[2] The collection, which was described as "2,000 catalogued books, plus about a thousand volumes of government documents, reports, and periodicals," was enlarged to 30,000 items by 1897.

[2] By 1899, the solo library had grown to include a staff of 28 adults and nine young male pages.

[2][4] She was replaced by Purd Wright—who had come back to Missouri after one year at the head of Los Angeles Public Library—and was terminated in 1912.

[1] She spent the last four decades of her life living with Miss Frances Bishop, whom her obituary described as an "inseparable friend".

[4] Carrie Whitney died on April 8, 1934, and is buried in the Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.