[Records] / State Library of Massachusetts. 1826-

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[Records] / State Library of Massachusetts. 1826-

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Collection consists primarily of correspondence, bills, acquisition records, publications by and about the Library, information about Library holdings, and photographs. Information on policies, procedures, daily operations, staff activities and special acquisitions of the Library is included, as well as information concerning State Librarians. Of particular interest may be the correspondence between State Librarian Caleb Tillinghast and Melvil Dewey and C.A. Cutter, as well as between he and other notable persons, such as Booker T. Washington (f. 723). Correspondence of the Massachusetts Board of Education and the Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission is also included. Also of note: bills and receipts concerning the delivery of Audubon's Birds of America; documentation of the Vattemare collection; and letters dealing with the acquisition of law materials from foreign countries.

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State Library of Massachusetts

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State Library of Massachusetts

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St 1825, c 123 (1826) provided for a library for the General Court to be kept under the care of the land agent. St 1849, c 155 provided that the librarian of the State Library be the secretary to the Board of Education; St 1850, c 182 provided for a board of trustees to be appointed by the governor; and St 1893, c 86 provided that the librarian be appointed by the governor. St 1960, c 380 officially designated the State Library as the George Fingold Library. The trustees were placed...

Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts

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Massachusetts. Board of Education

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Created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to establish set policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in a Dept. of Education report 1961/1962. From the description of Register of visitors, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Massachusetts Educational Exhibit. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70967720 Massachusetts Board of Education created 1837; abolished ...