Herbert Putnam
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George Herbert Putnam was an American librarian. He was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. He implemented his vision of a universal collection with strengths in many languages, especi
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Putnam's former house in Washington, D.C.
Putnam (center) at A.L.A. Camp Kearny Library
Herbert Putnam later in life
Archibald MacLeish
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Archibald MacLeish was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. He enlisted in an
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…Putnam was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 1940. Herbert Putnam was succeeded in 1939 by Archibald MacLeish, who served from 1939 until 1944. Bronze Gallery. (1998–2010, January 1). Brenda Putnam. Retrieved February 1, 2011, from Bronze Gallery: 19th and 20th…
Portrait of Archibald Mac Leish, undated
Library of Congress reading room
MacLeish in 1944