Carnegie Library

Today’s Carnegie Hall (the University’s administration building) may look mostly the same on the outside as it did when it opened in 1913, but it certainly looks much different on the inside! The Archives is fortunate to possess the original oak library circulation desk, chair, and plant stand (as well as few of the library tables). The photo on the left shows librarian Clarence Mitchell in 1922 sitting at the desk.
Alfred University’s Carnegie Library was built by Andrew Carnegie. While Carnegie mostly constructed public libraries, he did fund a number of academic ones as well, something many people are not aware of. The University constructed a new library (Herrick Library) in 1957.