Andrew Carnegie’s decision to support library construction developed through his experience. Born in 1835, he spent his first 12 years with the coastal city of Dunfermline, Scotland. There he heard men read aloud and discuss books borrowed from your Tradesmen’s Subscription Library that his father, a weaver, had helped create. Carnegie began his formal education at age eight, but must stop after only 36 months. The rapid industrialization on the textile trade forced small businessmen like Carnegie’s father beyond business. For that reason, the household sold their belongings and immigrated to Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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• Andrew Carnegie’s decision to support library construction developed through his experience. Born in 1835, he spent his first 12 years with the coastal city of Dunfermline, Scotland. There he heard men read aloud and discuss books borrowed from your Tradesmen’s Subscription Library that his father, a weaver, had helped create. Carnegie began his formal education at age eight, but must stop after only 36 months. The rapid industrialization on the textile trade forced small businessmen like Carnegie’s father beyond business. For that reason, the household sold their belongings and immigrated to Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.