Herbert Putnam | |
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 Herbert Putnam | |
| Librarian Emeritus of Congress | |
| In office 1939–1954 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| President of the American Library Association | |
| In office 1903–1904 | |
| Preceded by | James Kendall Hosmer |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Cushing Richardson |
| In office January 1898 – August 1898 | |
| Preceded by | Rutherford P. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | William Coolidge Lane |
| 8th Librarian of Congress | |
| In office 1899–1939 | |
| President | William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | John Young |
| Succeeded by | Archibald MacLeish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Herbert Putnam September 20, 1861 New York City, US |
| Died | August 14, 1955 (aged 93) Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US |
| Spouse |
Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe
(m. 1886) |
| Children | 2, including Brenda |
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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