Background
Belden, Charles Francis Dorr was born on October 5, 1870 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Francis Crapo and Jennie Maude (Wright) Belden.
Belden, Charles Francis Dorr was born on October 5, 1870 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Francis Crapo and Jennie Maude (Wright) Belden.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School, 1898. Honorary Master of Arts from Harvard, 1926.
Secretary law faculty Harvard Law School, September 1, 1899, to September 1, 1902. Assistant librarian Harvard Law Library, 1902-1908. Librarian Social Law Library, Boston, 1908-1909, Massachusetts State Library, 1909-1917.
Director Boston Public Library since June 1917.
Chairman Free Public Library Commission Massachusetts (now Division Public Libraries), since 1900. Home: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Married Anna Marian Blackwell, May 26, 1908. Children: Elizabeth Blackwell, Lawrence Putnam, Alison Blackwell, Charles Hastings.