Series IV “Phelps Putnam’s Papers (bulk 1915-1940s)”

The materials in this series are related to Phelps Putnam’s poetic career and personal life. The bulk of this series consists of bound and unbound transcribed letters (almost yearly correspondence) he sent to his friend Frederick Manning. Putnam’s extensive private correspondence with Frederick Manning, and the intensely passionate nature of these letters, can shed some more light on the precise nature of the relationship between these two close friends. There is also a collection of manuscripts and drafts of Phelps Putnam’s poetry, some of which he shared with Frederick and Helen Taft Manning, and some with other friends. There are a few letters from his second wife Una Fayreweather Putnam to friends.