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Preceded by
John Young
Succeeded by
Archibald MacLeish
Personal details
Born
George Herbert Putnam
(1861-09-20)September 20, 1861 New York City, US
Died
August 14, 1955(1955-08-14) (aged 93) Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US
Spouse
Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe
(m. 1886)
Children
2, including Brenda
Parent
George Palmer Putnam (father)
Alma mater
Harvard University
Columbia University
Awards
Knight of the Royal Order of the Polar Star
Roosevelt Distinguished Medal
Signature
George Herbert Putnam (September 20, 1861 – August 14, 1955)[1] was an American librarian. He was the eighth (and also the longest-serving) Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939.[2] He implemented his vision of a universal collection with strengths in many languages, especially from Europe and Latin America.[3]
^"(George) Herbert Putnam." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. Biography In Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2013.
^Jane Rosenberg, The Nation's Great Library: Herbert Putnam and the Library of Congress, 1899–1939 (1993)
^John Young Cole, "The library of congress becomes a world library, 1815–2005." Libraries & culture (2005) 40#3: 385–398. in Project MUSE
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