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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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American Numismatic Society
Development records, including those relating to fund raising; coin, library, and cash donations; annual and planned giving; bequests; endowment campaigns; and grant applications. Also, membership records such as those pertaining to meetings and events; correspondence on membership status; membership data; publicity materials such as press releases, circulars, and other promotional materials; and membership publications like the ANS Newsletter and Magazine, including photographs.
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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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Augustus F.R. Hoernle notebooks, 1890s 0.3 cubic feet (6 notebooks in 1 box)

Hoernle, Augustus F.R. (Augustus Frederic Rudolf), 1841-1918
Six notebooks containing an inventory and notes on Hoernle’s collection of 1,726 Indian coins, which were acquired by the American Numismatic Society in 1921.
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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 Hendin correspondence, 1975 - 1988 1 folder (8 subfolders, approximately 21 loose documents, 1 notebook)

Hendin, David.
This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers belonging to David Hendin. The bulk of the documents concern Jewish coins and numismatics.
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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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Fred Jacobs correspondence, 1957 - 1978 20 letters and 15 envelopes (1 folder)

Jacobs, Fred
A collection of letters to Fred Jacobs from Wolf Wirgin, a numismatic scholar; Leo Kadman, Chairman of the Israel Numismatic Society; Baruch Kanael of the Department of History at Bar-Ilan University; Ya’akov Meshorer, Chief Curator for archaeology at the Israel Museum; and Arie Kindler, a numismatist at the Museum Haaretz.