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.
CommunityCountry ImageDategrantedAnderson, pp. 94–98.Miller, pp. 21–40.GrantamountThe amounts listed here were mostly granted in British pounds. In general the conversion rate used by the Carnegie Corporation was £1 = $5.Location Notes 1 Bridgetown, (St. Michael) Barbados $23,330 Coleridge St. UNESCO listed main branch of the National Library Service of Barbados 2 Roseau Dominica $7,500 3 Georgetown Guyana $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 $10,400 6 Kingstown Saint Vincent $9,825 7 Carapichaima Trinidad and Tobago c. 1919 Now the Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago 8 San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago $12,200 Site of the 1921 meeting requesting elected representation Total — — — — $197,355 — —
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