The
Carroll Paul Memorial Trust Fund supports music and musical programming
@ PWPL.
Helen
Longyear Paul established the Carroll Paul Memorial Trust Fund of the
Peter white Public Library in honor of her husband, Carroll Paul.
The Library's extensive collection of compact discs,
video-cassettes and DVDs has been developed with the income from this
trust. The Carroll Paul Memorial Trust Fund also sponsors
musical
performances and concerts at the Library. This trust fund
provides funding for Library programs, equipment, facilities and
materials related to music. Helen Longyear Paul was an ardent
Library supporter and served as a member of the PWPL Board of Trustees
for many years.
More
about Carroll and Helen Longyear
Paul & the Carroll
Paul
Memorial Trust Fund
Carroll
Paul was born May 5, 1882 in Tokyo , Japan
, to Professor and Mrs. Henry Martyn Paul. He was awarded a B.S. degree
from
Dartmouth in 1903, followed by a
civil engineering degree in 1904. He entered the U.S. Navy engineer
corps in 1907, and rose from ensign to lieutenant commander. On March
25, 1911, he married Helen Longyear, and they became the parents of two
sons and two daughters.
Helen
Longyear, the fourth child of
Marquette pioneer John Munro Longyear and his wife,
Mary Beecher Longyear, was born in Marquette on
January 20, 1885. She attended
Burnham
School for Girls,
Northampton ,
Massachusetts , and after one year at Smith
College
, she entered the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology to study architecture. She earned a B.S. degree from M. I.
T. in 1909.
After
their marriage, Helen accompanied her husband on a tour of duty in the Philippines
. Returning to the U.S. in 1913, Carroll
Paul was transferred to several stations until being assigned to Guam in 1917 to supervise the
construction of a naval radio station.
After
the death of his father-in-law, J.M. Longyear, Carroll Paul resigned
from active duty in the Navy in 1922, and relocated to Marquette
to become a trustee of the Longyear estate.
Carroll Paul died suddenly on May 23, 1937 at 55 years of age, and was
buried in Arlington National Cemetery
.
His
widow remained a Marquette
resident. Among her civic involvements were serving on the Board of
Trustees of the Peter White Public Library, and curator of the
Marquette County Historical Society. Helen Longyear Paul died on
October 30, 1960 while returning to
Marquette from a Detroit
conference on local history.
One
of the lasting legacies Helen Longyear Paul left to the Marquette
community was the Carroll Paul Memorial Trust
Fund. In the late 1950’s, Mrs. Paul established the trust as
a memorial tribute to her husband. The earnings of the charitable trust
are to be used by the Peter White Public Library to purchase materials,
equipment and furnishings, facilities and other items that contribute
to the enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of music.
Over
the years, the Carroll Paul Memorial Trust Fund has been used to buy
music-related books, periodicals and recordings. Thanks to Mrs.
Paul’s foresight, the wording of the trust includes
“...any other
equipment now existing or hereafter developed, designed for the
appreciation and enjoyment of music.” As a result, compact
discs and players, video cassettes and players, and CD-ROMs and
computer equipment have been acquired for the library collection. In
addition, the trust fund has been instrumental in presenting numerous
concerts by local musicians, as well as artists of national renown.
The
Peter White Public Library is indeed fortunate to have the benefits of
the Carroll Paul Memorial Trust Fund. The residents of the Marquette
area owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs. Paul for
her generosity.
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