OUR MISSIONThe Morristown Centennial Library’s mission is to further our community’s commitment to literacy and broad public access to information, sharing the advantages and joys of reading and lifelong learning with as many members of our community as possible. To achieve this mission the library is dedicated to providing a comfortable and welcoming environment, offering high-quality services and programs that are responsive to our community’s wants and needs, and honoring patrons’ rights to privacy, confidentiality and intellectual freedom.
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OUR MOTTOPreserving the Past … Building the Future continues to be our guide. The historic, archived collections, including the Vermont and Civil War collections and the bound News & Citizens, maintain our links to the past, while computers, WiFi, digital materials such as ListenUp!Vermont (audiobooks and ebooks), Vermont Online Library (reference services), Universal Classes (online courses) and the frequent purchase of new materials guarantee our growth into the future. Come and take advantage of our many offerings.
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Our history
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The original library opened April 19, 1891, “to disseminate useful knowledge and to contribute in every proper way to the literary, moral, and educational welfare of the community.” It was located on the top floor of the original bank building on Main Street. By 1910, the space used by the library was insufficient and the trustees decided to build a new facility. A grant was obtained by sending a simple one page letter to Andrew Carnegie. Along with additional donations and a pledge of continuing support from the town, the library as we know it was built on town land and opened in July 1913.
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The Morristown Centennial Library Association was established by The Women’s Club, a group of citizens led by Laura Gleed, for the purpose of establishing a public library in Morristown in 1891, the centennial year of the town’s founding. The library is an independent, incorporated, nonprofit library, run by a Board of Trustees, that receives an annual appropriation from the taxpayers of Morristown.
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