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WINSOR ROOM
Through the generosity of Rebecca Evans Winsor and Ellen Winsor, the Winsor Community Room is available for use by the Library and by the people of Radnor Township. Conditions for the use of the Winsor Room are set by the Board of Trustees of the Library. The Winsor Room seats 110 people, auditorium-style.

>> WINSOR ROOM POLICY & APPLICATION (PDF)

DISPLAY CASE
The Library Board of Trustees and the Library Director are eager to provide for the public as many attractive, educational, and cultural exhibits as the space available allows. As scheduling permits, the Library’s display case is available to individuals and organizations engaged in educational, recreational, cultural, civic, charitable, or artistic activities. Commercial goods and services of interest to the local community may be displayed at the discretion of the Library Director or designated staff member, contingent upon availability. Preference will be given to exhibits and displays created by Library staff, Radnor community organizations and Radnor residents and non-profit organizations. Library staff will manage the display schedule.

The Library does not endorse the beliefs or viewpoints of topics that may be the subject of exhibits and displays. Exhibits concerning only one political point of view, advocating only one religious denomination, or presenting only one point of view in controversial matters will not be accepted. The Library Director reviews proposals for exhibits and displays if questions arise concerning acceptance criteria. The Library reserves the right to refuse any display proposal.

>> DISPLAY CASE POLICY & APPLICATION (PDF)

Inter-Library Loan

As a member library of the Delaware County Library System (DCLS) we adhere to the
DCLS Inter-Library Loan Policy. A request should contain the following information:

Borrower’s Information:

  1. borrower’s full name
  2. borrower’s phone number and address
  3. borrower’s library card number
  4. date needed by, or last date request will not be needed

Book Request:

  1. author
  2. title
  3. publisher
  4. date of publication
  5. ISBN
  6. edition, when appropriate

Periodical Article Request:

  1. full title of the journal
  2. volume and number of the issue
  3. date of the issue
  4. author of the article
  5. title of the article
  6. page numbers of the article
  7. ISSN number, whenever possible

Oral History Collection

Oral history interviews acquaint the listener with day-to-day experiences of a way of life that would otherwise be unknown. Without this oral tradition of our oldest citizens transmitting their history, values and culture, then perhaps each new generation would have to create its world anew. Each Oral History interview is indeed a small “book” dramatically depicting life as it was.

Radnor Memorial Library’s Oral History Project was made possible through grants from the Sun Company and the McLean Contributionship and CETA funds. In all of the Oral History interviews, the objective was to reveal a life and time in Radnor when it was unhurried and had an unspoiled, open landscape. The interviews were recorded between 1978 and 1982.