Posts Categorized: Carnegie Library for Local History

The History of the Carnegie Library

Our History In 1906 the library was built with $15,000 donated by steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie with the agreement from the city that $1,500 would be set aside each year to maintain the building and the collection. Because the people of Boulder referred to their town as the “Athens of the West,” architect Thomas McLaren […]

Photograph Reproduction Requests

Many digital photos can be downloaded free of charge. High resolution files of scanned photographs may be ordered.  Information about accessing photograph collections with use restrictions is below. Download Digital Photos Lower resolution scanned photographs work for most applications such as digital presentations and research. Locate photo of interest in the online catalog via basic […]