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. 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.