Box 1
Contains 28 Results:
Publishing Books, 1937 - 1954
Last Will and Testament of George Palmer Putnam, June 8, 1945
(carbon copy, four pages)
No. 2540: Order Settling First and Final Account, and for Distribution under Will, November 23, 1953
(Carbon copy, four pages, signed by John P. McMurray, Judge of Superior Court of Inyo County, California.)
No. 2540: Order Settling First and Final Account, and for Distribution under Will, November 23, 1953
(carbon copy, four pages, unsigned)
Four carbon copies of typed letters, dated early 1954, related to bringing the royalty accounts to date for the published works of George Palmer Putnam, deceased, 1954
Two photostat copies of an agreement between George Palmer Putnam and Harcourt, Brace and Company, for a biography of Amelia Earhart, to be entitled, "Last Flight," dated October 7, 1937 and May 31, 1938, respectively, each with revisions, each three pages, 1937 - 1938
A photostat copy of an agreement between George Palmer Putnam (as co-author with L.F.V. Drake) and Doubleday, Doran and Company for a book to be entitled, "Vertical Warfare," dated , March 2, 1943
(Three pages, along with a letter of acknowledgement from the publisher, and an accounting of royalties.)
Eight newspaper clippings related to publishing projects of George Palmer Putnam, circa 1943 - 1950
Five photocopies of material related to publishing projects of George Palmer Putnam, circa 1942 - 1950
Ten pages of magazine clippings related to publishing projects of George Palmer Putnam, circa 1930 - 1949
Correspondence, Vera Eikel, on Blue Network Company letterhead, June 18, 1942
(Requesting permission to use biographical material in producing a radio show recounting the achievements of George Palmer Putnam and Amelia Earhart, two pages.)
"G.P.P. History and Obit", circa 1945 - 1999
Lengthy obituary for George Palmer Putnam from the Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1950
Cover and obituary for Putnam from Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California, January 30, 1950
Eight clippings reporting the death of or detailing the life of Putnam, circa 1945 - 1950
Fourteen photocopies of articles reporting the death of or detailing the life of Putnam, 1945 - 1950
Six copies related to the death and disposition of the remains of Putnam, 1955 - 1966
Five photocopies of articles related to the life of Putnam, circa 1950
"Reminiscences of GPP," by Robert Edwin Lee, playwright, close friend and one time partner of Putnam, Summer 1988
(Original computer printout, seven pages, one original typescript, and two photocopies.)
"Chapter Two: George P. Putnam, computer print-out, 15 pages, a "first draft copy" of a chapter from the book, Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, co-written by Elgen and Marie Long, a handwritten inscription on the first page, reads: "To Sally Putnam Chapman // This is a First draft copy of the / chapter on your grandfather. / It is not included in the present / format presented to the Smithsonian / but might be recycled back in. / Please share with your uncle / George and your family, but I / may use it still and ask it / for family use only. / [signed] Elgen Long", circa 1999
Correspondence from Laurence M. Gould, President, Carlton College, Northfield, MN, addressed to "Mrs. Putnam," on Carleton College letterhead, dated , January 5, 1950
(24 lines. Gould was second in command of Richard Byrd's first expedition to Antarctica, and a widely respected scientist. In this letter he expresses his sympathy and condolences to GPP's wife, and his gratefulness for GPP's hand in "getting me started in exploration and on the First Byrd Expedition," includes original and two photocopies.)
Correspondence from George Agnew Chamberlain, author and screenwriter, addressed to 'Peg Putnam,' on personal letterhead, dated , January 28, 1950
(24 lines. Remembering his relationship with GPP and expressing condolences and sympathy, reading in part: "He fought a good fight against odds to the end and you have the lasting knowledge that your love and companionship brightened the last years of his troubled life," includes original and one photocopy.)
Correspondence from, Robert W. Sawyer, journalist, politician and conservationist, addressed to "Peg," on personal letterhead, dated, May 3, 1950
(four lines, with an enclosure of a typed memorial to GPP, 14 lines.)
Correspondence, Robert W. Sawyer, journalist, politician and conservationist, addressed to "Peg," on personal letterhead, dated, December 19, 1958
(Eight lines, expressing holiday wishes.)
Correspondence, Rockwell Kent, to Margaret, dated, January 31, 1950
(30 lines. Writing in sympathy at the time of Putnam's death, in part: "I have never forgotten the ardent period when we lived together, nor been forgetful of the great friendship and belief in me that prompted him, over the disapproval of the older Putnams, to undertake the publishing of the first book, "Wilderness," and subsequently of "Voyaging," and "N by E."