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Item 52637
Title: Carnegie Library, Fairfield, ca. 1920
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: circa 1920
Location: Fairfield
Media: Postcard
Item 54661
Title: Carnegie Library, Fairfield, ca. 1912
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: circa 1912
Location: Fairfield
Media: Photographic print
Item 79368
Title: Carnegie letter establishing library gift, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
Date: 1903-02-22
Location: Rumford
Media: Ink on Paper
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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.