List of Carnegie libraries in the Caribbean

This is a list of Carnegie libraries in the Caribbean. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other areas of the world.

Community Country Image Date
granted[1][2] 		Grant
amount[1][3] 		Location Notes
1 Bridgetown,
(St. Michael) 		Barbados Aug 22, 1903 $23,330 Coleridge St. UNESCO listed main branch of the National Library Service of Barbados
2 Roseau Dominica Mar 14, 1905 $7,500
3 Georgetown Guyana Oct 15, 1906 $34,100
4 San Juan Puerto Rico c. 1914 $100,000 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Biblioteca Carnegie
5 Castries Saint Lucia May 15, 1916 $10,400
6 Kingstown Saint Vincent Oct 15, 1906 $9,825
7 Carapichaima Trinidad and Tobago c. 1919 Now the Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago
8 San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago Sep 25, 1914 $12,200 Site of the 1921 meeting requesting elected representation
Total — — — — $197,355 — —

Notes

  1. ^ a b Anderson, pp. 94–98.
  2. ^ Miller, pp. 21–40.
  3. ^ The amounts listed here were mostly granted in British pounds. In general the conversion rate used by the Carnegie Corporation was £1 = $5.

References

  • Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program, 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 525904.
  • Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.