The Harry and Mary Green Memorial Library
Mediator
Book Club
The book club will reconvene in the fall. However, you are welcome through the summer - when the church is open during the day from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - to come spend some time in our air conditioned library where we offer a wide variety of material, a rich selection of readings for children and youth, scholars, historians, and seekers of all kind. If you're looking for a quiet place to spend some time, stop by the church and use our library!
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History of the Harry and Mary Green Memorial
Library
at Mediator
On Sunday, January 18, 1976, the Harry Green Memorial Library at Mediator was officially dedicated. Following the service at which former rector, The Rev. David B. Birney, was guest preacher, Mrs. Paul Hannaford, past president of the Church and Synagogue Library Association spoke at the opening of the library in the Parish House. The dedication took place at noon that day. Harry Green was a long-time member and senior warden-emeritus of the parish until his death in 1973. (Taken from an article in The Morning Call dated Saturday, January 17, 1976)
Upon the death of Mary, Harry's wife, her name was added to the library and it became the Harry and Mary Green Memorial Library. Photo portraits of both Harry and Mary are prominently displayed in the Library.
Past History
A note found in the archives at the Mediator in May 2008 indicated that, "Sandy Burroughs and Irene Gossweiler completed cataloging the library early in 1965. The Frederick L. Hiller Memorial Library was located in the reception hall of the Parish House."
For many years Mrs. John (Grace) Liebig was the Librarian and it was through her efforts and the efforts of a very dedicated group of "Library Angels," as Grace called them, who converted the library into the Dewey Decimal System and moved the library to its present location in the Parish House.