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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The public Library. (search)
The public Library. William J. Rolfe, Litt. D. The Public Library had its origin in the Cambridge Athenaeum, which was incorporated in 1849 for the purpose of establishing a lyceum, library, reading-room, etc. The beginning of the library was made in 1855, when Mr. James Brown, of Watertown, bequeathed one thousand dollars to the institution, to be used in the purchase of books; but it was not until November, 1857, that the library was opened to the public. The next year (1858) the Athenaeum sold its building (afterwards used as a city hall) to the city, which obligated itself to contribute at least three hundred dollars a year, for fifty years, to the support of the library, and to maintain it forever for the benefit of the inhabitants of Cambridge. It now received the name of the Dana Library, in honor of Mr. Edmund T. Dana, who had given the land for the site of the Athenaeum building. Later Mr. Dana, by a codicil to his will, left fifteen thousand dollars for the increa
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), An Old-time Society. (search)
heads of families on the payment of two dollars annually and other members on the payment annually of one dollar. This vote made it desirable that an authentic list of the members should be on record, and accordingly such a list was placed on the books. It is as follows: Abiel Holmes, Henry Ware, Levi Farwell, Levi Hedge, Israel Porter, E. W. Metcalf, James Munroe, A. Biglow, Sidney Willard, William Hilliard, William Brown, T. L. Jennison, Asahel Stearns, W. J. Whipple,* Abel Willard,* James Brown, Charles Folsom, Joseph Story, Josiah Quincy, William Wells, Stephen Higginson, James Hayward, N. J. Wyeth, William Watriss,* F. J. Higginson, Joseph Foster, Thomas W. Coit, Otis Danforth, John Farrar. Those marked with a star are single men. It may have seemed to the members that this legislation was rather more for the advantage of the members than for that of the sick, indigent, or otherwise, and this may be the reason why in the following year it was voted that an appropriation fo
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
the purpose of organization was held March 13, 1832, in the office of Levi Farwell, at which meeting Mr. Farwell acted as chairman, with C. C. Little as secretary. The first board of directors chosen was Levi Farwell, J. Coolidge, C. C. Little, J. Brown, A. Stearns, William Brown, William Watriss, and Robert Fuller. On March 30, 1832, a committee consisting of Levi Farwell and C. C. Little made a report recommending John B. Dana as cashier, with a salary of $900 per annum. The committee also have offices and agencies in nearly all the large cities in America, with a foreign representative. A brief history of the Riverside Bindery, Blackstone Street. The name of The Riverside Bindery was first given to this establishment by Mr. James Brown, the father of Mr. John Murray Brown, who is the only surviving member of the original firm of Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., the well-known law-book publishers of No. 254 Washington Street, Boston. This business had its conception in the yea
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), General Index. (search)
tarian, 266; spirit, 266; privileges of members, 266; its value to the city, 316. Protestant Churches of Cambridge, The. 233-243. Provincial Congress, organized at Salem. 25; adjourns to Concord, 25; then to Cambridge, 25; appoints a receiver- general, 25; second, meets at Cam- bridge, 25. P. Stearns Davis Post, 57, 290. Public Buildings, Superintendent of, and Inspector of Buildings, 404. Public Library, The, 228-232; its origin in the Cambridge Athenaeum, 228; bequest of James Brown for the purchase of books, 228; the library opened, 228; Athenaeum building becomes the property of the city, 228; which agrees to maintain the library, 228; receives the name of the Dana Library, 228; Mr. Dana's bequest lost, 228; made free, 228; name changed to Cambridge Public Library, 228; number of volumes, 228; Mr. Rindge's gift, 228; the library building, 228, 229; general reading-room, 229; children's room, 221; local deliveries, 229; Cambridgeport branch, 229; school delivery, 22