Library Movement in Greenville

In 1897, Greenville's Chautauqua Literary and Social Circle formed the Women's Review Club to create a circulating library, with each member donating books. The Review Club opened its library in 1900, and by 1903 the popular library had to move to larger facilities. The club sought funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who offered $15,000 for a building. The local Federation of Women's Clubs, under the leadership of May Moulton Harrison, provided the site, and the city formed a board of trustees for the public library, which opened in 1904. The library moved to new facilities in 1954 and again in 1996. Renamed for local historian W. Walworth Harrison, the son of May Harrison, the library continues to serve its community.

Greenville, Texas · United States