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Brownell/ Little Compton
Library
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The Brownell/Little Compton Library is located on the
Commons in Little Compton, (401) 635-8562
Library Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10-5
Wednesday 1-8 and Saturday 10-4. Closed Sunday.
The Brownell Library maintains a genealogy section consisting
primarily of works associated with the local area. These include:
Little Compton Families: This 800
page genealogy traces most of the early families that settled in Little
Compton.
Wilbores in America: A five-volume
set of Wilbore family genealogy (also spelled Wilbor, Wilber, Wilbur, Wilbour).
Little Compton Wills: A 300 page collection
of wills of Little Compton residents recorded prior to 1875.
The library also holds other family genealogies and related
materials including a searchable computer database of all the cemeteries
and gravestones in the town of Little Compton. Genealogy
books were moved from the Little Compton Historical Society to the Library
so the public could have greater access to the material.
History
The Brownell Library was bequeathed for the people of Little
Compton by Mr. Pardon Brownell who died in 1921. It was built in 1929.
In 1963 the stack addition was added and the town's public library was
removed from the town hall and physically combined witht he Brownell Library.
Since that time the Trustees of the Brownell Trust provide maintenance
and repair of the building while the taxpayers through the town annual
appropriations provide the funds for staffing, books, and supplies. The
library's operation is administered by the town Library Trustees.
New Construction
After almost thirty years the Little Compton's library facilities
have been expanded. More space was added for the children's department,
for staff work and for group meetings, such as children's reading hours.
In addition the library was updated to accomodate the handicapped.
A plan to accomplish these goals was developed to be harmonious
with the existing brick Colonial style as shown in the sketch above, and
the new construction completed last year.
Follow this link for more information
and a sketch of the new floor plan.
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Rhode Island USGenWeb Project
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Society Home Page
Thank you for visiting the Brownell/Little Compton Library Home
Page. We hope you will visit us in Little Compton, Rhode Island and
enjoy the services we offer. © 1997-9
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This page was last updated Wednesday, 28-Jul-1999 14:03:24 MDT