The Smith Public Library is located in Wylie and was established in 1970 by Rita and Truett Smith. Since then, it has grown from a small space in a local bank building to a full-service library, providing story time programs, computer classes, book clubs, and special events.
This issue is part of the following collections of related materials.
Wylie-Sachse Newspaper Collection
Spanning Collin and Dallas counties and three newspaper titles, this collection represents the history of the communities and aims to preserve their cultural identity. Funded by a TexTreasures grant.
The Collin County Area Newspaper Collection represents the history of Collin County from 1860-2012, across twenty-four newspaper titles, contributed by nine partners.
The Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) partners with communities, publishers, and institutions to promote standards-based digitization of Texas newspapers and to make them freely accessible.
Dorsey, Scott.The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 22, 1986,
newspaper,
October 22, 1986;
Wylie, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749333/:
accessed June 26, 2022),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Smith Public Library.