#  Librarians 

 



 In the nineteenth century, the "librarian" of Harvard Divinity School was a student appointed by the faculty (see [complete list of student librarians](/about/mission-and-history/librarians/student-librarians-at-hds)). These included Edward Capen, who became the first librarian of the Boston Public Library, 1852-74, and librarian of the Haverhill Public Library, 1874-1901, and [Charles Ammi Cutter](/about/mission-and-history/librarians/student-librarians-at-hds#cutter), who became the librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, 1869-93, and librarian of the Forbes Library, Northampton, 1894-1903.

 The following people served as directors of the Harvard Divinity School LIbrary:

 Sidney Willard, 1826-27

 James Jennison, 1871-76

 [Duren James Henderson Ward](/about/mission-and-history/librarians/duren-james-henderson-ward), 1887-89

 [Robert Swain Morison](/exhibits/hds-20th-century/hds-1895#morison), 1889-1908

 [Dr. Owen H. Gates](/about/mission-and-history/librarians/owen-hamilton-gates), 1911-36.

 Dr. Milton V. Anastos, 1936-39.

 Dr. Henry J. Cadbury (Library Director), 1939-54;

 Dr. Jannette Newhall (Librarian), 1939-49,

 Helen Luitweiler (Librarian), 1949-54.

 Dr. George H. Williams (Acting Library Director);

 Ruby McGee (Librarian), 1955.

 Robert W. Flint (Acting Librarian), 1955-56.

 James Tanis, 1957-65.

 Dr. Maria Grossmann, 1965-73, 1979-86.

 Peter Lee Oliver, 1974-78.

 Dr. L. Charles Willard, 1986-99.

 Malcolm C. Hamilton (Interim Librarian), 1999-2003.

 Russell O. Pollard (Interim Librarian), 2003-04.

 [Laura C. Wood](http://hds.harvard.edu/news/2004/04/08/harvard-divinity-school-names-two-new-administrators), 2004-11.

 Russell O. Pollard (Interim Librarian), 2011-12.

 [Dr. Douglas L. Gragg](http://hds.harvard.edu/news/2012/04/06/douglas-l-gragg-named-librarian-harvard-divinity-school), 2012-2023

 Beth Bidlack, 2023- present