Uncle Remus Regional Library System Uncle Remus Regional Library System The Uncle Remus Regional Library System (URRLS) is a collection of ten public libraries located partially in the Atlanta metropolitan area and Central Georgia. It is headquartered in Madison, Georgia and serves the counties of Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, and Walton, of which 35% of the population are members of the library. The library system is named for Uncle Remus, a fictional title character and narrator of many African-American folktales, whose stories were compiled by post-Reconstruction Atlanta journalist Joel Chandler Harris in the late 1880's. The logo for the library system is Br'er Rabbit,
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