History : In 1928, first efforts were made by the Garner Woman's Club to organize a library in Garner. Finally, in 1931, the first Garner library ...
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History : In March 1972 the Raleigh city council proposed that the south side of Raleigh receive a branch library. A site was found, the staff was ...
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History :
The Olivia Raney Local History Branch is a reincarnation of the name of the original public library of Raleigh, which was chartered in 1...
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History :
Athens Drive Library occupies a unique position in Wake County and North Carolina as the only public library housed within a high school...
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History :
The Cary Public Library first opened its doors for service on October 22, 1960 at 143 West Chatham Street. The founding impetus of the ...
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History:
The Knightdale Public Library opened its doors in 1971 as a joint undertaking of the Town of Knightdale and the Wake County Public Librar...
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History :
Duraleigh Road Library opened June 29, 1991 at 5800 Duraleigh Road in Raleigh with Linda Cooper serving as branch manager. Funds for th...
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History :
Originally opened in 1971 in North Hills Mall, this branch of Olivia Raney Library serving North Raleigh quickly grew and has migrated a...
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The First Library in Apex The first Apex Community Library opened in the late 1940s on South Salem Street. This library was a branch of the Richard...
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Mission: Our mission is to promote the love of reading and to foster the pursuit of knowledge for the residents of Wake County. Our staff is availa...
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Vision Statement
Supporting the love of reading, the joy of learning and the search for information.
Mission Statement
In order to achieve its v...
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History :
On July 16, 1950 Wendell Women's Club started the Wendell Library in a room at the Women's Club Building. In 1958 the former Christian...
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Our goal is to provide the widest possible variety of informational and recreational material for your reading, listening and viewing pleasure. We ...
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History : In September 1961 Catharine Paschal, a member of the Olivia Raney Library Board, procured $3,000 in federal funds from the State Library...
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