The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ficiency of the service has materially improved, owing to the systematiza-lion of the work. The carrier service has been improved and extended andthe number of collections increased. Mr. Greene is a member of the Antiquarian Society, and of the Society, and he has twice been president of the Boand of Directorsof the Free Public Library. In politics he is a Republican. In April, 1864, Mr. Greene married Mary A. Bassett of New died in January, 1897. Samuel Swett Green,f son of James and Elizabeth (Swett)
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ficiency of the service has materially improved, owing to the systematiza-lion of the work. The carrier service has been improved and extended andthe number of collections increased. Mr. Greene is a member of the Antiquarian Society, and of the Society, and he has twice been president of the Boand of Directorsof the Free Public Library. In politics he is a Republican. In April, 1864, Mr. Greene married Mary A. Bassett of New died in January, 1897. Samuel Swett Green,f son of James and Elizabeth (Swett) Green, was bornin Worcester February 20, 1837. He received his preparatory education inthe private and public schools of his native place, entered Harvard Collegein 1854, and was graduated four years later. After a few months of foreigntravel, he entered in 1861 the Divinity School of Harvard University,and completed his course in 1864. He was connected with the WorcesterNational Bank as teller for several years. See portrait on page 30S. f See portrait ou page CHARLES E. GRANT. The Worcester of i8g8. 633 January i, 1867, he became a director of the Free PubHc Librarj- ofWorcester. In 1871 he was chosen librarian of that institution, which wasendowed by his uncle, the late Doctor John Green, the principal founder ofthe library. In this position Mr. Green has gained for himself and theWorcester Library a wide reputation. His purpose has been from the firstto make the Public Library an instrument for popular education and apractical power in the community. To this end he has written and spokenmuch during the past twenty years, and his efforts and advice have in-fluenced in no slight degree library methods and administration throughoutthe United States. The library methods in Worcester have been studiedby the Department of the Seine, in which the city of Paris is situated;Mr. Greens advice has been sought by the Education Department of theEnglish Government. The Free Public
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