Founders of library in Heuvelton

First members of the Heuvelton University Extension Club. These women and their successors were the founders of Heuvelton’s library. Pictured left to right are: Elizabeth (Libby) Cranston, Amy Norton (teacher), Della Brown George, Alice Warren (teacher), Lida Gray Hanna, Jeanette Moore Burnside, Sarah Hanson, Laura Washburn (teacher), Jessie Farmer Blood, Jeanette Ballantine, Mabel Spooner, Pearl West, and Carrie Allen Smithers. Circa 1915. Heuvelton, NY.

For more on the importance of libraries to small communities, check out this story about Morley’s library.

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