Index
This index uses categories. In this case that means terms such as "Baroque" are located under a common heading, such as "architectural styles." The abbreviation "AC" stands for Andrew Carnegie. If you wish to know more about the organisation of this index, please view the style guide.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Aberdeen Public Library, Aberdeen
(illustration)
opening ceremony
Airdrie Library, Airdrie
current use
(illustration)
previous locations
Albert Memorial Institute
(photograph)
America see United States of America
Anderston Library, Glasgow
juvenile issue counter (photograph)
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
architects
Arthur, George (Airdrie Library)
Baikie, J. Malcolm (Kirkwall Library)
Ballantine see also Sinclair (Rutherglen Library)
Black, Andrew (Victoria Library)
Brown, Alexander (Aberdeen Public Library)
Browne, George Washington (Edinburgh Central Library)
Burnet, John J. (Elder Park Library)
Cullen, Alexander (Hamilton Town Hall and library)
Hunter, James Kennedy (Hawick Library)
Reid, William (Dumbarton Library)
Scott, George Gilbert (Albert Memorial Institute)
Scott, Nicholl J. (Hawick Library)
Sinclair see also Ballantine (Rutherglen Library)
Taylor, Harvey Ramsay (Stirling Central Library)
Walker, James Campbell (Dunfermline Library)
White, William B. (Mitchell Library)
architectural features
art-nouveau motifs
Arthurstone Library
carved panel with AC's motto
columns
Airdrie Library
Elder Park Library
Stirling Central Library
division of boys and girls/adults and children
Kingston Library
domes
Elder Park Library
Renaissance and Baroque features
portico
recessed entrance
towers
Hamilton Central Library
Hawick Library
Stirling Central Library
Maybole Library
windows
Kelso Library
Jedburgh Library
architectural styles
Baroque
Glagow libraries
Hamilton Central Library
Mitchell Library
Rhind, James R.
Beaux-Arts
Classical
French Chateaux
reminiscent of
distinct from
French Renaissance
Scottish touches
Glasgow tenement building
Highland castles
Neo-classical
Glasgow libraries
Airdrie Library
Renaissance
Aberdeen Public Library
influence of
mock-
Scots Baronial
Stirling Central Library
Scots Renaissance
Jedburgh Library
Maybole Library
Scottish
Hawick Library
revival
Arthur, George (Airdrie Library)
Arthurstone Library, Dundee
plaque
(description)
(photograph)
B
Baikie, J. Malcolm
architect of Kirkwall Library
Ballantine see also Sinclair
co-architect of Rutherglen Library
Barrett, Francis T. see also McDonald, A.B.
oversees design competitions of branch libraries
Billings, John Shaw
letter from AC
Black, Andrew
architect of Victoria Library
Blaikie, John
Carnegie Hero
great-grandfather of author
Braddock, Pennsylvania
America's first Carnegie library
Brown, Alexander
architect of Aberdeen Public Library
Browne, George Washington
architect of Edinburgh Central Library
architect of Jedburgh Library, Roxburghshire
architect of Kelso Library
building materials
brick
granite
roof slates
sandstone
Airdire Library
Hawick Library
Kelso Library
Kirkwall Library
sculpting in
stone
Walliwall flagstone
Burnet, John J.
architect of Elder Park Library
Burntisland Public Library
(photograph)
proximity to Dunfermline
C
Carnegie, Andrew
birthplace
Birthplace Museum see Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
education
generosity
Honeymoon visit to Scotland
(illustration – as an adult, appears on every page)
letter to
Billings, John Shaw
letter to (repoduction)
Chisholm, Sir Samuel
Lifeline (table)
memorabilia
bookplate (photograph)
library related
(photograph)
motto
appears on custom bookplate
carved panel
Dunfermline Central Library
opens Central reading room and Ward Road Library
opens Kirkwall Library
opens new public library, burgh of Burntisland
(photograph – as a youth)
receives gift of water colour sketches
receives honour from
burgh of Burntisland
burgh of Kirkwall
Glasgow
Stirling
Stirlingshire
retires to Skibo
returns to USA
sells shares of Carnegie Steel Co.
youth in Scotland
Carnegie, Louise (wife of AC)
announces plans for Victoria Library
lays foundation stone for Stirling Central Library
Carnegie, Margaret (mother of AC)
bust (photograph)
lays library's memorial stone at Dunfermline
Carnegie family
emigrates to USA
Carnegie libraries
Aberdeen Public Library, Aberdeen
Airdrie Library, Airdrie
Anderston Library, Glasgow
Arthurstone Library, Dundee
Braddock, Pennsylvania
Burntisland Public Library, Burnitsland
Corstophine Library, Edinburgh
Dumbarton Library, Dunbartonshire
Dunfermline Central Library, Dunfermline
Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh
Elder Park Library, Govan
Fairfield, Iowa
Hamilton Central Library, Hamilton
Hawick Library, Roxburgshire
Jedburgh Library, Roxburghshire
Kelso Library, Roxburghshire
Kingston Library, Glasgow
Kinning Park Library, Govan
Kirkwall Library, Orkney Isles
Maybole Library, Ayrshire
Parkhead Library, Glasgow
Rutherglen Library, Lanarkshire
Stirling Central Library, Stirling
Townhead Library, Glasgow
Victoria Library, Grangemouth
Ward Road Library, Dundee
Woodside Library, Glasgow
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Plant
Carnegie's mansion, New York City
home of Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
location of
(illustration)
Chisholm, Sir Samuel
(illustration)
letter from AC (reproduction)
petitions Parliament to ensure benefits for Glasgow Corp.
praised by Glasgow Herald
commemorative stone
(photograph)
Corstorphine library
absorbed by Edinburgh
Cox, Thomas H.
legacy used to build Dundee branch library at Lochee
Cullen, Alexander
architect of Hamilton Town Hall and library
D
Dennistoun library, Glasgow
(illustration)
Dublin Library, Dublin
(illustration)
Dumbarton Library, Dunbartonshire
current use
description of
(illustration - duplicated)
opened
Dundee
concentration of Carnegie libraries
Dundee Free Public Library opens
visited by AC
Dunfermline Central Library
(illustration)
officially opened
(photograph)
stewardship of
E
Edinburgh
earliest Carnegie libraries
Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh
(illustration)
laying of cornerstone by AC
opening ceremony
Elder, Isabella
donates Elder park and library to Govan
Elder Park Library, Govan
(illustration)
opening ceremony
(photograph)
F
Fairfield, Iowa
opening
Fife
Firth of Forth
earliest Carnegie libraries
Free Libraries Act
adopted by Airdire
G
Gardner, W.B.
contrasting opinion to AC's philanthropy
Glasgow
concentration of Carnegie libraries
funding of branch libraries
port of departure for CF
Glasgow Corporation Act
recceives Royal Assent
Grangemouth
earliest Carnegie libraries
H
Hamilton Central Library, Hamilton
location of
opening ceremony
(photograph)
Hawick Library, Roxburgshire
current use
location of
opened
Homestead dispute see also trade unions
(illustration)
Hunter, James Kennedy
architect of Maybole Library
J
Jedburgh Library, Roxburghshire
(illustration)
location of
Johnstone, Joseph
Provost (illustration)
K
Kelso Library, Roxburghshire
current use
(illustration)
opening ceremony
Kingston Library, Glasgow
boy's and girl's room (floorplan)
boy's and girl's room (photograph)
Kinning Park Library, Govan
(illustration)
Kirkwall Library, Orkney Isles
(illustration)
opening ceremony
L
Landmarks of Literacy Exhibition
inventory (table)
origin as Glasgow, U.K. City of Architecture and Design 1999
(photograph)
Bookmarks issued by, (photograph)
"Let there be light", see under Carnegie, Andrew
letter from Gardner, W.B.
(reproduction)
Libraries Act
rejection and passing of in Edinburgh
library exterior view
(photograph)
library exterior windows
(photograph)
M
Maybole Library, Ayrshire
current use
(illustration)
location of
stone laying ceremony
McDonald, A.B. see also Barrett, Francis T.
oversee design competitions of branch libraries
Mitchell, Stephen
benefactor of Mitchell Library
(photograph)
Mitchell Library
AC lays foundation stone
AC's association with
(illustration)
location of
opened
(photograph)
Morrison, Hew
approached by Dundee Town Council for funding
attendance at Kelso Library opening ceremony
Edinburgh's first city librarian
friendship with AC
(photograph)
N
Nelson, Thomas
funding of branch libraries in Edinburgh
New York City
concentration of Carnegie libraries
port of arrival for CF
newspapers
access to at turn of the century
censorship of in libraries
P
Parkhead Library, Glasgow
division adults and children
(floorplan)
issue counter (photograph)
(photograph)
Pennsylvania
periodical collections
Pittsburgh
location of Carnegie Steel's Homestead plant
plaque at entrance to Stirling Central Library
description of
(photo)
portraits and period photographs
on exhibition (photograph)
protesting workers see Homestead dispute
Public Libraries Act
Publick Bibliothick of Kirkwall
R
Reid, William
architect of Dumbarton Library, Dunbartonshire
Rhind, James R.
architectural works in Scotland and Canada
Ross, John
approached by Dundee Town Council for funding
Rutherglen Library, Lanarkshire
(illustration)
opening ceremony
stewardship of
S
Scotland
Baroque architecture in
comparing and contrasting styles
Edwardian era in
Scott, George Gilbert
architect of the Albert Memorial Institute
Scott, Nicholl J.
architect of Hawick Library, Roxburghshire
Scottish library construction
comparison with other countries
Scottish local authorities assisted by AC
(table)
Sinclair see also Ballantine
co-architect of Rutherglen Library
Skibo
location of AC's retirement castle
Stirling Central Library, Stirling
earliest Carnegie libraries
current use
foundation stone laid
(illustration)
plaque at entrance (photograph)
stonemasons
strike see Homestead dispute
T
Taylor, Harvey Ramsay
architect of Stirling Central Library
Townhead Library, Glasgow
general reading room (photograph)
periodical rack (photograph)
trade unions see also homestead dispute
U
United States of America
AC's return to
comparing and contrasting styles
University Library, Aberdeen
USA see United States of America
V
Victoria Library, Grangemouth
current use
(illustration)
Louise Carnegie announces plans for
W
Walker, James Campbell
architect of Central Library, Dunfermline
Ward Road Library, Dundee
opened by AC
White, William B.
architect of Mitchell Library
Woodside Library, Glasgow
ladies reading room (photograph)
reading rooms