Opera Singer Annie Louise Cary


Postcard of Annie Louise Cary Raymond and her husband, 1906

Postcard of Annie Louise Cary Raymond and her husband, 1906
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Cary Memorial Library in Wayne

At her death in 1921, Annie Louise Cary Raymond bequeathed to the library $10,000 and "any books which may be advantageously added to the collection…"

The town library had begun in 1885, with books housed in several locations over the years.

In 1927 the library officers and trustees voted "to build the Annie Louise Cary Raymond Memorial Library" in honor of their famous native daughter.

The new structure, a fine brick building, was dedicated on August 27, 1939.

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