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American Numismatic Society

American Numismatic Society

75 Varick Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10013, United States
The mission of the Archives is to serve as a centralized resource for historical information about the Society and as a repository for the important archival materials it acquires. Records housed in the ANS Archives document the history and development of the Society, its collections, exhibitions, and programs, as well as the contributions of individuals and groups associated with the Society they are unique and irreplaceable assets.

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Agnes Baldwin Brett papers, 1900 - 1959 6.7 cubic feet (39 boxes)

Brett, Agnes Baldwin, 1876-1955
Correspondence and manuscripts generated by Agnes Baldwin Brett, ANS curator from 1910 through 1913. Also includes photographic images apparently taken by Brett during her trips to Bermuda and various European countries (Greece, France, Italy, Great Britain) from about 1900 through 1909.
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Allen Lovejoy papers, 1952-1994 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Lovejoy, Allen F. (Allen Fraser), 1919-1997
Correspondence and other materials relating to Lovejoy’s efforts to buy, and later sell, American dimes. Includes invoices for coin purchases, lists of bids, and slides used to illustrate a lecture.
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Fecht, Arthur J., d. 1945

Correspondence collated and bound by Fecht into five yearly volumes (1934-1939), along with Fecht’s bound catalog of his coin collection and related inventories. The correspondence deals mostly with his buying of coins and the gathering of information about them. Correspondents include dealers Wayte Raymond, B. Max Mehl, John Zug, Scott Stamp and Coin, Art Trading Company, New Netherlands Coin Company, New Zealand Coin Exchange, Guttag Brothers, and Spink & Son. Correspondence with the American Numismatic Association (ANA) has to do with his becoming a member and with the use of their library. A letter to Frank G. Duffield, editor of the ANA magazine The Numismatist, mentions his 1861-S double eagle, which had been discovered in a barn in Hull, Texas (January 28, 1937). Scattered throughout the volumes are rubbings and photographs of coins, price lists, invoices, canceled checks, his ANA membership cards from 1934 to 1939, a certificate designating him ANA life member #38 (1936), and clippings relating to coin conventions and other numismatic matters. Four of the volumes begin with brief typed notes by Fecht. In the 1934 volume he gives his opinion on some of the dealers he has conducted business with: M.H. Bolender, Ambrose J. Brown, Henry Chapman, B. Max Mehl, Lynn R. Noyes, William Rabin, William J. Schultz, Scott Stamp and Coin, and John Zug. The volumes for 1936, 1937, and 1938/1939 each begin with a review of his numismatic activities for the year, including conventions, coin and library purchases, and the photographing of his collection. The catalog of Fecht’s collection includes coin photographs cut and pasted in.

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Bluestone, Barney, 1893-1967

Letter, 9 October 1929, from Barney Bluestone to Major B. L. Fields, concerning the 1850 U.S. "Liberty Cap" silver coin which he was sent to P. James Clarke of Jameston, NY; U.S. pattern coins sent to Fields on approval for his puchase; and information on purchasing the book United States Pattern, Trial, and Experimental Pieces; Being a List of the Pattern, Trial and Experimental Pieces Which have been Issued by the United States Mint from 1792 up to the Present Time by Edgar H. Adams and William H. Woodin. The letter is on Barney Bluestone letterhead.

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Bauman L. Belden papers, 1905-1933 1.3 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Belden, Bauman L. (Bauman Lowe), 1862-1931
Correspondence, notes, clippings, printed materials, and photographs relating Indian Peace Medals, life saving awards and medals, and World War I medals, decorations, and insignia.
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Morgenthau, Bernard, 1860?-1948
Contains correspondence regarding Morgenthau’s efforts to obtain transportation tokens and information about them from various cities throughout the United States. Includes notebooks with clippings, notes, and checklists.
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Casey A. Wood scrapbooks, 1926-1931 2 scrapbooks (1 folder)

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942
Two scrapbooks containing correspondence and other materials relating to a hoard of silver coins (larins) found in Gampola Ceylon (Sri Lanka) that came to be owned by Wood.
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Charles K. Panish papers, 1961 - 1987 5.3 cubic feet (6 boxes)

Panish, Charles K.
Correspondence, notes, articles, booklets, article reprints, and background information about various regions and coins of the world, but mostly pertaining to Panish’s work researching, publishing, and collecting in the area of South Asian coins.
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David M. Bullowa papers, 1915/1999 1 cubic foot (1 box)

Bullowa, David M. (David Marks), 1912-1953
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, publication page proofs of coin plates, research notes, pamphlets, and other publications collected by or otherwise relating to David M. Bullowa, a numismatist whose primary interests were in commemorative coins and paper money.
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Edward R. Barnsley papers, 1965-1985 1.7 cubic feet (3 boxes)

Barnsley, Edward R. (Edward Roberts), b. 1906
Notes relating to American colonial coins and Barnsley’s publishing activities, including work pertaining to The Colonial Newsletter. Includes what appears to be an inventory of his collection and photocopies of unpublished materials.
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Edward T. Newell papers, 1920 - 1967 6 cubic feet (6 boxes)

Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Correspondence, notebooks, invoices, card indexes, and photographs mostly relating to the collecting and scholarly research of American Numismatic Society president and Greek coin expert Edward T. Newell.
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George J. Fuld papers, 1956 - 2007 1 cubic foot (2 boxes)

Fuld, George J., (George Joseph), 1932-2013
Correspondence, photographs, and research notes relating to Benjamin Franklin medals along with inventories and appraisals of the John J. Ford, Jr., R. Henry Norweb, Jr., and Waldo Newcomer collections.
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Gillingham, Harrold Edgar, 1864-1954
Correspondence, notes, booklets, and drafts of writings on Central and South American medals and decorations. Also includes materials on peace medals and the WWI Victory Medal, and on the War of 1812 and early American silversmiths.
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Havemeyer, Horace, 1914-1990
Notebook containing notes handwritten in French describing Greek coins presented by Horace Havemeyer to the American Numismatic Society in February 1964, and a letter (February 18, 1903) from a coin seller to his grandfather, Henry (Harry) Osborne Havemeyer, which contains notes on a gold coin Henry had purchased.
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John Reilly, Jr. papers, 1883 - 1935 3 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Reilly, John, 1876-1931
Correspondence relating to the collecting of Far Eastern coins and various personal matters, student notebooks, research notebooks, coin photographs, and several Chinese documents.
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John S. Davenport papers, 1954-1996 8.5 cubic feet (9 boxes)

Davenport, John S. (John Stewart), 1907-2001
Notebooks and files of research for Davenport’s work on European coins; page proofs, typescripts, and mockups of published works; maps; photographs of coins; plaster coin casts of crowns and talers; coin rubbings; invoices; and correspondence, much of which has to do with the publishing of his books and discussions of individual coins.
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Lyman Haynes Low scrapbooks, 1827 - 1895 1 cubic foot (6 scrapbooks in 1 box)

Low, Lyman Haynes, 1844-1924
Five scrapbooks contain printed cards, flyers, circulars, and other materials relating to Low’s numismatic activities. One scrapbook has correspondence, notes, and news clippings pertaining to research for Low’s book Hard Times Tokens.
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Lawrence, Richard Hoe, 1858-1936
Two scrapbooks relating to coin and medal collecting and other numismatic activities. Contains flyers, price lists, booklets, invitations, announcements, and clippings from newspapers, popular magazines, and other publications.
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Robert A. Weinman papers, 1968-1992 0.3 cubic feet (1 box)

Weinman, Robert A., 1915-2003
Contains proposal sketches and final drawings for various medals and medallions, including the American Numismatic Society’s 125th anniversary medal, as well as some correspondence, invoices, photographs, and pamphlets.
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Noe, Sydney P. (Sydney Philip), 1885-1969
Correspondence along with a notebook, identification cards, term reports, and other documents dating from Noe’s time as a student and assistant librarian at Rutgers and from several years after he graduated, along with clippings of his articles, a draft of his thesis, and photographs, notes and other material relating to his published work on Massachusetts colonial coins. Noe served the ANS as librarian, secretary, and curator.
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Burke, Thomas

Letter from Thomas Burke (December 20, 1778) sent from Philadelphia to an unnamed correspondent and discussing the withdrawal by Congress of two Continental currency issues (May 20, 1777 and April 11, 1778) from circulation because of British counterfeiting.

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Victor David Brenner papers, 1895-1912 0.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Brenner, Victor D. (Victor David), 1871-1924
Correspondence, drawings, catalogs, photographs, conference and exhibit invitations, and other materials, some relating to Abraham Lincoln that were possibly used by Brenner when designing the 1909 Lincoln cent.
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Virgil M. Brand papers, 1889 - 1990 22 cubic feet (5 boxes and approximately 150 loose items)

Brand, Virgil M., 1862-1926
Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, inventories, and auction catalogs relating to Chicago coin collector and brewery owner Virgil M. Brand and the disbursement of his estate.
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Walter H. Breen papers, 1949-1992 1.7 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Breen, Walter H. (Walter Henry), 1930?-1993
Correspondence, notes, and typescripts of published and unpublished works. Subjects include colonial American coinage, large U.S. cents, and U.S. gold dollars. Access to portions may be restricted.
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Marvin, William T.R. (William Theophilus Rogers), 1832-1913
Correspondence and notes mostly relating to Marvin’s research on Masonic medals. Includes rubbings, wax impressions, photographs, and illustrations of coins and medals, as well as printed materials related to Freemasons.