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crl-12164	Stevens, Norman D.	Carnegie Libraries; Their History and Impact on American Public Library (Book Review)	1969-08-31	1	.pdf	application/pdf	730	35	60	In this adaptation of his doctoral disser- tation Mr. Bobinski treats in factual detail the history of Carnegie public library phi- lanthropy in the United States. Apart from a paragraph on a few joint use facilities, such as that provided for Cornell College and the community of Mount Ver- non, Iowa, academic libraries are entirely outside the scope of this book; and as Car- negie's aim was to improve popular access to books, his grants to large city libraries , such as the New York Public Library, to which he gave over $5,000,000 in 1899 to build sixty-six branch libraries, were gen- erally to provide for branches and other facilities to be used by the general public rather than to provide for research facili- ties.	cache/crl-12164.pdf	txt/crl-12164.txt