Thank you Sara. This helps by eliminating possibilities. This morning, I
learned that the Brookneal Community Building was donated to the Town of
Brookneal by Bruce, but that the library that occupied a section of the
building was not established until 1939. This, combined with Brookneal's
absence from the list in the article, tells me that Bruce funded the
building in another manner.


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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Bearss, Sara (LVA) <
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> On the libraries funded by David K. E. Bruce, you might like to check
> out an article entitled "Virginia's Andrew Carnegie: David K. E. Bruce
> funded free public libraries for 11 rural counties," which appeared in
> the Library of Virginia's magazine Broadside (winter 2010, pages 8-10).
> The article includes on page 10 a sidebar with the dates each library
> was established and whether the building is still in use. A PDF of the
> magazine is available at this link:
> http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/broadside/2010-Winter.pdf
>
>
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> Subject: [VA-HIST] Libraries funded by David Bruce
>
> Folks,
>
> I'm doing some research on buildings in Brookneal, Virginia, and am
> trying to pinpoint the date of construction for the building constructed
> as a library (now a community building) by the David Bruce Library Fund.
>
> I have found online information about the construction/establishment of
> libraries by David Bruce in Charlotte Court House and Hanover. I
> understand that he funded 11 libraries in rural Virginia.
>
> Does anyone know where research on this fund might be located? I'm
> looking for the date of construction of the Brookneal Library as well as
> the
> architect(s) that Bruce may have used.
>
> Scott Smith
> Lynchburg, VA
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