Background
Carpenter, Kenneth E. was born on November 13, 1936 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Wilbur Nelson and Marie (Lose) Carpenter.
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Carpenter, Kenneth E. was born on November 13, 1936 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Wilbur Nelson and Marie (Lose) Carpenter.
Student, Girard College, Philadelphia, 1944-1954; Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1958; Master of Science in Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1963.
Assistant in reading room and assistant to librarian, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1962; reference librarian, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1962-1963; assistant, Bibliography of America Literature, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1967; curator, Kress Library, Harvard Business School, Boston, 1967-1980; research and publications librarian, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1984; assistant director for research resources, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1984.
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Trustee Jackson Homestead, Newton, Massachusetts, 1984-1987. Senior warden St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Church, Allston, Massachusetts, 1989-1994. Member Congregation Resources and Development Commission, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1993-1995, co-chairman, 1994-1995.
Member Biblical Society of America (publications committee), American Antiquarian Society (publications committee 1981-1984, executive committee program in history of the book 1982-1987, chairman 1989-1994), American Library Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Wilson, May 30, 1958. Children– Cynthia, Deborah, Grace.