Allen Sapp Gallery, North Battleford, SK

The Andrew Carnegie Library becomes the Allen Sapp Gallery, The Gonor Collection.

In the middle part of the 19th century, young Scotsman only thirteen years of age immigrated to America. As a weaver's assistant in a cotton mill, he earned a salary of $1.25 per week. At that time, the town of North Battleford, Saskatchewan did not even exist, and it seemed remote that he would have any impact on its future, let alone have an impact on the entire English-speaking world. This young man later became an extremely wealthy industrialist making his fortune in steel manufacturing, and among others, the City of North Battleford benefited from his success. He became known to the world as the great industrialist-turned-philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. The main reason for his far-reaching fame was his contribution of $56, 162, 622.00 world wide for the construction of public libraries.