This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Colored School Gets Handley Library Branch
Handley Trustees and School Board open a Douglas Colored School branch of Handley Library with about five hundred books. Hattie Mitchell to serve as librarian with reading room, reference, and circulating volumes. Library hours: weekdays 4–6 pm and Tue Thu Sat 7–9 pm. Aims to grow into a full colored community library in a future school building on Smithfield farm property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Trustees
Handley Library
Douglas Colored School
Smithfield Farm
Douglas
Hattie Mitchell
Douglas School
Vernon Eddy
Handley