Lending Library

The State Society maintains a library of books concerning the genealogy and history of the Pilgrims.

LENDING LIBRARY
GUIDELINES FOR BORROWING MATERIAL

AVAILABLE TO PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY MEMBERS ONLY

PRINT MATERIAL

• Please list items wanted by Author, Title and Volume, and print your name, SMDPA member number, address, phone number and e-mail address. Orders can not be filled without your home phone number.
  
• Correct postage (U.S. funds, check or money order), as indicated on the lending form, must be included.

Items	U.S.	Children's	Canada
1	$3.00	$3.00	$6.00
2	$4.00	$3.00	$8.00
3	$5.00	$3.50	$10.00

• Three items may be borrowed at a time. Three Mayflower Quarterlies are considered one item. A videocassette is considered one item when borrowed with books or Quarterlies. Any combination of videocassettes and books or Quarterlies may be listed on the same form.
  
• An * after the author's name indicates an insurance fee must be paid, in addition to the postage costs.
  
  

  IF	INCLUDE	VALUES COVERED
  **	$2.30	50.01 - 100.00
  ***	$3.30	100.01 - 200.00
  ****	$4.30	200.01 - 300.00
  *****	$5.30	300.01 - 400.00
  ******	$6.30	400.01 - 500.00
  *******	$7.30	500.01 - 600.00

  
  
• Books now circulate for a 40-day loan period and are due back on or before the due date indicated on the color band placed over one of the books.
  
• When one of the items you request is in use, you will be placed on the waiting list for that item and notified of this. At times, even with multiple copies of a title, the wait can be several months long. Please be patient. The item will be sent to you as soon as it is received and your name is first on the waiting list.
  
• If you do not received your requested items or notice of them within four weeks of submitting the request, please contact the library.
  

INTERNATIONAL SMDPA MEMBERS

International SMDPA members may use the Lending Library by agreeing to pay airmail postage in both directions for items borrowed. Because of the time involved in overseas loans, we reserve the right not to loan books for which there is a waiting list. Books that must be insured cannot be loaned unless the international member agrees to assume full responsibility for them during the sending and returning of the items. VHS videocassettes are available for loan but these may not be compatible with non-U.S. video players.

CANADIAN SMDPA MEMBERS

Sending books to Canada costs approximately twice as much as within the United States. Therefore Lending fees for Canadian members are double that for American members. Books that must be insured cannot be loaned unless the Canadian SMDPA member agrees to assume full responsibility for them during the sending and returning of the items.

Videocassettes

• Two videocassettes may be borrowed at a time. Please list up to three on the form. The first two available tapes will be sent.
  
• Postage for the items as indicated on the lending form must be included.
  
• Videocassettes now circulate for a 30-day loan period and are due back on or before the due date indicated on the color band placed over one of the videocassettes.
  
  
  The Lending Library List
  
  For a complete list of books please download either of the following lists:
  
  For Microsoft Word format: CLICK HERE
  
  For Adobe Acrobat "PDF" format: CLICK HERE
  
  Click here to download your
  free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader™.
  
  A printableLending Library Form is available on this site.
  Each order must be accompanied by a fresh order form.