List of Carnegie libraries in Kansas

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Kansas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Kansas, where 59 public libraries were built from 58 grants (totaling $874,996) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $195,500).

1 Public libraries
2 Academic libraries
3 Notes
4 References

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]^[2]	Location	Notes
1	Abilene	Abilene	01905-12-08 December 8, 1905	$12,500
2	Anthony	Anthony	01908-12-14 December 14, 1908	$10,000
3	Arkansas City	Arkansas City	01906-04-10 April 10, 1906	$18,400
4	Burlington	Burlington	01911-04-25 April 25, 1911	$9,656
5	Caldwell	Caldwell	01909-12-02 December 2, 1909	$7,000
6	Canton	Canton	01916-11-09 November 9, 1916	$6,000
7	Chanute	Chanute	01904-12-30 December 30, 1904	$14,500
8	Cherryvale	Cherryvale	01912-04-30 April 30, 1912	$10,000
9	Clay Center	Clay Center	01909-12-02 December 2, 1909	$10,000
10	Coffeyville	Coffeyville	01911-01-06 January 6, 1911	$25,000
11	Columbus	Columbus	01912-07-13 July 13, 1912	$10,000
12	Concordia	Concordia	01907-12-13 December 13, 1907	$10,000		Replaced by Frank Carlson Library, building is used for Cloud County Historical Museum
13	Council Grove	Council Grove	01903-03-27 March 27, 1903	$10,000
14	Dodge City	Dodge City	01905-02-01 February 1, 1905	$8,500
15	Downs	Downs	01905-01-19 January 19, 1905	$6,140
16	El Dorado	El Dorado	01910-11-30 November 30, 1910	$10,000
17	Emporia	Emporia	01902-04-26 April 26, 1902	$22,000
18	Eureka	Eureka	01913-05-21 May 21, 1913	$9,000
19	Fort Scott	Fort Scott	01901-03-14 March 14, 1901	$18,000
20	Garden City	Garden City	01909-04-17 April 17, 1909	$10,000
21	Girard	Girard	01905-11-24 November 24, 1905	$9,000
22	Goodland	Goodland	01908-12-14 December 14, 1908	$10,000
23	Great Bend	Great Bend	01906-11-14 November 14, 1906	$12,500
24	Halstead	Halstead	01909-01-23 January 23, 1909	$7,500
25	Hays	Hays	01910-04-28 April 28, 1910	$9,000
26	Herington	Herington	01913-07-09 July 9, 1913	$10,000
27	Hiawatha	Hiawatha	01906-04-10 April 10, 1906	$10,000
28	Hutchinson	Hutchinson	01902-04-11 April 11, 1902	$32,000
29	Independence	Independence	01905-11-24 November 24, 1905	$22,500
30	Iola	Iola	01904-12-20 December 20, 1904	$15,000
31	Kansas City Main	Kansas City	01901-07-04 July 4, 1901	$100,000
32	Kansas City Argentine	Kansas City	01901-07-04 July 4, 1901	—
33	Kingman	Kingman	01913-05-21 May 21, 1913	$10,000
34	Lawrence	Lawrence	01902-05-31 May 31, 1902	$27,500
35	Leavenworth	Leavenworth	01900-01-16 January 16, 1900	$30,000
36	Lincoln	Lincoln	01913-03-14 March 14, 1913	$6,000
37	Lyndon	Lyndon	01909-12-02 December 2, 1909	$8,000
38	Lyons	Lyons	01909-01-05 January 5, 1909	$6,000
39	Manhattan	Manhattan	01903-01-22 January 22, 1903	$10,000
40	McPherson	McPherson	01915-03-16 March 16, 1915	$12,500
41	Newton	Newton	01902-03-14 March 14, 1902	$160,000
42	Olathe	Olathe	01909-12-24 December 24, 1909	$10,000
43	Osawatomie	Osawatomie	01910-04-16 April 16, 1910	$7,500
44	Osborne	Osborne	01912-01-27 January 27, 1912	$6,000
45	Oswego	Oswego	01909-12-02 December 2, 1909	$5,000
46	Ottawa	Ottawa	01902-01-09 January 9, 1902	$15,000
47	Parsons	Parsons	01907-11-14 November 14, 1907	$22,500
48	Peabody Township Library	Peabody	01913-03-20 March 20, 1913	$10,000	214 N Walnut St	NRHP Application
49	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	01909-06-25 June 25, 1909	$40,000
50	Plainville	Plainville	01911-02-20 February 20, 1911	$5,000
51	Russell	Russell	01905-06-08 June 8, 1905	$5,800
52	Salina	Salina	01902-02-15 February 15, 1902	$15,000
53	Sterling	Sterling	01916-11-09 November 9, 1916	$10,000
54	Stockton	Stockton	01909-12-24 December 24, 1909	$5,000
55	Washington	Washington	01908-04-23 April 23, 1908	$5,000
56	Wellington	Wellington	01915-04-19 April 19, 1915	$17,500
57	Wichita	Wichita	01912-07-13 July 13, 1912	$75,000
58	Winfield	Winfield	01902-02-15 February 15, 1902	$15,000
59	Yates Center	Yates Center	01910-01-31 January 31, 1910	$7,500

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Year granted^[3]	Grant amount^[3]
1	Baker University	Baldwin City	01906-03-12 March 12, 1906	$37,000
2	Bethany College	Lindsborg	01905-04-04 April 4, 1905	$20,000
3	College of Emporia	Emporia	01900-01-03 January 3, 1900	$30,000
4	Fairmount College	Wichita	01905-02-07 February 7, 1905	$40,000
5	McPherson College	McPherson	01905-04-18 April 18, 1905	$13,500
6	Midland College	Atchison	01906-02-27 February 27, 1906	$15,000
7	Washburn College	Topeka	01904-03-10 March 10, 1904	$40,000

Notes

^ ^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.
^ Grants for multiple libraries (Kansas City) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
^ ^a ^b Miller, pp. 38–40

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 (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

U.S. Carnegie libraries by state

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List of Carnegie libraries in Kansas

Contents

Public libraries

Academic libraries

Notes

References