The following list of Carnegie libraries in Mississippi provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Mississippi, where 11 public libraries were built from 10 grants (totaling $145,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1904 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $90,000).
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LibraryCity ortown ImageDategrantedAt various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Clarksdale Clarksdale $10,000 114 Delta Ave. Still serving original function as Free Public Library 2 Greenwood Greenwood $10,000 408 W. Washington St. Closed in the 1970s 3 Gulfport Gulfport $10,000 1300 24th Ave. Building is currently operating as the Gulfport Galleria of Fine Art a 501(c)(3) organization. 4 Houston Houston $6,000 105 W. Madison St. Still serving original function as Free Public Library 5 Jackson Jackson $25,000 6 Meridian Carnegie Library (white) Meridian $30,000 628 25th Ave. Currently houses the Meridian Museum of Art 7 Meridian Carnegie Library (black) Meridian $8,000 2721 13th St. Open 1913–1974, demolished 2008 8 Mound Bayou Mound Bayou $4,000 Never used as a library building.Anderson, p. 47. 9 Okolona Okolona $7,500 321 W. Main St. Still serving original function as Free Public Library 10 Vicksburg Vicksburg $25,000 819 South St. Now houses city offices 11 West Point West Point $10,000 510 E. Broad St. Now houses community development organization
Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Millsaps College Jackson $15,000$50,000 1701 N. State St. 2 University of Mississippi University $25,000 Built in 1911, now called Bryant Hall. A contributing property to Lyceum–The Circle Historic District
See also List of libraries in the United States
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Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.