Founded: May 14,1937 by Women's Club of Collingdale
Hours of Operation: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12-8 pm; Wednesday 10-8 pm, Friday 12-4 pm, Saturday 10-5 pm.
Brief history: The Collingdale Public Library Association was formed as an auxiliary to the Women's Club in 1937. Members of the Women's Club ran the library for many years as Presidents of the Collingdale Public Library Association. It was mainly through their efforts that the library became viable as a source of information and recreation for young and old readers. When it first was incorporated in 1937, books were packed in a small office on Clifton Avenue that left little room for scholars to study. The Women's Club raised enough money to move into a bigger space on Clifton Avenue but by the early 1950s that space become untenable and another space was desperately needed. Trinity Episcopal Church saw the need and decided to donate their old rectory to the Library for $1 a year in 1957. It served as the library until 1976 when fire marshals decided that the building presented a fire hazard and had to be torn down. It took two years for contractors to build the new building which was dedicated in the fall of 1978. Collingdale Public Library is now part of the Delaware County Library System and more information can be accessed here: Collingdale Public Library
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