Background
Stoddard, Roger Eliot was born on December 2, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Merton Edgar and Helen (Bonney) Stoddard.
Stoddard, Roger Eliot was born on December 2, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Merton Edgar and Helen (Bonney) Stoddard.
AB, Brown University, 1957.
Assistant curator Harris College American Poetry and Plays, Brown University, Providence, 1961-1963, curator, 1963-1965. Assistant to librarian Harvard University Houghton Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1961, assistant librarian, 1965-1969, associate librarian, 1969-1985, senior curator, 1995—2004. Curator rare books Harvard College Library, 1985—2004.
Lecturer English Harvard University, 1984-1986, senior lecturer, 1986—2004, associate, since 2004. Faculty member Columbia University Rare Book School, New York City, 1984-1985. Secretary Friends of Harvard College Library., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1998.
Member Records and Archives Committee, Concord, Massachusetts, 1985-1987. Board directors Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association, Concord, 1983–2004. Member Bibliographical Society of America (council member 1982-1988), Bibliography of America Literature (supervisory committee chairman 1982-1991, president 1996-2000), American Antiquarian Society (council member 1989-1993), Association International de Bibliophilie, Baxter Society Portland, Colonial Society Massachusetts (correspondent secretary 1993-1997), Bibliographical Society London (honorary secretary for American since 1992), Grolier Club (New York City), Harvard Club (New York City), Club of Odd Volumes Boston (executive committee 1985-1987), Society of Printers Boston, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Helen Louise Heckel, May 24, 1958. Children: Alison Louise, Christopher Paine.