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Putnam, Marian C. (1893-1971)
Biographical
Note: Marian
Cabot Putnam was born on April 9, 1893, the daughter of James
Jackson Putnam
and Marian Cabot.
After
receiving the A.B. from Radcliffe in 1917, she earned her M.D. from
Johns
Hopkins in 1921. Initially
a
pediatrician at New Haven Hospital, Marian Putnam later studied
psychiatry. She and Edith Jackson
went to Vienna for
analytic training in 1929, where both studied child analysis.
Returning
to her native Boston in 1938, Dr. Putnam focused on the clinical
problems of children
up to the age of 4. She
lectured on the
subject of child development at Boston University and Harvard Medical
Schools,
M.I.T. and the Simmons School of Social Work.
In 1943 she founded the Children’s
Center, described as “the first
nursery school-child guidance center in this country.” The center was renamed the
James Jackson
Putnam Children’s Center in 1946. A
member of BPSI since 1937, Marian Cabot Putnam died in November, 1971
Summary: the
collection consists primarily of correspondence and writings of Marian
Putnam. The
collection also includes a
small number of Putnam family letters.
Of particular note is one folder containing
photographs of Sigmund
Freud, a card signed by him, and two letters to Marian Putnam from Anna
Freud. Also of note
is a folder of correspondence
including a letter from Helene Deutsch and one from Erik Erikson.
In addition, our Oral History Transcripts
collection includes a transcript of the 1971 interview with Marian
(Molly) Putnam. Many photographs of Marian Cabot Putnam could
be
found in the
Putnam Children's Center Photographs collection.
Finding
Aid for
this collection is available
here (viewing it requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Related BPSI Collections
Child Analysis
Materials, 1926-1989
Oral History
Transcripts, 1961-2004
Putnam
Children's Center Collection (1942-1991)
Putnam Children's
Center Photographs, 1958-1966
Related Archives
Almy Family Papers at Radcliff College
(include Putnam's correspondence)
Erik Erikson Papers at Harvard College
Library (include eulogy for Marian C. Putnam)
Related Cites
Medicine at Yale Photo Exhibit
(Department of Pediatrics, 1921-22 photograph includes Marian C. Putnam)
Articles by Marian C. Putnam (from Google
Scholar)
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