Welcome to the Cary Memorial Library!

 17 Old Winthrop Road           Wayne, Maine 04284
Phone:  685-3612   Library E-mail: jadelberg@cary-memorial.lib.me.us
Librarian:  Janet Adelberg

 Winter Hours: 
Monday:  9:00AM--1:00PM
Wednesday: 2:00PM--7:00PM  
Saturday: 9:00AM--3:00 PM 

Summer Hours:
Monday: 9:00AM--1:00PM
Wednesday: 1:00PM--8:00PM
Saturday: 9:00AM--3:00PM
Extra Summer Evening Hours:
July & August--Tuesday & Thursday 5:00--8:00PM

Collection

The Cary Memorial Library has a collection of over 12,000 cataloged volumes including popular fiction, classics, a Maine Collection, non-fiction, children's books and current best-sellers.  Books-on-Tape and CD, videos, circulating magazines,  large-print titles and a small Teen Section are also available.   Please ask for help in locating materials--our space in limited and some items are hard to find.  

Marvel Databases: Maine's Virtual Library

The library computer is bookmarked with Maine's Virtual Library, an enormous database of  periodicals, newspapers accessible from any computer. 

Internet Access

The library has two computers available for public Internet access.
Search using Google. 

Inter-Library Loan

The library is a member of the Central Maine Library District and is able to borrow books from other larger collections.  Please request assistance at the desk.

Genealogy Research

The Wayne Historical Society and the Town Archival Board maintain the library's Historical Archives.  A complete index of our historical records as well as a collection of local histories of Wayne and surrounding towns are also available for use in the library.  Visitors who have limited time and specific needs are encouraged to phone or e-mail ahead so we can assist you most efficiently. 

Illustrated History of Wayne For Sale

The Jack Perkins Illustrated History of Wayne featuring old photographs, anecdotes and local history from 1898 through the 1970's is a hardcover book found in homes and camps all over Wayne.  Hardcover copies are available at the library for $15.00.  Thank-you to the Perkins family for assigning all profits to the library. 

Locally Written Historical Books For Sale

Other books relating to the history of Wayne are also available for purchase at the library.  Two titles by Wayne's Edward Kallop, Johnson's Kingdom (2000) and The History of the North Wayne Tool Company (2003) are in stock.  The "new" Bicentennial History of Wayne is for sale as well.  Of course any of these can be borrowed from our circulating collection. 

Used Book Sales

The library holds used book sales in February and in July or August.  Contact us for the date of the next sale.  We welcome donations of books in good condition. Children's books are especially welcome.   We cannot accept old textbooks, Reader's  Digest Condensed, or books in poor condition. 

Stories for Pre-Schoolers

On most Monday mornings during the school year there is a story-time for preschool aged children.  Story-time begins at 10:30.

Author Programs

The Cary Library hosts Maine authors once or twice a year.  Our Meet-A-Maine-Author programs occur in Spring and occasionally in summer.  Contact the library for information on up-coming events.

Friends of the Library

An active Friends of the Library group holds quilt raffles, an Easter Candy and Bake Sale and hosts other events to raise money for special library needs. Ask at the desk about joining this group.  Each summer they display a Raffle Quilt made by the New Sandwich Quilters of Wayne, hand-made to benefit the library.  A Friends of the Library Cookbook is for sale at $10.00 per copy to benefit their programs. 

Cary Memorial Library's History

The library's roots extend back to the 1880's, when a group of Wayne citizens decided to form a small lending library.  Dues were collected to help buy books.  Over the years the collection grew and the library was housed in various town locations. 

In the 1920s library users began raising money for a permanent home.   It took years of fund-raising teas and card parties hosted by local residents as well as the summer community to reach their financial goal.  When the library was built in 1938 it was named in honor of Annie Louise Cary, whose family made a sizable bequest to the building fund, and this gift enabled the plans for the present building to become a reality.  Annie Louise Cary was born in Wayne in 1841 and was America's first operatic prima donna.  Stop in to the library to learn more about this interesting Wayne native.