Editing Harvard, Massachusetts (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:1891 Harvard public library Massachusetts.png|thumb|Harvard public library, 1891; the basis for the official seal of the town]]

The public library of Harvard opened in 1856.<ref>C.B. Tillinghast. The free public libraries of Massachusetts. 1st Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1891. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LusKAAAAYAAJ Google books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109021032/https://books.google.com/books?id=LusKAAAAYAAJ |date=January 9, 2020 }}</ref><ref>http://www.harvardpubliclibrary.org/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809224943/http://www.harvardpubliclibrary.org/ |date=August 9, 2007 }} Retrieved 2010-11-10</ref> The official seal of the town depicts the old town public library on The Common prior to renovations that removed the front steps. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Harvard spent 2.41% ($487,470) of its budget on its public library—approximately $81 per person and since then the library has undergone multiple renovations.<ref>July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What's Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: [http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php Municipal Pie Reports]
{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123010127/http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |date=2012-01-23 }}. Retrieved 2010-08-04</ref>