Former Trustees
- Marguerite Cummings, 2017-2026
- John Hall, 2014-2026
- Joe Greeley, 2021-2021
- Leah O'Leary 2019-2020
- Deborah Henry 2015-2019
- Susan Pipes, 2010-2019
- Cashman Kerr Prince, 2009-2019
- Patricia Hines, 2011-2017
- Patricia Reardon, 2012-2015
- Patricia J. Fanning, 1993-2014
- Stuart R. Plumer, 1979-2012
- Arthur W. Gearty, 2002-2011
- Susannah J. Petro, 1998-2010
- Roger M. MacLeod, 1964-1970, 1976-2010
- Thomas J. Cummings, 1982-2006
- Eileen B. Sullivan, 1980-2002
- George M. Ruboy, 1968-2001
- Gwynne Jamieson, 1987-1993
- Eleanor Monahan, 1971-1987
- Esther C. Pearson, 1968-1985
- Theodore Curtin, 1975-1980
- Francis G. Morrill, 1969-1978 (resigned)
- O. Hunt Bowman, 1965-1976 (deceased)
- Eugene F. Dooley, 1967-1975
- Olga A. Abdallah, 1967-1969
- David F. Curley, 1966-1968
- Theodore R. Crawford, 1961-1968
- Robert C. Fox, 1961-1966
- Gertrude A.Tannyhill Cuthbert, 1956-1966
- Ada Keedy, 1966
- John J. Flaherty, 1966 (resigned)
- Therese A. Flaherty, 1959-1965
- Mary L. Dunn, 1945-1965
- Martin B. Curran, 1951-1964
- John Torrey Kenney, 1958-1961
- Rachel P. Martin, 1949-1961
- Marion L. Boch, 1957-1959
- Vern H. Richards, 1952-1958
- Eugene A. Nelson, 1944-1957
- Maude Shattuck, 1918-1956 (Chair 1947-1956)
- George H. Welles, 1946-1952
- Francis J. Doran, 1942-1950
- A. Marion Swain, 1925-1948
- Leighton S. Thompson, 1946
- W.L. Hyland, 1939-1946
- Frances L. Blanchot, 1941-1945
- Willard W. Everett, 1920-1943 (Chair 1932-1943)
- Francis E. Murphy, 1939-1940
- Mary E. Williams, 1930-1940
- Ralph W. Taylor, 1931-1938
- Richard D. Northrup, 1932-1937
- Arthur P. Allen, 1930-1931
- William T. Whedon, 1899-1930
- Julia A. McCarthy, 1925-1929
- Walter Blair, 1912-1929
- Grace M. Everett, 1922-1925
- M. Agnes Mahoney, 1922-1925
- Agnes A. Curtin, 1912-1922
- Maria E. Colburn, 1890-1922 **
- Dr. Irving S. Fogg, 1891-1920 **
- Walter Berwick, 1917
- George W. Cushing, 1911-1917
- Mary A Nagle, 1909-1912
- James A. Halloran, 1907-1912
- Lewis H. Plimpton, 1897-1912 **
- Emily C. Fisher, 1907-1909
- Rev. James B. Troy, 1905-1907
- Martha B. Parker, 1888-1906 **
- J. Stearns Cushing, 1896-1905 **
- John C. Lane, 1892-1899 **
- Rev. C. S. Nickerson, 1891-1893
- Horace T. Atwood, 1884-1893
- Carrie E. Hoyle, 1889-1891
- Rev. B.W. Barrows, 1884-1891
- Arthur E. Pattison, 1889-1890
- Ellis Mendell, 1882-1889
- Rev. G.I. Keirn, 1886-1888
- Timothy F. Guy 1881-1884, 1887-88
- J. Warren Talbot, 1880-1886
- Rev. Theron Brown, 1877-1880, 1882-1886
- Charles S. MacKenzie, 1880-1882
- David S. Fogg, 1879-1882
- Charles E. Pond, 1879-1881
- Stillman C. Davis, 1878-1880
Original Board of Library Trustees
Francis Tinker, 1874-1896 (Librarian until 1880)
Rev. George Hill, 1874-1884
Rev. J. P. Bixby, 1874-1879
Herbert Morse, 1874-1878
Rev. E. Bromley 1874 –1877
Ward L. Gay, 1874-1877
**Board member when building opened