The Carolyn T. High Memorial Library serves about 57,600 residents of the city of Whiteville in Columbus County, North Carolina. Serving as the main branch library and headquarters of the Columbus County Public Library System, the library maintains a collection of roughly 171,400 volumes and circulates approximately 210,000 items per year. The branch houses resources on genealogy, local family history, and the history of Columbus County, including newspapers, court and marriage records, cemetery guides, microfilm, and photographs. It offers interlibrary loan services, meeting rooms, reference services, public computers with internet access, WiFi, and other library services.