Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who became one of the richest men in world history through his company, Carnegie Steel. He sold Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 ...

At a time when America struggled -- often violently -- to sort out the competing claims of democracy and individual gain, Carnegie championed both. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet he ...

The Andrew Carnegie Fellowship program was created under the direction of the late Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Aurora ...

It’s moving day at America’s first Carnegie library, perched on the side of a hill in Braddock, Pa. A team of young librarians shuttles in and out with arms full, filling the back of a pickup truck ...

The start of Andrew Carnegie’s life gave little indication of the influence and wealth he would eventually attain. His was truly a “rags to riches” story. Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in ...

The chances are that when you think of successful entrepreneurs, Andrew Carnegie isn’t one of the first to come to mind. While his name still marks some of New York City’s most famous landmarks, we ...

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program continues the mission of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and ...

The American Library Association (ALA) has selected Lost Children Archive (Alfred A. Knopf) by Valeria Luiselli as the winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and Midnight ...