Order Nr. 114221 A TRIBUTE TO DR. HERBERT PUTNAM LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS. Lawrence Lewis.

A TRIBUTE TO DR. HERBERT PUTNAM LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.

(Putnam, Herbert).
  • Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1939.
  • 8vo.
  • stiff paper wrappers
  • 15+(1) pages

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Order Nr. 114221

Author was a Member of Congress from Colorado. A tribute to Putnam (1861-1955) read on the floor of the House of Representatives, February 17, 1939. Putnam was Librarian of Congress from 1899 until his retirement in 1939. He was the eighth and longest-serving person in that position. Includes an address by the American Council of Learned Societies to Putnam.