George Haven Putnam correspondence

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{"value"=>"6410", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 6410", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1864-1925", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1864/1925"}

date_inclusive_start

1864

date_inclusive_end

1925

keydate

1864

unittitle

{"value"=>"George Haven Putnam correspondence"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Letters to and from American soldier, publisher, and author George Haven Putnam relating to matters of writing, publishing, editorial concerns, and \"a scheme for the incorporation of the Knickerbocker Press.\" One letter, dated February 11, 1864, is written to Putnam's parents George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, and concerns his service in the Civil War. Other correspondents include Edward Jenks, Frank H. Vizetelly, Ralcy Husted Bell, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Emily Fowler Ford, and Gordon L. Ford."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>George Haven Putnam correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Letters relating to matters of writing, publishing, editorial concerns, and \"a scheme for the incorporation of the Knickerbocker Press.\" One letter, dated February 11, 1864, is written to Putnam's parents George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, and concerns his service in the Civil War. Other correspondents include Edward Jenks, Frank H. Vizetelly, Ralcy Husted Bell, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Emily Fowler Ford, and Gordon L. Ford.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by John Pierpont Morgan, 1899, and Harry T. Friedman, 1984, with additional purchases.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1864

date_end

1925

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