George Herbert Putnam (September 20, 1861 – August 14, 1955) was an American librarian. He was the eighth (and also the longest-serving) Librarian of Congress...
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Putnam's Sons George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), American soldier, publisher, author, son of George Palmer Putnam George Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), lawyer, publisher...
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their sons, Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), became a noted librarian who served as the Librarian of Congress. Their youngest daughter Ruth Putnam (1856–1931)...
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Harriet Putnam Fowler (1842–1901), author & poet Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator & publishing-family member Israel Putnam (1718–1790)...
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Jefferson's organization scheme until the late 19th century, when librarian Herbert Putnam began work on a more flexible Library of Congress Classification structure...
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Copyright Commission under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, contained a provision that a special copyright symbol, the letter C...
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Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator and publishing-family member Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher Howard Putnam...
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The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, often abbreviated to Putnam Competition, is an annual mathematics competition for undergraduate college...
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The Putnam Classification System is a library classification system developed by George Herbert Putnam. Putnam was the librarian at the Minneapolis Athenaeum...
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tenure as Librarian ended with his death in 1899, and his successor, Herbert Putnam, continued to implement the updates to the catalog through his long...
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rules and appointing the library's staff. Up until the nomination of Herbert Putnam in 1899 under President McKinley, all previous librarians lacked any...
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Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (née Putnam; August 31, 1842 – June 10, 1906) was an English-American physician, teacher, scientist, writer, and suffragist...
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Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. (April 2, 1844 – February 27, 1930) was an American publisher, soldier, and writer. He was the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons...
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October 1897 – January 1898 Preceded by Justin Winsor Succeeded by Herbert Putnam Personal details Born Rutherford Platt Hayes (1858-06-24)June 24, 1858...
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Penguin Group. The company began as Wiley & Putnam with the 1838 partnership between George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley, whose father had founded his...
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Dune Messiah (category Novels by Frank Herbert)
originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in 1969, and then published by Putnam the same year. Dune Messiah and its own sequel Children of Dune (1976) were...
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joined the retiring Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam for a luncheon in New York. At the meeting, Putnam relayed his intention to continue working...
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books and pamphlets authored by African Americans at the request of Herbert Putnam, the successor to Spofford. The collection of work by "Negro Authors"...
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Washington's First Inaugural Address (1789). Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam collected the Declaration and Constitution from the State Department...
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1863) 1954 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868) 1955 – Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861) 1956...
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Putnam (June 3, 1890 – October 18, 1975) was an American sculptor, teacher and author. She was the daughter of Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam and...
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Herbert Putnam Wilkins (born January 10, 1930) is an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1996...
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short-lived Putnam Classification System, developed by Minneapolis librarian Herbert Putnam. He later became Librarian of Congress, and revised his Putnam system...
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Mircea Demetriade, Romanian poet and actor (died 1914) September 20 – Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress (died 1955) October 16 – J. B. Bury...
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Library, Indiana University Mary Wright Plummer Effie Louise Power Herbert Putnam – 8th Librarian of Congress S.R. Ranganathan – librarian and mathematician...
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California in the early 1900s. Working with Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam, Engel raised private funds to support the first post of Chair of American...
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The White Plague, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Man of Two Worlds (with Brian Herbert), New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. High-Opp: WordFire Press...
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by William McKinley Preceded by Ainsworth Rand Spofford Succeeded by Herbert Putnam United States Minister to the Qing Empire In office August 17, 1882 –...
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W. Wilson Rosenberg, Jane Aiken.(1993) The Nation's Great Library: Herbert Putnam and the Library of Congress, 1899–1939. (University of Illinois Press...
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success in Europe and Japan. In 1985, after Beverly's death, Herbert married his former Putnam representative Theresa Shackleford. The same year he published...
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