Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1914-1951
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
5.21 Linear Feet ((13 boxes) + 1 broadside folder)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Howard Phelps Putnam (1894-1948)
Putnam married twice, to Ruth Peters and Una Fayerweather, and had numerous affairs, including trysts with Katharine Hepburn and painter Russell Cheney.
Summary information on Howard Phelps Putnam taken from an October 2007 description of the Farwell Knapp Papers in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library poetry blog (see http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/2007/10/).
Processing Information
Formerly classed as Za Putnam.
- American literature -- 20th century
- Authors
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Cheney, Russell, 1881-1945
- Knapp, Farwell, 1893-1942
- Photographic prints
- Putnam, Phelps, 1894-1948
- Putnam, Una
- Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946
- Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980
- Tate, Allen, 1899-1979
- Walker, Charles R. (Charles Rumford), 1893-1974
- Young, Stark, 1881-1963
- Title
- Guide to the Phelps Putnam Papers
- Author
- by Michael L. Forstrom
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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