The Fortnightly Club

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The Fortnightly Club Promotes literacy through reading and supports Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library. They met each fortnight to study topics such as history and the arts.

The Fortnightly Club was established in 1895 by a group of women who shared a common interest in learning. Ultimately, the club became a member of the Texas Federation of Women and the General Federation of Women. In 1901, the Fortnightly Club opened a public library in Brenham, Texas to share their love of learning with the community. The library remains the major project and, through the club departments, support 12 others.

📚 Do you enjoy the little free libraries in Brenham? Which one is your favorite?Snap of picture with you and your favori...
10/17/2026

📚 Do you enjoy the little free libraries in Brenham? Which one is your favorite?

Snap of picture with you and your favorite and send it to us! We love to encourage our volunteers who tirelessly keep them stocked and in good order! 📕

Where are they?
https://www.cityofbrenham.org/news_detail_T5_R250.php

Can’t wait to mark your calendars for our huge annual book sale?Check out our events for all of our upcoming important d...
10/10/2026

Can’t wait to mark your calendars for our huge annual book sale?
Check out our events for all of our upcoming important dates!

Don’t forget our first meeting is tomorrow at the Library at 11:30. Updates on BISD with a back to school theme.The publ...
10/07/2026

Don’t forget our first meeting is tomorrow at the Library at 11:30. Updates on BISD with a back to school theme.
The public is welcome! Come out and meet us!


The Home Life department recently got together to work on their annual Veterans pillow project. If you know a veteran in...
08/27/2026

The Home Life department recently got together to work on their annual Veterans pillow project. If you know a veteran in the area please let us know.

What a celebration today as the club closed out our 2025-2026 year at our Spring Luncheon hosted by the International De...
05/14/2026

What a celebration today as the club closed out our 2025-2026 year at our Spring Luncheon hosted by the International Department! We presented a check to the Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library for $35,000! Mayor Atwood Kenjura gave a few remarks along with librarian Tammy Murphy giving an update on all the wonderful things going on at the library. We thanked our outgoing board members led by Phyllis Glasscock and welcomed our new board led by Kathryn Hawkins Seifert. And we honored our Bookhouse Babes and our volunteer of the year Debbie Schmitz for all their hard work. But we really must thank all our members for their many, many volunteer hours to make this donation to the library possible. As we break for the summer, the Bookhouse Babes will continue to be hard at work receiving donations, sorting, cleaning, pricing, and boxing the books for next year's sale. Have a great summer!

04/29/2026

Act Now: Use our Legislative Alerts Clubs and clubwomen are the local advocates for GFWC’s legislative agenda. It is through the national network of grassroots advocates that the Federation gains […]

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906 N. Park Street (Book Donation Drop Off Location)
Brenham, TX
77833

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(979) 830-5665

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