Background
Lord, Milton Edward was born on June 12, 1898 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Delbert and Eliza Anna (Bishop) Lord.
Lord, Milton Edward was born on June 12, 1898 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Delbert and Eliza Anna (Bishop) Lord.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1919, postgraduate, 1921-1924, Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1925-1926.
Assistant, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1919-1925. Librarian Harvard Union, 1919-1923, American Academy in Rome, 1926-1930, librarian-in-residence, 1971-1972, 73-74, director library, 1975-1976. Professor, director University Libraries and Library School, State University Iowa, 1930-1931.
Director Boston Public Library, 1932-1965, emeritus, 1965-1985.
Director American Library, Paris, 1945.
Member communications of Five American Librarians in Recataloging Vatican Library, 1928. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1949-1953. Member, 1978-1985,; Served as Second lieutenant Heavy Artillery Roman Catholic, 1919-1924.
Trustee Simmons College, from 1947, chairman corporation, 1957-1965.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society Arts. Member American Library Association (president 1949-1950), Massachusetts History Society, Massachusetts library association (president 1965-1966), Old Cambridge Shakespeare Association (past president), Dante Society American, Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Odd Volumes, Examiner (Boston).
Married Rosamond Lane, September 8, 1928. Children: Peter, Joan (Mistress Ernest B. Johnston, Junior.