Elder, Thomas L. (Thomas Lindsey), 1874-1948
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1874 - 1948
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- Coin dealer Thomas L. Elder (1874-1948) was born in Dayton, Pennsylvania, and attended the Park Institute (Allegheny) and Beaver College (Beaver), eventually working as a court stenographer and telegrapher.
Coin dealer Thomas L. Elder (1874-1948) was born in Dayton, Pennsylvania, and attended the Park Institute (Allegheny) and Beaver College (Beaver), eventually working as a court stenographer and telegrapher. He began collecting coins at age 13 and joined the American Numismatic Association in 1899, the American Numismatic and Archeological Society (later the American Numismatic Society) in 1904, and helped found the New York Numismatic Club in 1908. He settled in New York City and conducted his first auction in 1905. He published the Elder Rare Coin Book (1934), Elder Monthly (1906-1907), and The Elder Magazine (1910-1911) in addition to issuing a number of medals, tokens, and store cards. He died in South Carolina.
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1. Thomas L. Elder papers
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- Correspondence, canceled checks, and a catalog pertaining to the sale of coins from the estate of George Alfred Lawrence.
2. Thomas L. Elder correspondence notes on Indian friendship medal
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- Letters, photographs, and biographical information relating to Thomas L. Elder and an Indian friendship medal.
3. Leonard Holland correspondence and card index
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- Correspondence and card index relating to Leonard Holland’s collection of U.S. Large Cents. Includes a copy of the list of coins, with price, from the auctioning of Holland’s collection in 1959.
4. Howland Wood personal correspondence
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- Mostly letters to Wood during his time as secretary, governor, and chairman of the American Numismatic Association (1905-1910) and for the first few years after becoming member (1909) and curator (1913) of the American Numismatic Society.
5. Portrait photograph of Thomas L. Elder
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- Taken from a publication.
