1911-1952

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Clarence S. Putnam Collection was artificially assembled by the Institute staff over many years and contains a wide variety of material. The Correspondence File Series contains only fragments of Putnam's correspondence including several letters to Mrs. Putnam in the 1950s. The Manuscripts Series contains three music scores composed by Mr. Putnam. Each includes individual sheets for the various band instruments with the President Worst March also containing the music sheets for marching. The President Worst March was written in honor of the NDAC's third president John H. Worst (1895-1916). The Kindred March was dedicated to the Kindred, North Dakota band. The Academy March, dated Jan. 1, 1920 is dedicated to the Sacred Heart Academy Orchestra. It includes the handwritten music parts for piano, 1st and 2nd clarinet, 1st and 2nd cornet, 1st and 2nd violin, viola, trombone, bass, and drums. The Subject Files Series contain various concert programs related to Putnam and his bands, two Elk and Masonic publications with mention of Putnam, a certificate awarded to him by the North Dakota Association of Future Farmer of North Dakota, and a general research document done on the Putnam name by Media Research Bureau. Other materials include a good collection of newspaper clippings on Putnam, concert notices and reviews, several poems about him, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and programs on his various bands and concerts. The sheet music file contains printed copies of his compositions The Yellow and the Green and the North Dakota Hymn along with newspaper clippings on the songs, as well as a list of some of his other compositions. The final file is a handwritten, 16-page speech on Growth given by Putnam to the Epsworth League State Convention at Lisbon, North Dakota on June 22, 1899.