SML's History
The Sheppard Memorial Library system is composed of a main library, four branches and a bookmobile.
It is the countywide library system for all of Pitt County as well as the City of Greenville. The main library was opened to the
public on October 15, 1930. The library was built with a $50,000 grant from Harper Donelson Sheppard, a Pitt County native and
businessman who lived in Hanover Pennsylvania. The main library was named in honor of Harper Donelson Sheppard's father William Henry
Haywood Sheppard. Primary funding for the public library system comes from the City of Greenville and County of Pitt.
Other significant funding sources are the State of North Carolina and the towns of Bethel and Winterville.
