At the end of his four years there were 10 branches, 5 minor branches, called ‘ reading rooms ,’ and 56 deposit stations … the library grew from a total of 610, 375 volumes at the close of 1894 to 716, 050 at the close of 1898 .” Another contribution made by Putnam towards the Boston Public Library was the addition of a room devoted to juveniles, “ believed to have been the first room wholly devoted to the service of children in any of the larger libraries of the country .”

The library has branches in Lucasville, New Boston, McDermott, South Webster and Wheelersburg.

Early American cities such as Boston and Philadelphia and New York had the first organized collections of books, but which library was truly " public " is subject to dispute.

Sidis claims the first public library was Boston's in 1636, although the official Boston Public Library was organized later in 1852.

Williams continued the Pops ' tradition of bringing classical music to a wider audiences, initiating the annual " Pops-on-the-Heights " concerts at Boston College and adding his own library of well-known film scores ( including Star Wars and Indiana Jones ) to the orchestra's repertoire.

It is the largest public library literacy center in the Boston Public Library system.

His papers have been preserved at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and his personal library resides in the Boston Athenaeum in proximity to that of his friend, George Washington.

The library's 7, 000 volumes were collected primarily by Boston bookseller Estes & Lauriat, and donated to Rugby's Library and Reading Room Society with the stipulation they name the new library for Hughes.

Dr. Elijah Dix of Boston, a substantial landowner in the area, promised to donate a library for the town if the citizens changed its name from Holmantown to Dixfield.

Other structures named after him include a federal office building in Boston, a golf course in Cambridge, and the main library at his alma mater, Boston College.

Ticknor's library at home, Park Street, Boston, 19th c

The design of Hill Memorial Library was loosely based on that of the Boston Public Library, which was the first public library in the U. S. The flanking academic buildings that formed the rest of the Quad represented the major disciplines at the university, and their placement was modeled after that of buildings on the University of Virginia's campus, which was designed by Thomas Jefferson.

The first public branch library in the United States was established in East Boston in 1870.

It is noted that drew inspiration from the similar design for Boston City Hall although a member of Madin ’ s design team said they had only seen this design after the library was complete.

Examples may be seen in the window of the old hall ( library ) at Boston Grammar School, and on the wall of the Dining Room at Lincoln Hall, University of Nottingham.

Among other notable buildings in the vicinity are a complex at Boston University including its law school, student union, and main library ( 1960 – 65 ), Sert's home in Cambridge, as well as the Martin Luther King elementary school ( 1968-71 ), located across from Peabody Terrace.

The life-size nude was offered as a gift to the Boston Public Library by the building's architect Charles Follen McKim in 1896, to be placed in the garden court of the library.

In 1868 Cutter accepted a position at the Boston Athenæum library.

In November 2005, Parker was honored with an exhibition of her career at Boston University, where memorabilia from her career were donated to the University's library.

The parochial library of the eighteenth century in Christ Church, Boston.

Krantz told the Boston Globe in 1982 that she attended Wellesley with three goals: to date, to read every novel in the library, and to graduate.

He started his library career as a trustee ( 1867 – 1868 ), then superintendent ( 1868 – 1877 ) of the Boston Public Library.

At Boston Public Library, Winsor undertook many projects used to track and help library use.

As a result of his standout play, Aaron received two offers from MLB teams via telegram ; one offer was from the New York Giants, the other from the then Boston Braves.

Private carrier Peter Pan Bus Lines no longer offers bus service to Boston.

Since Waterville Valley is considerd to be a resort town, and that many of it's people and / or visitors that are from Boston, their very own cable TV provider SkiSat Cable offers all TV stations out of Boston, Massachusetts which are not limited to WGBH-TV, WBZ-TV, WCVB-TV, WHDH_ ( TV ), WFXT, WSBK-TV, WLVI, and WBPX-TV, plus they get the NH stations which include WMUR-TV, New Hampshire Public Television, and WBIN-TV, and even 1 station from Portland, Maine which is WGME-TV.

Ewing Township is also the site of the Trenton-Mercer Airport ( TTN ), which currently offers two flights per day on Streamline Air to Hanscom Field, located west of Boston.

The US Airways Shuttle offers near-hourly air shuttle service to LaGuardia Airport in New York City and Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.

For example, the Boston Public Library has 26 neighborhood branches and offers free Internet service ; it has two restaurants and an online store which features reproductions of photographs and artwork ; and it promotes itself with a website.

POPSearch is the Boston Pops ' nationwide talent competition that offers amateur singers the chance to perform with the orchestra at Boston's Fourth of July Extravaganza, as well as on the orchestra's national tour.

Boston College offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through its nine schools and colleges: Boston College College of Arts & Sciences, Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Lynch School of Education, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College Law School, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Woods College of Advancing Studies.

Before deciding to join the University of Maine, Kariya was also accepted and had visited Boston University and Harvard for their respective programs, while entertaining offers from several other NCAA teams.

These days rail service is provided through Wellesley's participation in the MBTA, which offers a total of 17 weekday Commuter Rail trains inbound towards Boston & outbound towards Framingham & Worcester.

Plattsburgh International offers passenger service to Boston via US Airways.

* Brendan Boyd's novel Blue Ruin: A Novel of the 1919 World Series offers a first-person narrative of the event from the perspective of Sport Sullivan, a Boston gambler involved in fixing the series.

The National Park Service, Boston African American National Historic Site, offers walking tours in Boston, MA.

The building also features a cafe, which offers several made-to-order food items as well as convenience items, with indoor seating overlooking the Boston Common.

Starting Spring 2012, Berklee offers Global Studies Program students currently enrolled in Berklee College of Music in Boston.

SHU is the second largest Catholic university in New England, behind Boston College, and offers more than 40 degree programs to over 6, 000 students at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.

The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879, in Boston by Mary Baker Eddy, the author of its central book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which offers a unique interpretation of Christian faith.

The Editor, Boston, 1849, a digitized copy from the Internet Archive.

Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1866, a digitized copy from the Internet Archive.