The Boston Public Library Annual Report

Excerpt from The Boston Public Library Annual Report: For the Year Ending June 30, 1995 Since the efl began in two-room quarters on Mason Street in 1854, it has seen growth in structures and mission. In celebration of its Centenary in the main goals cited were need for more shelf space, breathing space, and work space. On December 11, 1972, the Opening of the great structure designed by architect Philip Johnson exceeded the missions expressed more than one hundred years earlier. At the opening festivities, poet David mccord reminded the gathering, The real books set their hooks in your brain. And Mayor Kevin White commented: Even this stately hall is nothing more than a granite building full of paper and film and tape recorders until it is brought to life by real people in the greatest imaginable numbers. Publicity releases at the time described the building as a steadfast ship carrying a cargo of wealth as it enters a new period of library service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.