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Andrew Carnegie

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In order to secure the gift of $50,000 offered by Mr. Andrew Carnegie

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1906 · The University?

A circular from the University of North Carolina on Andrew Carnegie's offer of fifty thousand dollars toward a library, issued at Chapel Hill in 1906. The title points to the conditions the university had to meet to secure the gift. The piece deals with Carnegie libraries in Chapel Hill and with gifts and legacies to North Carolina libraries.

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Late September or early October 1907 UNC's Carnegie Library opens UNC's new library, built with a gift from Andrew Carnegie first offered in 1905 as $50,000 and later raised to $55,000, was finished in the summer of 1907 and opened to students that fall once its furniture arrived. It served as the main library until Wilson Library opened in 1929 and was renamed for John Sprunt Hill in 1931. People: Andrew CarnegieSearch the index · UNC, Names in Brick and Stone: Hill Hall

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Hill Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
UNC Libraries University schools and programs · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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Background context: Hill Hall UNC-Chapel Hill
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