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Boston Public Library taps San Jose librarian as new head

BOSTON – The Boston Public Library Board of Trustees over the weekend voted to offer the job of president of the library to Jill Bourne, city librarian in San Jose, California, since 2013. Bourne was deputy city librarian in San Francisco from 2006 until 2013. The San Jose system includes 23

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Boston’s Gilded Age splendor

America's Gilded Age spanned three decades of the late 19th century, leaving a legacy of grand structures. Its so-called Beaux-Arts style references a time when citizens were experiencing a spiritual and cultural Renaissance. Post-Civil War dust had settled while improving finances for some allowed for amenities to soften

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Boston curator spies, retrieves stolen Champlain map

BOSTON – One of dozens of historic maps missing from the Boston Public Library turned up in the hands of a New York City antiques dealer, who was offering it for sale at $285,000 last summer before a sharp-eyed library curator spotted it. The 1612 map, compiled by French explorer

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Encore! Handel & Haydn Society Bicentennial Display at BPL

With only one week left, the Boston Public Library's exhibit on the Handel & Haydn Society provides a fascinating retrospective of the illustrious group's 200 year history. It is the oldest performing arts organization in the country. The choral society began on February 16, 1815, when