Smith Memorial Library, Chautauqua, New York

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The Chautauqua Institution Archives is both an Institution repository and a collection repository. The parent, the Chautauqua Institution, is supported by a records management program which allows the repository to receive records directly. The Archives also builds its holdings through the acquisition of papers, records and artifacts from sources that are not administratively affiliated with the Institution.

The mission of the Chautauqua Institution Archives is to identify, organize, preserve and protect the printed, microfilmed, taped, photographic and other records, and selected artifacts and museum pieces to add to the general and scholarly understanding of the Chautauqua Institution and the Chautauqua Movement.

The Chautauqua Institution Archives staff assists the public throughout the year. Please stop in the research room of the Archives and explore Chautauqua's history. Researchers and inquiries should be directed to the Oliver Archives Center. [from the website]

The Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Written on the back of the card: The opening above the clock is where the chimes are. Andrew D. White's private library is also in this building. He was the first President of Cornell University.
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Go, and Do Thou Likewise: A History of Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing, 1877-1979

Carnegie Library, Yonkers, NY 1906 Reproduction

A reproduction of a vintage post card shows the Carnegie Library, Washington Park, Yonkers, New York.

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Carnegie Library, Yonkers, NY 1906 Vintage by markomundo
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Niagara Library, Niagara Falls, New York

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By 1898, the collection consisted of 5,000 volumes supervised by Adele Barnum, the first paid librarian. Growing pains continued and, by 1901, Niagara Falls Power Company Director William B. Rankin came to the rescue by securing a $500,000 grant for a library building from Pittsburgh Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. A site at the corner of Main Street and Ashland Avenue was chosen, and in 1904, the library moved into spacious new quarters with marble floors, brass fixtures and room for 13,134 volumes. WEBSITE [http://www.niagarafallspubliclib.org/History.htm]

This building was designed by E.E. Joralemon who also designed the Carnegie Library in North Tonawanda. This building features stained-glass skylights and once had a second level whose floor was made of glass blocks. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

This building was renovated with Federal funds in 1995 but it has not been used as a library since the 1970s when a new library opened nearby. It's now used for City Offices. WAYMARKING [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM80M5_1902_Carnegie_Library_Niagara_Falls_NY]

c1906 Carnegie Library, Washington Park, Yonkers, New York

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The Carnegie library building served the Yonkers public for almost 80 years. Doomed by the decision to expand Nepperhan Avenue into an arterial, the building was closed and eventually demolished in May 1982, to the dismay of many.

1936 Public Library, Ogdensburg, New York

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The Frederic Remington Art Museum operates under the direction of the State chartered Remington Board of Trustees. This world-famous collection of Western Art has as it's nucleus the art and memorabilia of Frederic Remington, which was bequeathed to the Ogdensburg Public Library by Remington's widow and is now on loan to the Frederic Remington Art Museum for preservation, exhibition, interpretation and promotion. The Museum contains the world's largest single collection of the works of Frederic Remington.

National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, New York

[LIB1170] - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center contains more than three million documents relating to baseball history.

The collection includes books, team documents, newspaper clippings and an individual file on each of the 17,000-plus men who have played one Major League Baseball game, plus files on most Negro leagues and women's leagues players, and most major league owners, umpires, broadcasters, executives and baseball personalities.

The Library's collection also contains more than 500,000 photographs.

Free Library, Bedford, New York

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Founded over a century ago the Bedford Free Library had its beginnings when a small group of Bedford residents, under the leadership of Miss Eloise P. Luquer, rented a room in the 1807 Bedford Academy building and furnished it with a rug, chairs and bookcases. The Library’s small collection was assembled from the St. Matthews Parish Library, a small lending library housed in the Bedford Post Office and from books loaned by the State Circulating Library. The Bedford Free Library’s official opening was marked by a tea held in the new Library quarters on March 19, 1903. [From the website, read more here]

1937 Public Library, Montour Falls, New York

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Public Library, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York

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Located two blocks from Port Richmond Avenue along Bennett Street and opposite Veterans Park, the Port Richmond Branch opened its doors in 1905 as one of the branches built with funds from Andrew Carnegie.

1972 Smith Library, Chautauqua, New York

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Smith Memorial Library anchors the southern end of Bestor Plaza inside the grounds of Chautauqua Institution.

1908 Public Library, Catskill, New York

The library was founded in 1893 and is currently housed in a 1901 neo-classical building funded through a grant from Andrew Carnegie. The local history collection includes the A. Fred Saunders Hudson River Steamboats Collection.

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1904 Von Ranke Library, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

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The David E. Howe Library, Wellsville, New York

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Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

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The Cornell Library, Ithaca, New York

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1906 Carnegie Library, Syracuse, New York

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Richmond Memorial Library, Batavia, New York

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1907 Public Library, Johnstown, New York

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1908 Library, West Point, New York

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