Frederick Ward Putnam Papers, 1868-1915.

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Frederick Ward Putnam Papers, 1868-1915.

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American ethnologist and archaeologist. Salem native. Collection contains letters to his daughter, Alice Edmands Putnam, concerning family matters and his professional work (1872-1915). Also receipts of his purchases (1868-1880).

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915

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Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915) was one of the earliest anthropologists in the United States. He founded anthropology programs, and worked to establish museum collections in anthropology. He directed some of the first field expeditions in the Americas, including sites in Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, New Jersey, and California. Putnam was born April 16, 1839 in Salem, Massachusetts to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Putnam III. In 1864, Putnam married Adelaide Martha Edmands; they h...

Putnam, Alice Edmands, 1865-1963.

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