In June, 1909, he was appointed State Librarian of Massachusetts and a member of the Free Public Library Commission.

Belden was elected Librarian of the Boston Public Library on January 26, 1917.

[3] Belden served as president of the American Library Association from 1925 to 1926.

[2][6] Charles F. D. Belden died at the House of Mercy hospital in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on October 24, 1931.

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