9 Lander Lander Nov 27, 1906 $15,000
10 Laramie Laramie Jan 2, 1903 $20,000
11 Lusk Lusk May 8, 1914 $11,000
12 Newcastle Newcastle Feb 20, 1911 $12,500
13 Rock Springs Rock Springs Dec 13, 1907 $12,500
14 Sheridan Sheridan Mar 18, 1904 $12,500
15 Thermopolis Thermopolis Apr 3, 1917 $12,500
16 Wheatland Wheatland May 15, 1916 $12,500

Notes

  1. ^ a b At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.

References

  • Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
  • Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0838900224.
  • Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471144223.
  • Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.

Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.