Wallace Putnam papers
name: label: Creator
content: Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Names
content: Birnbaum, Abe, 1899-1966
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1983 by Wallace Putnam.
creator: label: Creator
content: Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman; Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.putnwall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is primarily between Putnam and his family and friends, including one letter from Clyfford Still. Photographs are of Putnam, his family and friends (mostly from his high school years), and of miscellaneous subjects.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings include 3 journals in which Putnam recorded his dreams and his interpretations of them; an autobiography formed from his letters and essays; an undated and unfinished autobiography; essays and poetry on art and other subjects (many of them incomplete); a manuscript for Putnam's book Manhattan Manners with a note by Alfred Stieglitz; and a transcript of an unpublished manuscript entitled "Three Heroes I Have Known" which include comments about Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, and Abe Birnbaum.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also found are several drawings, in ink and in pencil, undated; exhibition catalogs and announcements; programs for Putnam's graduations and other school events; clippings, mostly regarding Putnam's high school athletic activities; miscellaneous printed materials; and Putnam's William H. Lincoln medal, Brookline High School, 1918.