Max Farrand (March 29, 1869 – June 17, 1945) was an American historian who taught at several universities and was the first director of the Huntington Library.

Farrand was also director of the Commonwealth Fund, founded in 1918 by Anna M. Harkness—widow of Stephen V. Harkness—an investor in Standard Oil who wanted to “do something for the welfare of mankind.” Max Farrand also assisted philanthropist Henry E. Huntington to establish the Huntington Library, located on the historic Rancho Huerta de Cuati' in San Marino near Pasadena, California.

[3] In 1940, Farrand, as President of the American Historical Society delivered an address describing his views on history and the war then beginning, which he saw as a clash of civilizations.

[4] Max Farrand's final work, an examination of the letters of Benjamin Franklin (removing transcription errors of its first editor, John Bigelow), was published posthumously.

[7] The Farrands retired to Reef Point estate in Bar Harbor, which they planned to establish as an independent and self-perpetuating educational corporation.