American Numismatic Society secretary correspondence, 1892-1939, bulk 1908-1939
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- American Numismatic Society
- Extent
- 63 cubic feet (126 boxes)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Official correspondence of the American Numismatic Society, starting around the time the Society moved into its first permanent home at Audubon Terrace (1908) and hired its first professional staff (1909).
Part of a 1911 letter from Archer M. Huntington, Society president (1905-1910) and benefactor
Creator
- Name
- Belden, Bauman L. (Bauman Lowe), 1862-1931
- Abstract
- Bauman L. Belden (1862-1931) of Cranford, New Jersey, served the American Numismatic Society as librarian (1891-1896), secretary (1896-1903, 1905-1916), director (1909-1915), and council member (1906-1928). He sat on several Society committees, including the Committee on Indian Peace Medals, which he chaired. He was the author of Medals and Publications of the American Numismatic Society (1915), Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (1927), and A Mint in New York (1930). He was a member of the American Numismatic Association and was active in the New York Numismatic Club. At the time of his death he was working on a project involving life saving medals.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open to all researchers.
Preferred Citation
American Numismatic Society secretary correspondence, 1892-1939, bulk 1908-1939, Archives, American Numismatic Society.
Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish or reproduce must be secured from the American Numismatic Society.
Scope and Content Note
Official correspondence of the American Numismatic Society, starting around the time the Society moved into its first permanent home at Audubon Terrace (1908) and hired its first professional staff (1909). Although in the early years there are letters addressed to various ANS figures such as Bauman L. Belden (secretary, 1910-1916) and William Poillon, from the mid-1910s on most letters are to and from Sydney P. Noe, the Society’s secretary from 1917 to 1947.