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Miriam Putnam, 1904-1996, served as director of Memorial Hall Library for 28 years from 1939-1967. A 1925 graduate of Radcliffe College, Ms. Putnam went on to receive a Library Science degree from Columbia University. She worked at the Newton Free Library before coming to Andover. Miss Putnam served as Chairperson of the American Library Association Subcommittee on Adult Education, a board member of the Public Library Association and as President of the Massachusetts Library Association. She frequently contributued to national publications for librarians and educators.


A brief history of the Underground Railroad from The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts by William H. Seibert (1936):
During her tenure, Andover became the headquarters of one of the seven subregions in the Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library system. The contract was signed on June 11, 1967.  
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Miss Putnam retired from Memorial Hall in 1967 but went on to work as Assistant Librarian at Talledega College, the oldest historically black college in Alabama.  
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Miss Putnam was a member of the NAACP, the ACLU and the Alabama Council on Human Relations.  
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[[Image:MiriamPutnamRadcliffeRepublicanClub.JPG|thumb|..."Miriam Putnam '25 new leader of the Radcliffe Republican Club. Boston Post November 17, 1924|center]]
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Andover Homes involved with the Underground Railroad:
*William Jenkins – 8 Douglass Street (formerly Jenkins Road)
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*Holt Cogswell House – 373 South Main Street
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*Mark Newman House – 210 Main Street on the Phillips Academy Campus
 
*Stowe House – 80 Bartlett Street
*''Miriam Putnam was librarian extraordinaire''  Andover Townsman  October 4, 2018 [https://www.andovertownsman.com/news/townspeople/miriam-putnam-was-a-librarian-extraordinaire/article_9bd56057-2fd1-5847-a6c6-d09edd476fe8.html ]
*William Poor and Sons Wagon Factory - 66 Poor Street.  William Poor and his sons built carriages with false bottoms for transporting slaves to freedom.
*Having the First Shovelful. (photo) (groundbreaking for library's 1960's addition) ''Andover Townsman'' September 2, 1965, p.1
*Free Christian Church – 31 Elm Street. This church was formed by John Smith and other Andover residents who did not think that other churches were making a strong stand against slavery.
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*Reading Room Named for Town Librarian. (photo) ''Andover Townsman'' November 23, 1966, p.1,16.
*"Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," ''Andover Townsman'', March 22, 1956.
*"Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," ''Andover Townsman'', June 20, 1996, p.20
*"Underground Railroad stopped here," ''Eagle Tribune'', February 20, 1998, p. 15.
*"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Underground Railroad," ''Andover Townsman'', October 26, 2000.
*"Historian: Not Everyone in Andover Backed Abolition of Slavery Before the Civil War", Townsman, July 17, 2003, p. 11, 12.


*Miss Putnam Leaving Memorial Hall. (photos) ''Andover Townsman'', September 14, 1967, p. 1,2.


*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=andover%20symbol%20of%20new%20england%20fuess&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av= “Andover:Symbol of New England”] by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314.
*''Miriam Putnam obituary ''Andover Townsman'''', March 28, 1996
*"The William Jenkins House,"  [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=townswoman%27s%20andover&ft=&l=1&d=0&f= ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20.
*[http://www.andoverhistorical.org/SMI-Files/SMI-Slavery.htm Slavery/Abolitionist Movement/Underground Railroad] by the Andover Historical Society
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=west%20of%20shawsheen&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av= West of Shawsheen] by Eleanor Campbell, Andover Room 974.45 Cam, Chapter III "A Time of Sorrow", pages 21 to 31. 
*[http://www.nps.gov/sama/historyculture/upload/UGRRsm.pdf Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area,] ,published by the National Parks Service
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=658286&t=andover%20underground%20railroad&tp=keyword&l=5&d=0&hc=2&rt=keyword The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massaschusetts] the Greater Lawrence Underground Railroad Committee. Andover Room R 974.45 Gre (pamphlet box 6)


* Here are a few charming diary pages that Ms Putnam left behind when she retired.  AJA refers to A.J. Anderson, her successor. [[File:Miriamputnam.pdf ]]
*Putnam, Miriam ''Film Forums an Adventure in Adult Education'' [[Media:The_educational_screen.pdf ]], volume 22, 1956
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Miriam Putnam, 1904-1996, served as director of Memorial Hall Library for 28 years from 1939-1967. A 1925 graduate of Radcliffe College, Ms. Putnam went on to receive a Library Science degree from Columbia University. She worked at the Newton Free Library before coming to Andover. Miss Putnam served as Chairperson of the American Library Association Subcommittee on Adult Education, a board member of the Public Library Association and as President of the Massachusetts Library Association. She frequently contributued to national publications for librarians and educators.

During her tenure, Andover became the headquarters of one of the seven subregions in the Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library system. The contract was signed on June 11, 1967. Miss Putnam retired from Memorial Hall in 1967 but went on to work as Assistant Librarian at Talledega College, the oldest historically black college in Alabama.

Miss Putnam was a member of the NAACP, the ACLU and the Alabama Council on Human Relations.

...Miriam Putnam at groundbreaking, 1965.... click to enlarge
..."Miriam Putnam '25 new leader of the Radcliffe Republican Club. Boston Post November 17, 1924



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  • Miriam Putnam was librarian extraordinaire Andover Townsman October 4, 2018 [1]
  • Having the First Shovelful. (photo) (groundbreaking for library's 1960's addition) Andover Townsman September 2, 1965, p.1
  • Reading Room Named for Town Librarian. (photo) Andover Townsman November 23, 1966, p.1,16.
  • Miss Putnam Leaving Memorial Hall. (photos) Andover Townsman, September 14, 1967, p. 1,2.
  • Miriam Putnam obituary Andover Townsman', March 28, 1996

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