The De Renne Georgia Library is a building at the Wormsloe Historic Site, a former

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, in Isle of Hope, Georgia, United States. Completed in 1907, to a

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design by

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and

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, the building contained a large library of the history of Georgia, a collection begun by George Wymberley Jones De Renne and continued by his son, Wymberley Jones De Renne. The library contains the most complete collection of printed Georgia history for the period spanning 1700 to 1929. Although the building is named for Wymberley Jones De Renne, he dedicated it to

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, the 1739 founder of Wormsloe. In 1922, the library, which is housed in a fireproof structure, was described as "the most complete private state historical collection in existence." De Renne died in 1916, and his son, Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne, became the curator of the library, intent on completing what his father had started. He gave free rein to historian Leonard L. Mackall to fill in the spaces on the shelves of the library. Mackall worked on the project until the latter stages of

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, after which De Renne enlisted the help of Azalea Hallett Clizbee of the

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to catalog the library, which contained over 4,000 items. Further delays ensued, which led to De Renne's sisters, Audrey and Elfrida, underwriting the project. De Renne oversaw the project. The catalog was published, in three

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volumes, by Plandome Press in 1931. The De Renne Georgia Library was sold to the

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of the

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in 1938. De Renne worked on the library's staff until his retirement in 1956. Scenes in

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's ''

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'' season 8 episode "Anton" were filmed at the library, including in its interior.

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Wormsloe Plantation Library
1903 plans —

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1907 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) De Renne family History of Georgia (U.S. state) Libraries in Chatham County, Georgia