05245cpcaa2200769 i 4500 mm 77037093 DLC 20260227111618.0 770929|||||||||||| eng mm 77037093 ms 71001402 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955. Herbert Putnam papers, 1783-1958 (bulk 1899-1939). 8,000 items. 35 containers plus 1 oversize. 14 linear feet. Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Family Diaries and Journals, 1843-1913; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1783-1955; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1886-1955; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1883-1950; Series 5: Clippings File, 1899-1954; Series 6: Subject File, 1904-1955; Series 7: Miscellany, 1858-1958; and Series 8: Oversize. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, articles, legal records, genealogical material, autograph collection, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to Putnam's family and personal life. Includes correspondence, diaries, and journals of members of the Putnam and allied Mason, O'Hara, and Pinhey families. Also includes papers pertaining to Putnam's interests and activities in the field of librarianship, especially as director of the Boston Public Library and Librarian of Congress. Subjects include the purchase by the Library of Congress of the Otto Vollbehr Collection of incunabula and the establishment of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board. Family members represented include his grandmother, C.H. Putnam; father, George Palmer Putnam; sisters, Amy Putnam Pinhey, Mary Putnam Jacobi, and Ruth Putnam; wife, Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe Putnam; daughters, Brenda Putnam and Shirley Putnam O'Hara; son-in-law, Eliot O'Hara; and Israel Putnam, Revolutionary War general. Correspondents include James Truslow Adams, Charles William Eliot, Luther Harris Evans, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Waldo Gifford Leland, Archibald MacLeish, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, Charles Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, and Egerton Swartwout. Photographs and engravings transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Librarian of Congress, 1899-1939. Full name: George Herbert Putnam. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives. Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949 Correspondence. Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 Correspondence. Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981 Correspondence. Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941 Correspondence. Leland, Waldo Gifford, 1879-1966 Correspondence. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 Correspondence. Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-1970 Correspondence. Moore, Charles, 1855-1942 Correspondence. Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908 Correspondence. Swartwout, Egerton, 1870-1943 Correspondence. Vollbehr, Otto H. F. (Otto Heinrich Friederich), 1869- Mason family. O'Hara family. Pinhey family. Putnam family. Boston Public Library. Library of Congress. Library of Congress Officials and employees. Library of Congress. Trust Fund Board. Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) Autographs Collections. Incunabula. Libraries Massachusetts Boston. Libraries Washington (D.C.) Library science. Librarians of Congress. itoamc Jacobi, Mary Putnam, 1842-1906. Mary Putnam Jacobi correspondence. O'Hara, Eliot, 1890-1969. Eliot O'Hara correspondence. O'Hara, Shirley Putnam, 1886- Shirley Putnam O'Hara correspondence and diaries. Pinhey, Amy Putnam. Amy Putnam Pinhey correspondence and diaries. Putnam, Brenda, 1890-1975. Brenda Putnam correspondence. Putnam, Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe, -1928. Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe Putnam correspondence. Putnam, C. H. (Catherine Hunt), 1792- C.H. Putnam correspondence. Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. George Palmer Putnam correspondence. Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790. Israel Putnam correspondence. Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931. Ruth Putnam correspondence and diaries. 39463 39463