Collection of materials relating to censorship and other controversial issues at the Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Mass. <1885-1983>.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Fischer, Victor, 1942-

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Cloonan, Michèle Valerie, 1955-

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Concord Free Public Library (Concord, Mass.)

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Concord Free Public Library was incorporated March 24, 1873 for statutory purpose of forming and maintaining a public library in Concord, Mass. Corporation organized and adopted by-laws March 28, 1873. Preceding Concord Town Library, founded in 1851, was transferred to Corporation by vote of inhabitants of Concord March 31, 1873. These transactions resulted from proposed gift to town of public library building by successful Concord native William Munroe (1806-1877). He presented to ...