Souvenir Postcard

ID: 785 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

This file appears in: Waco Public Library

Andrew Carnegie strove to provide education throughout the United States through his generous donations toward the creation of local libraries such as the Waco Public Library. Like Isaac Goldstein, he desired to foster cooperation among humanity through knowledge.

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Waco Public Library

By Amanda Sawyer

In the late nineteenth century, Waco became known as the “Athens of Texas” due to the several colleges and classical schools, eight newspapers, and scores of well-known politicians and writers located there. Despite this reputation for quality…