Putnam
Putnam names 8 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Putnam ISRAEL, an American general in the Revolutionary War
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ISRAEL, an American general in the Revolutionary War; born in Danvers, Mass., in 1718. He was a farmer until the French and Indian war broke out, when, at the age of 36, he took service in the English army having command of a company of "rangers." When the dispute between his country and England commenced, he was created Major-General by Congress; and at Bunker Hill, New York, and during Washington's retreat through New Jersey, he showed himself one of the bravest of the patriot leaders. In 1779 he was stricken with paralysis. His character is well depicted by the inscription on his tomb: "He dared to lead where any dared to follow." He died in 1790.
Putnam FREDERICK WARD, an American scientist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FREDERICK WARD, an American scientist; born in Salem, Mass., April 16, 1839; was graduated at Harvard University in 1862; became curator of ornithology at the Essex Institute in Salem in 1856, superintendent of the East Indian Marine Society's Museum there in 1867, and chief of the Department of Ethnology at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He edited many volumes of the "Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology," and "Proceedings of the Essex Institute." President American Folk-lore Society (1901) and of American Anthropological Society (1905). Died 1915.
Putnam GEORGE HAVEN, an American publisher and author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE HAVEN, an American publisher and author, son of George P.; born in London, England, April 2, 1844. He entered the publishing business in 1866, and was the head of the firm of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. His works include: "International Copyright" (1879); (1879); "Authors and Publishers" (1883); "Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times" (1893); "Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages" (1896); "Abraham Lincoln" (1909); "Memoirs of a Publisher" (1915).
Putnam WILLIAM LE BARON, an American jurist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM LE BARON, an American jurist; born in Bath, Me., May 26, 1835; was a member of a commission to arrange with the British government the rights of American fishermen in Canadian waters in 1887; served also as a commissioner under the treaty PUTS and CALLS of Feb. 8, 1896, between the United States and Great Britain; and was appointed a judge of the United States Circuit Court in 1892. Died 1918.
Putnam a city of Connecticut
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Connecticut, one of the county-seats of Windham co. It is on the Quinebaug river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad. It is the center of an important agricultural region and its industries include iron works and the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, silks, trunks, boots and shoes, etc. The city contains a public library and a hospital. Pop. op. (1910) 7,280; (1920) 7,711.
Putnam GEORGE PALMER, an American publisher and author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE PALMER, an American publisher and author; born in Brunswick, Me., Feb. 7, 1814. In 1848 he established the publishing house now conducted under the name of G. P. Put nam's Sons; and also founded "Putnam's Magazine." His works include: "American Facts" (1845); "The World's Progress" (1850); "Ten Years of the World's Progress"; etc. He died in New York, Dec. 20, 1872.
Putnam HERBERT, an American librarian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HERBERT, an American librarian; born in New York City, Sept. 20, 1861; was graduated at Harvard in 1883; studied at the Columbia Law School; was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1886; librarian of the Boston Public Library in 1895-1899; librarian of Congress since 1899. Twice President of the American Library Association.
Putnam FORT, the principal defense of West Point during the Revolution
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FORT, the principal defense of West Point during the Revolution. Now in ruins.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the eight Putnams Collier's listed in 1921, the two that grew far beyond the entry are Herbert, then described simply as "librarian of Congress since 1899", who stayed in the post until 1939 and in forty years built the Library of Congress classification and the sold printed catalog card that reshaped American libraries; and G. P. Putnam's Sons, the house founded in 1848 and still publishing today as the Putnam imprint within Penguin Random House. Frederick Ward Putnam, credited here mainly with editing Peabody Museum reports, is now regarded as a founder of professional American archaeology and anthropology, the man who brought Franz Boas to the 1893 Chicago fair and whose exposition collections seeded the Field Museum. Israel Putnam remains the household name, "He dared to lead where any dared to follow", while the jurist William Le Baron Putnam has faded almost entirely. Fort Putnam, "now in ruins" in 1921, was restored for the 1976 Bicentennial and is open to visitors at West Point; the Connecticut city of 7,711 lost its cotton and woolen mills, was wrecked by the flood of August 1955, and has rebuilt itself around antiques shops and the Quinebaug falls.
Written for this edition, 2026.