List of Carnegie libraries in South Carolina

The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Carolina provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Carolina, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $124,700) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $65,000).

1 Public libraries
2 Academic libraries
3 Notes
4 References

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]
1	Anderson	Anderson	01905-03-14 March 14, 1905	$18,700
2	Beaufort	Beaufort	01914-09-25 September 25, 1914	$7,500
3	Camden	Camden	01914-11-17 November 17, 1914	$5,000
4	Charleston	Charleston	01914-02-26 February 26, 1914	$5,000
5	Darlington	Darlington	01916-05-15 May 15, 1916	$10,000
6	Gaffney	Gaffney	01913-04-02 April 2, 1913	$7,500
7	Greenwood	Greenwood	01916-05-15 May 15, 1916	$12,500
8	Honea Path	Honea Path	01907-03-07 March 7, 1907	$5,000
9	Kingstree	Kingstree	01915-04-19 April 19, 1915	$6,000
10	Latta	Latta	01912-04-03 April 3, 1912	$5,000
11	Marion	Marion	01904-11-16 November 16, 1904	$7,500
12	Spartanburg	Spartanburg	01903-06-23 June 23, 1903	$15,000
13	Sumter	Sumter	01915-09-29 September 29, 1915	$10,000
14	Union	Union	01903-01-13 January 13, 1903	$10,000

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Date granted^[2]	Grant amount^[2]
1	Benedict College	Columbia	01904-03-15 March 15, 1904	$6,000
2	Converse College	Spartanburg	01904-03-17 March 17, 1904	$10,000
3	Furman University	Greenville	01905-03-15 March 15, 1905	$19,000
4	Winthrop College	Rock Hill	01904-02-27 February 27, 1904	$30,000

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.
^ ^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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

U.S. Carnegie libraries by state

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Federal district	District of Columbia

Other	Puerto Rico

Other Carnegie libraries: Africa, the Caribbean, and Oceania • Canada • Europe

List of Carnegie libraries in South Carolina

Contents

Public libraries

Academic libraries

Notes

References