Tulsa, Oklahoma, Interior View, c1950s

 

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Public Library, Tonkawa, Oklahoma

 

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Sand Springs, Oklahoma, Public Library

 

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Carnegie Library, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

A new building was attached to the Carnegie building and was dedicated in 1978. This new addition currently serves as the primary library facility while the Carnegie building serves as a meeting and special occasion area, still in use by the Tahlequah Public Library.

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Carnegie Library, Perry, Oklahoma

The city of Perry obtained a grant of $10,000 from Mr. Andrew Carnegie to build the current Perry Carnegie Library, which was completed in 1909. [Website]

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Carnegie Library, Lawton, Oklahoma

[LIB11033] 1916 The City received a $25,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie which was used to build the Carnegie Library. [Website]

1950 Carnegie Library, Guthrie, Oklahoma

[LIB9255] Guthrie's Historic Carnegie Library was constructed in 1902. It was the second Carnegie Library built in Oklahoma, and is the oldest existing Carnegie Library in the state. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the Carnegie Library now exists as a part of the Guthrie Museum Complex.

Carnegie Library, El Reno, Oklahoma

[LIB7124] On January 28, 1904, the board voted to accept Andrew Carnegie’s proposition to give $12,500 if the city would agree to maintain the library at an expense of not less than $1,250 a year.  The library board accepted the completed building on May 5, 1905. [Source]

1907 Carnegie Library, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

LIB2539] The Oklahoma City Carnegie Library received its Carnegie Library grant in several phases. In 1900 they received 25,000.00, in 1907 they received an additional 25,000.00 and in 1908 the final 10,000.00 was awarded for the completion of the furnishings and interior space.

The Carnegie was torn down in 1951 and a new library building was erected in its place.

The architect was M. R. Sanguinet from Fort Worth, Texas.

Broadway looking North, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by sepiatown
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Library Building, A. & M. College, Stillwater, Oklahoma

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Carnegie Library, Enid, Oklahoma

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The need for a new library building encouraged city leaders to seek a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. In 1908 a grant of $25,000 was accepted and the site at 402 North Independence was purchased. The Enid Carnegie Library officially opened August 1, 1910. In the 1920s and 30s, the library struggled with funding and building repairs. In 1938, Mrs. Amy Carl organized a Friends of the Library group, which helped contribute materials and funds to the struggling library. Read more here!

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Muskogee Public Library, Muskogee, Oklahoma

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Public Library, Vinita, OK

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Carnegie Library, GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA

A very nice white-border card published by E.C. Kropp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Guthrie Public Library Website

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A more "modern" view of the library.

1967 McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa, TULSA OK

"A view of the beautiful University of Tulsa Campus; with the McFarlin Library in the background."

McFarlin Library Website

McFarlin Library was the first of the three new buildings at the University of Tulsa to be erected and it was selected as the central feature. The library became the major axis of the campus and its location dictated the future growth of the campus. Robert M. McFarlin, known in the Southwest for his contributions toward church and educational memorial buildings, and his wife, Ida Mae Barnard McFarlin, donated the structure, as well as the book stacks and the furnishings. McFarlin, with P.A. Chapman., J.A. Chapman and H.B. Gooch as partners, had drilled an oil well in the Glenn Pool District in 1906 and continued to expand his oil, gas and ranching interests until his death in 1941. [Source]

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