Boston Public Library: Historical Documents Online: Officers and Employees
A guide to digtized documents produced by the BPL relating to the history of its operation.
Current Officers and Employees
Past Officers and Employees
- Examining Committees: 1848-1998 Compiled by the BPL Development Office
- Head Librarians: 1852-2008 Source: Boston Public Library, by Catherine J. Willis. Arcadia Pub., 2011 Call no.: Z733.B752 W6 2011x
- Board of Trustees and Officers byCall Number: 2135.52v. ; 12-16 cm
Includes names of Trustees and officers, standing committees, special committees, Trustees of the Fellowes Athenaeum, and joint standing committees of the City Council.
Description based on: 1871; title from cover.
Latest issue consulted: 1885 - Boston Public Library [in] clippings, slips, letters, etc.Call Number: Z733.B75 B752On page 104 ff. includes list of "Officers and Assistants of the Library" for 1866, showing name, salary, and duties.
- Officials and Employees of the City of Boston and County of Suffolk With Their Residences, Compensation, Etcv. ; 24 cm
Covers all city departments, 1905 to 1937, with gaps
Employee Newsletters
- Library Life: Staff Bulletin of the Boston Public LibraryPublication Date: 1921-1926This was a publication of the Boston Public Library Staff Association. This was not a collective bargaining association, although it can be seen as a predecessor of the BPL Professional Staff Association and of AFSCME Local 1526, the current bargaining associations in the Library.
- The Question mark byPublication Date: 1946-1966
Commision on the Erection of the Building for the Public Library, ca. 1855
Commission on the erection of the building for the public library
Ca. 1855.
Joseph A. Pond, Common Council; Edward Capen, Librarian; Charles Woodberry, Alderman; Charles K. Kirby, architect; Robert C. Winthrop, President of the Board; Edward F. Porter, Common Council; George Ticknor, Trustee; Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Trustee; Samuel G. Ward, Commissioner from the Citizens at Large