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Home Front: Boston and the Civil War

June 11 - December 31, 2011

The Associates is pleased to sponsor an exhibition of treasures from the Library's Special Collections.

Save the Date!

Literary Lights will be held on April 15, 2012 at the Boston Park Plaza.

Boston Public Library
Associates of the Boston Public Library

Our Mission

The Associates of the Boston Public Library is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the Boston Public Library's special collections of rare books, manuscripts, and other items of significant historic interest. The Associates is working to ensure continued public access to these irreplaceable treasures by underwriting their conservation, cataloging, digitization, and exhibition. The Associates oversees the David McCullough Conservation Fund and the William O. Taylor Fund, both of which are making extraordinary conservation projects possible.

Since its founding in 1972, the Associates has been the creator and underwriter of a wide array of programs, designed to heighten public awareness of the Boston Public Library's vast free, educational resources, and to expand the role of the Boston Public Library in the intellectual life of the City. These programs have included:

Associates members are invited to these events.


Board of Directors
Vivian Spiro, Chair
Mary McGrath, Vice Chair
Anita Lincoln, Treasurer
Alan Andres, Secretary

R. Nicholas Burns
W. Timothy Carey
Lorie Conway
Stona Fitch
Rebecca Forrester
Peter Drummey
Allan M. Green
Peter Kadzis
Kathryn Lasky
Mary Pfeifer Lentz
Gregory Maguire
William Martin
Julia Pfannenstiehl

Executive Director
Louisa Stephens

Associates
700 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone: 617-536-3886
Fax: 617-536-3813
e-mail: associates@bpl.org