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Member of the Delaware County Library System: www.delcolibraries.org Book Catalog
Staff Director: Jacqueline Boggs Children's Librarian: Peggy Bauer Circulation: Theresa Gaynor RoseMarie Keenan MaryAnn Bradford Other Staff: Evelyn Stults Community Web Sites Glenolden Borough
Glenolden Business Association
Interboro School District
Glenolden Fire Company
Delaware County History www.delawarecountyhistory .com
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 Welcome to the Glenolden Library Web Page The Glenolden Library, along with lending books, offers Videos, DVD’s, Compact Discs, Books on Tape & CD, Large Print Books, Computer Software, Magazines, Interlibrary Loan, Internet Access, Computers with Word, Photocopier, Fax Machine, and Federal & State Tax Forms. Hours: Monday: 10am-5pm; 6pm-8:30pm Tuesday: 1pm-5pm; 6pm-8:30pm Wednesday: 10am-5pm; 6pm-8:30pm Thursday: 1pm-5pm; 6pm-8:30pm Friday: 10am-5pm Saturday: 9am-4pm
Summer Hours: the same as above, except for Saturdays 10am-2pm. Activities Preschool Story Hour for ages 3 to 5, Wednesdays at 10:00am from October to May. Summer Reading Club for grades 2 to 6, Tuesdays, starting end of June for 6 weeks. Science in the Summer for grades 2 to 6, look in announcements for date & time. Summer Preschool Hour for ages 3 to 5, Wednesdays at 10:30am in July & August. Teen Beat for grades 7 & up. Fill out slips for books read & have a chance to win a prize from June to August. History History of Glenolden Library In the pleasant decade known as the Gay Nineties, the Glenolden Library was born. In 1891, Mr. J. Duncan Brooks, a Sunday School teacher who was interested in cultural development of his class, organized a club to form a free public reading room. A little stone building, which stood next to the lot, now vacant, on the corner of Ashland Ave. and Chester Pike, was secured and Mr. Brooks found himself and his group floundering beyond their depth. He persuaded his wife to call together a group of women to serve as an auxiliary. The name of this auxiliary was called the Women’s Auxiliary of the Reading Room Association of Glenolden. The ladies, at once, began to collect money to aid the free reading room and for a building fund. Almost at once came great dissatisfaction with the name, which was a bit prolonged for convenience. Finally, the name "Glenolden Library" was settled on. On June 30, 1894, the Glenolden Library was issued a Charter. In 1917, reorganization resulted in a reading room in the school building. The library was open Monday from 4-5PM and Fridays from 8-9PM for several years. After World War I until 1937, Glenolden’ population doubled. The Glenolden Woman’s Club sponsored a Public Library. Borough Council paid rental for the library in what was a former real estate office on Chester Pike. A drive was conducted for books. In 1938, Borough Council agreed to provide a site at the southern corner of Knowles Ave. and Llanwellyn Ave. for the building of a library. Mrs. Mary Ridgway Lundy donated the lot in 1909 in memory of her mother. Notices were sent out to all persons known to have been members, in good standing, at the last meeting of the Library Association in 1917. In May 1939, a resolution was passed to contribute the funds of the Library Association to the Borough of Glenolden for erecting and maintaining a public library. In the summer of 1939, with stone from the borough quarry and home labor paid from WPA funds, construction began. The corner stone was laid on November 11, 1939. The Library was staffed with a part-time librarian, Miss Margaret Shannon, and volunteers from the Women’s Club of Glenolden. Miss Shannon was librarian until 1942. Mrs. Dorothy Milligan became librarian in 1947 and continued to serve until 1963. Mrs. Grace Crawford took over as librarian in 1964 and continued to serve until 1976. Mrs. Jeanne Morgan became librarian in 1976 and served until 1985. Mrs. Jacqueline Boggs, took over as librarian in 1985. In 1987, the Glenolden Library and the other libraries in the county joined together to form the Delaware County Library System. This allowed all the libraries in the county to benefit from various grants and monies from the state. It provides services to the libraries that they would not have afforded on their own. The system allows patrons access to all the libraries in the county.
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211 S. Llanwellyn Ave Glenolden, Pa. 19036 Tel: 610-583-1010 Fax: 610-583-7610 Announcements Spring Programs Holiday Crafts for Children at 6:30pm on Wednesdays April 16- Earth Day May14 -Spring Theme Sign up for Science in the Summer From May 27 to June 21, parent & child must come in to sign a release form & to register. Classes will be held July14-17 for grades 2 to 6 starting at 10am & 11am. This year the theme is Bioscience.
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