The North Carolina Room at the Richard H. Thornton Library has received a $4,000 gift from an anonymous donor via the Friends of the Library. This is the largest single donation received by the North Carolina room during the 16 years North Carolina Room Specialist Mark Pace has been at the helm.
The unnamed donor grew up in Oxford and has longstanding ties to Granville County but gave the donation on the condition of anonymity, according to a press release from Granville County Public Information Terry Hobgood.
The gift will be used for currently currently unfunded areas of need for the North Carolina Room. This could include the purchase of archival storage boxes, a genealogical book series or other equipment or maintenance needs in lieu of taxpayer dollars.
The North Carolina Room includes a multitude of county histories like Census records for Granville and surrounding counties, archives of the Oxford Public Ledger and Butner-Creedmoor News, minutes from court proceedings, as well as marriage certificates, deeds, family genealogical histories and church histories. The North Carolina Room is located at the Richard H. Thornton Library, 210 Main St., Oxford. To learn more, visit https://www.granvillecounty.org/438/NC-Genealogy-Room
The Friends of the Library is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the support of the Granville County Library System, including the development and growth of library resources, services and facilities. Visit https://www.granvillecounty.org/431/Friends-of-the-Library to learn more.
