Portraits of Herbert Putnam from the papers of Herbert Putnam

Portraits of Herbert Putnam from the papers of Herbert Putnam
Title: Portraits of Herbert Putnam from the papers of Herbert Putnam
Date Created/Published: ca. 1860-ca. 1950.
1 drawing : pencil.
Summary: Portraits of Herbert Putnam. Putnam as a child; with his family; as a librarian and as director of the Boston Public Library; as Librarian of Congress, in various Library of Congress settings, and with the staff; with honorary degree recipients at Princeton University; at class reunions (Harvard 1883); at an American Library Association dinner honoring him (Boston, 1950). Includes photographs of Putnam with the Gutenberg Bible; and with Luther Evans and Milton Lord at a 1950 dinner at the Mayflower Hotel.
Notes:
Biographical note: Herbert Putnam was Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. The Manuscript Division holds his papers, which span the years 1793-1958 and number 8,000 items. They are accompanied by a finding aid. These materials, which were a gift of Brenda Putnam and Mrs. Eliot O'Hara, 1956-63, include family diaries, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, genealogical material, and an autograph collection. Putnam's papers relate not only to his position as Librarian of Congress but also to his work as director of the Boston Public Library. The main body of Putnam's archive as Librarian of Congress is in the Library of Congress Archive (Central File) in the Manuscript Division.
Photographers: Harris & Ewing, Bachrach, Underwood & Underwood, Tager, Scherer, Clinedinst, Keystone View Company, M. Thérèse Bonney, Pach Bros., Associated News, and Notman.
LOT title devised by Library staff; other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana Photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1971.
Forms part of the Herbert Putnam Papers, Manuscript Division.
Subjects:
Putnam, Herbert,--1861-1955.
Albumen prints--1860-1950.
Drawings--1860-1950.
Gelatin silver prints--1860-1950.
Platinum prints--1860-1950.
Portrait photographs--1860-1950.
Bookmark /2004668982/
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