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Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. v.1-8 (1891–1898); v.9 (1899); v.10-18 (1900–1908); v.19-24 (1909–1914); v.25-27 (1915–1917); v.28-51 (1918–1940). Massachusetts Board of Free Public Library Commissioners. Free public library buildings of Massachusetts: a roll of honor, 1918. Wright & Potter printing co ...
Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy (formerly Roger L. Putnam Vocational-Technical High School) is an American vocational high school located in Springfield, Massachusetts, next to the Springfield High School of Science and Technology. Led by principal George Johnson and operating under the authority of the Springfield School Committee ...
In 1857, the City Library Association was formed in Springfield in response to the 1851 Massachusetts Public Library Law, which authorized cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries, as well as an 1855 petition by residents requesting funding for a library. [1] Prior to this, the Springfield Library Company ran a private ...
Mayors of Springfield are appointed through direct, non-partisan elections to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office oversees the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the city, appoints and supervises a majority of appointed officials, and serves as an ex officio member of the Springfield School Committee. The ...
Springfield, Massachusetts – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [67] Pop 2010 [68] Pop 2020 [69] % 2000 ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions ...
The Springfield Science Museum was founded in December 1859 at Springfield's City Hall, [2] [6] originally as a natural history museum and curiosities collection. [7] It was moved to the City Library in 1871, when the library gained its own building separate from City Hall. [ 6 ]
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is a public authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that provides wholesale drinking water and sewage services to 3.1 million people in sixty-one municipalities and more than 5,500 large industrial users in the eastern and central parts of the state, primarily in the Boston area.