Libraries - Delaware | Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter

Bear Branch Library 101 Governors Place Bear, DE 19701-3096 (302)838-3300	South Coastal Library 43 Kent Avenue Bethany Beach, DE 19930-9133 (302)539-5231
Bridgeville Public Library 600 South Cannon Street Bridgeville, DE 19933 (302)337-7401	Claymont Public Library 400 Lenape Way Claymont, DE 19703 (302)798-4164
Delaware City Branch Library 250 Fifth Street Delaware City, DE 19706-7722 (302)834-4148	Delmar Public Library 101 North Bi State Boulevard Delmar, DE 19940-1210 (302)846-9894
Dover Public Library 35 Loockerman Plaza Dover, DE 19901 (302)736-7030	Delaware Division of Libraries 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. N Dover, DE 19901 (302) 739-4748
Kent County Public Library 497 South Red Haven Lane Dover, DE 19901-6483 (302) 744-1919	Frankford Public Library 8 Main Street Frankford, DE 19945-9684 (302)732-9351
Georgetown Public Library 123 West Pine Street Georgetown, DE 19947 (302)856-7958	Greenwood Public Library 100 Mill Street Greenwood, DE 19950 (302) 349-5309
Harrington Public Library 110 East Center Street Harrington, DE 19952-1106 (302)398-4647	Hockessin Branch Library 1023 Valley Road Hockessin, DE 19707-9156 (302)239-5160
Laurel Public Library 101 East 4th Street Laurel, DE 19956-1567 (302)875-3184	Lewes Public Library 111 Adams Avenue Lewes, DE 19958-1401 (302)645-2733
Appoquinimink Community Library 651 North Broad Street Middletown, DE 19709 (302) 378-5588	Milford Public Library 11 SE Front Street Milford, DE 19963-1941 (302)422-8996
Millsboro Public Library 217 West State Street Millsboro, DE 19966-1510 (302)934-8743	Milton Public Library 121 Union Street Milton, DE 19968-1617 (302)684-8856
Department of Community Services 77 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720 (302) 395-5613	Route 9 Branch Library 3022 New Castle Avenue New Castle, DE 19720 (302) 657-8020
New Castle Public Library 424 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720-5099 (302)328-1995	Newark Free Branch Library 750 Library Avenue Newark, DE 19711-7146 (302)731-7550
Corbit Calloway Memorial Branch Library 115 High Street Odessa, DE 19730-2021 (302)378-8838	Rehoboth Beach Public Library 226 Rehoboth Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971-2134 (302)227-8044
Seaford District Library 600 North Market Street Ext Seaford, DE 19973-1500 (302)629-2524	Selbyville Public Library 11 Main & McCabe Street Selbyville, DE 19975 (302)436-8195
Smyrna Public Library 107 South Main Street Smyrna, DE 19977-1432 (302)653-4579	Wilmington Branch Library 10 East 10th Street Wilmington, DE 19801-3308 (302)574-7400
North Wilmington Branch Library 3400 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19802 (302) 761-4290	Brandywine Hundred Branch Library 1300 Foulk Road Wilmington, DE 19803-2766 (302)477-3150
Woodlawn Branch Library 2020 West Ninth Street Wilmington, DE 19805 (302) 571-7425	Labiblioteca Del Pueblo Branch Library 403 North Van Buren Street Wilmington, DE 19805 (302) 571-7422
Elsmere Public Library 30 Spruce Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-2129 (302) 892-2210	Kirkwood Branch Library 6000 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, DE 19808-4817 (302)995-7663

CELEBRITY FOCUS

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.