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Summer Fun with a new adventure each week.
On Display during Library Hours: Friday, July 10th – Sat, August 1st.
Treasures from the Darby Library: THE 100-YEAR OVERDUE BOOK
Come see the novel returned to the Darby Library more than a century late. Clarissa, an English literature classic published in 1764, was lent out in the mid-1800s and didn’t find its way home until 1947. The story was so unbelievable it was featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Stop by to see this exhibit exploring the remarkable history of this one-of-a-kind volume in the Darby Library collection.
On Display during library hours: Saturday, September 5th – Saturday, October 3rd
Treasures from the Darby Library: Before Lewis and Clark, There Was Bartram
William Bartram was a naturalist, explorer, and artist whose writings on American wildlife and landscape made him famous around the world — a child of the Enlightenment whose lyrical prose helped usher in the Romantic era and inspired writers including Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau. His father John, born in Darby, helped found the Darby Library in 1743. When William published Travels through North & South Carolina in 1791, he gave his personal copy to this library. It is still in the collection. Come learn more about this special book and special library.
One Day Only! Friday, November 13th – 4-6pm
Treasures from the Darby Library: Come See the First Book Benjamin Franklin printed on his new press, property of the Library Since 1745.
In 1728, a young Benjamin Franklin printed the first book on his new Philadelphia press — a history of the Quakers who had settled Pennsylvania. Two years after the Darby Library was founded, that first edition was given to the collection.
Join us for a reception and a look at this remarkable volume – one day only! This piece of our history has been newly restored courtesy of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America in honor of Delaware County marking its 250th anniversary.
