Andy the Library Explorer Written by Joan Dengerink Art by Pepper Kim 1
Andy Andy is a boy who loves books and reading. Andy loves libraries because they have so many books. 2
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) Andy also loves reading about famous people. One day at his local library, he found a book about a famous man named Andrew Carnegie. Andy found out that he and Andrew Carnegie both loved libraries. In fact, Andrew Carnegie owned steel factories and donated a lot of money to help cities build libraries all across our country and around the world. 3
Snohomish (Wa.) Library Next, Andy found out that even though Andrew Carnegie lived about 100 years ago, many of the libraries he built are still standing. Some are libraries, some are museums, and some are other things like restaurants. Pasco, Wa. s Library, now the Franklin County Historical Society Carnegie s French Restaurant, near Seattle, Wa. 4
Andy lives in Vancouver, Washington. He found out that Vancouver has a Carnegie library building, too. It was built in 1909. The building is 100 years old. Although it is no longer used as a public library, today it is home to the Clark County Historical Museum. Vancouver, Wa. s Public Library, circa 1909 5
Andy asked his parents to take him to the building at 1511 Main Street. This is the building he found. On the front over the door it says, Vancouver Public Library. It has some books on the front that say, Treasures. Andy likes that because books are treasures. 6
Andy likes to go on literary adventures. Can you help Andy find some other Carnegie Libraries in Washington and Oregon? You can use Mr. Carnegie s Grand Tour of Washington and Oregon, an automobile-based tour featuring some of the surviving libraries that Mr. Carnegie built. 7
You can take Andy on your own travel adventures by making a Standin Andy. You can do this by cutting out the Standin Andy, pictured here. (A full-size Standin Andy appears on the next page.) Then take your Standin Andy to visit some Carnegie Libraries. You will find a list of Carnegie Libraries at the Clark County Historical Museum or online at: www.cchmuseum.org/education/mr-carnegiesgrand-tour-of-washington-and-oregon/. 8
Color in Standin Andy s picture anyway you want. Cut it out of the paper. 9
Next: Take your Standin Andy with you when you visit Carnegie Libraries or other sites you visit. Take your Standin Andy s picture and send a copy of the photo to Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA 98660 Andy at the Eiffel Tower OR e-mail it to info@cchmuseum.com. Tell us where the picture was taken. Andy at the White House 10
Things You Can Do Send a picture of Andy on his library adventures to the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA 98660-2945. Write a story about Andy and a library and send it to us, at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA 98660-2945. Read some books about Andrew Carnegie. Some are listed on the following page. 11
CARNEGIE FOCUSED BOOKS FOR YOUTH Bowman, John S. Andrew Carnegie: Steel Tycoon. Englewood Cliffs: Silver Burdett Press, 1989. Book. Bufano Edge, Laura. Andrew Carnegie: Industrial Philanthropist. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Co., 2004. Book. Carnegie, Andrew. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1986. Book. Charnan, Simon. Andrew Carnegie: Builder of Libraries. New York: Children s Press, a Division of Grolier Publishing, 1997. Book. Frazier Wall, Joseph. Skibo. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Book. Jones, Theodore. Carnegie Libraries Across America: A Public Legacy. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1997. Book. Meachen Rau, Dana. Andrew Carnegie: Captain of Industry. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2006. Book. Meltzer, Milton. The Many Lives of Andrew Carnegie. New York: Franklin Watts, 1997. Book. CARNEGIE FOCUSED CURRICULUM ON THE WEB Learning to Give. learningtogive.org/teachers/. Learning to Give. n.d. Web. 17 May 2014. The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie. pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/index. WGBH. n.d. Web. 17 May 2014. www.cobblestoneonline.net. Cobblestone and Cricket Content Across Curriculum. n.d. Web. 21 May 2014. Site requires subscription but has an array of content on Andrew Carnegie. 12
Answer the call of the open road! Create your own adventures for Andy with Mr. Carnegie s Grand Tour of Washington and Oregon, an annual automobile-based touring adventure that celebrates Carnegie libraries - the cultural legacy of 19 th -century steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie s Grand Tour of Washington and Oregon is designed to help residents and visitors identify the Carnegie libraries in the communities where they exist. Through this awareness, the Carnegie Library Consortium of Washington promotes heritage tourism, history and commerce, and preservation of these classically elegant buildings in the hope they will be safeguarded for future generations. Contact the Clark County Historical Museum for your copy of Mr. Carnegie s Grand Tour of Washington and Oregon and enjoy exploring and discovering the majesty of the Evergreen and Beaver States in your quest for Carnegie libraries. Please send us a postcard from the places you visit. Travel safely! 13
Mr. Carnegie s Grand Tour of Washington and Oregon and all related products are the property of the Carnegie Library Consortium of Washington, a special initiative of the Clark County Historical Museum, in Vancouver, Wa. The consortium s mission is to identify surviving Carnegie Libraries in Washington and Oregon to promote public awareness and preservation around the world. The Carnegie Library Consortium of Washington was established in 2009 by the Clark County Historical Museum of Vancouver, Wa., for the centennial of the original Vancouver Public Library, a 1909 Carnegie Library. The Clark County Historical Museum has been located in the former library since 1964. It is an excellent example of adaptive re-use of a Carnegie Library, many of which have gone on to serve their communities as museums, or in other ways, once they were no longer functional as a library. Carnegie Library Consortium of Washington a special initiative of Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St. Vancouver, WA 98660-2945 360-993-5679 14
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