Thank You Mr. Carnegie! Utah's Carnegie Library Legacy

The Utah State Historic Preservation Office (Utah SHPO) works to preserve Utah's past.

Utah State Historic Preservation Office

Our 2022 poster celebrates the legacy of Utah's Carnegie Libraries. Roger Roper explores the history and life of these amazing public spaces

Brown Bag Lectures May 2022

Every year we seek out the most intriguing discoveries, research, and preservation in Utah, and this year will be no different! Each Wednesday in May we will host a new webinar (over Zoom). Click each event to learn more, and reserve your spot.

This session explores the history, impact, and durability of industrialist/philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's library construction program in Utah during the early 1900s. It also includes excerpts of a recorded interview with a long-time Utah librarian, providing a local perspective on what a Carnegie library has meant to one small Utah community. Bio: Roger Roper has worked on hundreds of historic preservation projects since the 1980s, including Utah's Carnegie libraries. The recorded interview portion of the presentation involves Camille Sleight, folklorist and Heritage Program Manager for the Bear River Heritage Area, and Patricia Forsgren with the Richmond Public Library (Cache County).

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