Seed Library
Radnor Memorial Library’s seed lending library provides seeds free of charge to community members to sow in their home gardens and a place for them to return and share seeds from their plants with other community members. The goal of the Seed Library is to provide a place for seed sharing within the township as well as educational information that will nurture and support gardeners, nature, and wildlife in our community. Our collection includes seeds for vegetables, herbs, flowers, and native plants. For more information about how the seed library works, visit this page.
Library of Things
In this collection you will find non-traditional items such as lawn games, craft tools, gadgets, electronics, and more, that can be borrowed for free with your library card. Need a one time thing or want to try before you buy? Borrow it! Visit this page to see what items are available and how to borrow.
Museum Pass Program
The Museum Pass Program allows Adults with Delaware County Library System cards to check out passes for free admission to more than 30 local museums and attractions. Visit the Museum Pass Program Page for the complete list.
Chanticleer Collection
We are proud to present the Chanticleer Collection, a collection of titles dedicated to gardening, horticulture, and nature. The collection offers materials for both adults and young people and includes books and magazines. Through the generous support of the Chanticleer Foundation, this unique collection is always growing.
Global Collection
Our Global Collection contains a curated collection of titles in the Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic and French languages, as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) materials. Each language collection consists of popular fiction and nonfiction adult and juvenile items intended for the recreational reading of patrons fluent in the languages represented. The ESL collection is intended for non-native speakers of English to assist them in learning the English language. The full global collection can be browsed in-person or via our online catalog by narrowing search results to a specific language.
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.
Oral History Project interviews are available to Delaware County Library Card holders in both digital and physical DVD format. Browse digital copies of the interviews through Libby by searching “RML Oral History Project” or the specific interview you’re looking for. Physical DVD copies of the collection can be browsed in the ORAL HISTORY stack to the left of the Reference Desk, or in our library catalog by searching “Memorial Library of Radnor Townships Oral History Project”.
If you have any questions about this collection, please contact the Reference Desk.
Pennsylvania Collection
The Pennsylvania Collection consists of mostly historical books which focus on the State of Pennsylvania, Radnor Township, and the region surrounding Radnor, which includes Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Bucks, and Lancaster counties. Radnor Memorial Library is one of the few libraries in the Delaware County Library System that houses such a specialized collection on Pennsylvania, so we are both a local and county-wide resource for these materials.
Dive into Pennsylvania and other local history anytime—the PA Collection is housed in the stacks to the left of our Reference Desk. Additionally, materials can be browsed in our online catalog by searching “PA Section” and filtering results to “Radnor Library”.
Main Line Times & Suburban
Main Line Times & Suburban is the local newspaper covering Radnor Township and the Main Line. It began as The Suburban and Wayne Times and merged with Main Line Life in January, 2009 to become Main Line Suburban Life. A merger with Main Line Times in May, 2018 led to the current Main Line Times & Suburban. Commonly known as The Suburban, the Library’s holdings are on microfilm from 1948-1980, and in bound volumes from 1981 on.