Gertrude Carraway Research Library Over the past 40 years the Gertrude Carraway Research Library has helped to increase and enrich the knowledge and understanding of both the staff and public at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens. The library’s 3845 individual titles and 847 volumes of bound periodicals and institutional reports shed new light on the past. Subjects range from art history and antiques to gardens and gardening and, of course, there are hundreds of volumes on history. The Carraway Library got a big boost in the spring of 2004 when it began moving into spacious new quarters in the recently renovated Disosway House. Over the past decade the collection had nearly doubled, filling all the space in the Commission House Library and spilling over into offices around the Palace complex. The new location will bring all of the Library’s holdings under one roof. There is a separate bound periodical room and computers simplify searches by author, title or subject matter. The entire collection has been reclassified and catalogued by Tryon Palace Registrar Dean Knight. The Carraway Library was named in honor of Gertrude Sprague Carraway (1896-1993), who helped to spearhead the restoration of the Palace and served as its first director. If you would like to use the Carraway Library to do research, contact Mr. Knight by phone at 252-514-4918 or by email at dknight@tryonpalace.org.