Putnam family papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Elbert H. Putnam and Henry W. Putnam Family Papers (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Putnam family
label: Names
content: Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego
label: Names
content: Fine Arts Society of San Diego (Calif.)
label: Names
content: Timken Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Bridges, Appleton S., 1848-1929
label: Names
content: Poland, Reginald
label: Names
content: Putnam, Amy, 1874-1958
label: Names
content: Putnam, Anne R., 1867-1962
label: Names
content: Putnam, Elbert H., d. 1927
label: Names
content: Putnam, Henry W. (Henry William), 1825-1915
label: Names
content: Putnam, Irene, 1869-1936
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- California -- San Diego
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1981-1983 by the Timken Art Gallery. The Putnam Foundation and the Timken Foundation jointly founded the Timken Art Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Putnam family
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art patrons; San Diego, California. Henry William and Elbert H. Putnam were brothers. Amy, Anne and Irene were daughters of Henry.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- California
label: Function
content: Art museums -- California -- San Diego
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear feet ((microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1822-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.putnputn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2347 & 2842 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the Timken Art Gallery after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; genealogical information; a photo album; photographs and tintypes; an inventory notebook; contracts; clippings; and miscellaneous material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2347: Selected papers, 1822-1967, from the Elbert H. Putnam and Henry W. Putnam Family archive at the Timken Art Gallery, San Diego, California, including correspondence of Anne R. Putnam and Amy Putnam; Irene Putnam's correspondence and poetry; a photo album, photographs and tintypes of the Putnam family; an inventory notebook of paintings and correspondence concerning the family art collection and library (mostly relating to Russian history and art); clippings about the family; and miscellany, including a few pencil drawings and cartoons, and personal documents.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2842: Papers, ca. 1867-1966, relating to the formation of the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (now the San Diego Museum of Art), including genealogical information on the Putnams; letters to Appleton S. Bridges, honorary president of the Fine Arts Society which managed the Gallery, regarding the purchase of 16 Pieter Veen paintings, 1916, and incorporation of the Society, 1925; correspondence between board members of the Society regarding the search for a Director of the Gallery and the selection of Reginald Poland; 2 letters from Poland, 1925; a typescript of a speech "The Putnam Sisters at Home" by Julia Gethman Andrews, 1966; contracts for the construction of the Gallery; a tintype; and photographs of Amy, Anne, Elbert, Henry and Irene Putnam. [The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego is incorrectly indentified as the Timken Art Gallery on the microfilm.]