Honoring Anne Smart and Announcing the Anne Smart Fund
By Paul M. Wright
Many South Enders knew and interacted with Anne Smart, who was the popular, indeed, beloved, South End Branch Librarian for 25 years, from 1996 to 2021. She retired in the summer of 2021. Prior to working in the South End, she worked on the staff of Boston Public Library branches in Charlestown and East Boston.
Anne was born in Quincy and graduated from Thayer Academy in Braintree. She earned her undergraduate degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and library science degree at North Texas State University. She has lived for many years in Arlington, Massachusetts. She was active in the cultural and social life of the South End, serving as the recording secretary for the Board of Directors of the South End Historical Society (SEHS), participating in the organization of the South End Authors’ Book Festival, and sponsoring the extensive South End History Collection at the branch library.
To honor her contribution to the library and the community, FOSEL has created the Anne Smart Fund. Local history is a special interest of Anne’s, and the Fund will be used to support related activities at the South End Branch such as the South End History Collection, South End history lectures, South End historical publications, and possibly an archival library-school intern. Those interested donating to FOSEL’s Anne Smart Fund may do so here:
To make a donation online, please click on the DONATE to the Anne Smart Fund button above.
To contribute by check, please make it out to Friends of the South End Library (FOSEL) with a notation on the memo line that it is for the Anne Smart Fund and mail it to:
FOSEL
c/o Barbara Sommerfeld, Treasurer
150 W. Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
FOSEL is a 501(c)(3) public charity to which contributions are tax deductible. Our EIN # is 26-2025971