ANS Record Group 2: Curatorial, 1858-ongoing
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- American Numismatic Society
- Extent
- 64.75 cubic feet
- Location
- ANS Vault
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Includes records relating to coins accessioned and held by the ANS, such as accession register log books, correspondence, wills, estate documents, unrestricted gift forms, card indexes, coin envelopes and related materials, as well as correspondence and other records produced and kept by ANS curators.
- Note
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Contents
- Administrative Information
- Arrangement
- Note
- Collection Hierarchy
- Series 1: Coin collection accession register log books
- Series 2: Coin collection card index
- Series 3: Coin collection accession records by accession number
- Series 4: Coin collection accession records by subject and year
- Series 5: Coin collection deaccession records
- Series 6: Curatorial loan records
- Series 7: Exhibition records
- Series 8: Envelopes from Bates and Heaton coin collections
- Series 9: Howland Wood curator correspondence and other material
- Series 10: George C. Miles curator correspondence, research materials, and lectures
- Series 11: Henry Grunthal curator correspondence
- Series 12: Michael L. Bates curator correspondence and coin photographs
- Series 13: Jeremiah D. Brady curator correspondence
- Series 14: Nancy M. Waggoner curator correspondence and other material
- Series 15: Alan M. Stahl curator correspondence and other material
- Series 15: Carmen Arnold-Biucchi curator correspondence
- Series 16: Rose Chan Houston curator correspondence
- Series 17: William L. Bischoff curator correspondence
- Series 18: William E. Metcalf curator correspondence
- Series 19: Miscellaneous curatorial records
Administrative Information
Access
Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Preferred Citation
American Numismatic Society, Record Group 2: Curatorial, 1858-ongoing, [series title].
Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish or reproduce must be secured from the American Numismatic Society.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: (1) Coin collection accession register log books, 1858-ongoing; (2) Coin collection card index, 1859-1904, bulk 1892-1901; (3) Coin collection accession records by accession number 1894, 1920-2004; (4) Coin collection accession records by subject and year, 1911-2007; (5) Coin collection deaccession records, 1958-2009; (6) Curatorial loan records, 1918-2007, bulk 1980-2007; (7) Exhibition records, 1900-2010; (8) Envelopes from Bates and Heaton coin collections, 1984-1985; (9) Howland Wood curator correspondence and other material; 1913-1937; (10) George C. Miles curator correspondence, research materials, and lectures, 1933-1974; (11) Henry Grunthal curator correspondence, 1967-1969; (12) Michael L. Bates curator correspondence and coin photographs, 1958-2004; (13) Jeremiah D. Brady curator correspondence, 1916-1981, bulk 1976-1979; (14) Nancy M. Waggoner curator correspondence and other material, 1968-1989; (15) Alan M. Stahl curator correspondence and other material, 1914-2000, bulk 1982-2000; (15) Carmen Arnold-Biucchi curator correspondence, 1982-1999; (16) Rose Chan Houston curator correspondence, 1947-1988; (17) William L. Bischoff curator correspondence, 1987; (18) William E. Metcalf curator correspondence, 1954-2000, bulk 1982-2000; (19) Miscellaneous collection records.
Collection Hierarchy
Series 1: Coin collection accession register log books, 1858-ongoing
- Extent
- 3 cubic feet (7 bound items)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Scope and Content:Consists of seven coin collection accession register log books, in which are listed accession number, date, a brief description, country, denomination, material, donor or seller, and cost. The level of descriptive detail among the entries varies. These books have been the official record of accessions since the Society’s founding in 1858.
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Book 1: 1858-1904
Book 2: 1904-1911
Book 3: 1911-1921
Book 4: 1922-1932
Book 5: 1933-1937
Book 6: 1938-1971
Book 7: 1972-ongoing
Series 2: Coin collection card index, 1859-1904, bulk 1892-1901
- Extent
- 0.5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Processing Information:Cards were found in two oversized boxes and the groupings were not entirely clear.
Scope and Content:Card index with detailed descriptions of various donated coins, sometimes including donor and date acquired, or indicating whether purchased along with price. Donors include Augustus B. Sage, Daniel Parish Jr., and J. Sanford Saltus.
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Series 3: Coin collection accession records by accession number, 1894, 1920-2004
- Extent
- 2.5 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Related Material:Users should also consult the following series in the Curatorial record group (RG2 [this record group]): Coin Collection Accession Records by Subject and Year.
Users searching for cash and other donations should also consult the following series in the record group Development and Membership (RG3): (1) Donation Files and (2) Wills, Bequests, Gifts, and Special Funds Records.
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Scope and Content:Contains a variety of coin collection accession records, such as acknowledgment letters, other correspondence, and unrestricted gift forms. Not all of the files contain the same types of records. Some contain materials such as wills, estate inventories, clippings, and coin lists. The “1980.66-1980.67 – Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum” file has correspondence relating to an 1804 silver dollar, and includes the earliest materials in the series, an 1894 letter relating to the dollar.
Related Entities- Organization
Box 2 of 3
1992.2 to 1999.77
Box 3 of 3
2000.1 to 2008.51
Series 4: Coin collection accession records by subject and year, 1911-2007
- Extent
- 1 cubic foot (1 box)
Related Material:Users should also consult the following series in the Curatorial record group (RG2 [this record group]): Coin Collection Accession Records by Accession Number.
Users searching for cash and other donations should also consult the following series in the record group Development and Membership (RG3): (1) Donation Files and (2) Wills, Bequests, Gifts, and Special Funds Records.
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Scope and Content:Contains a variety of records including correspondence, shipping documents, coin lists and inventories, invoices, import and export licenses (1962-1968), and other materials relating to coins, medals, and other numismatic materials that were accessioned, offered, or otherwise considered of interest to the Society. In some cases the relevant accession number is written on the document. The series is a somewhat ad hoc gathering of materials relating to accessions that were filed in different ways over time, and includes stray files not easily placed elsewhere.
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Series 5: Coin collection deaccession records, 1958-2009
- Extent
- 1 cubic foot (1 box)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Scope and Content:Correspondence, auction catalogs, lists of coins to be auctioned, and disposition forms, all relating to the deaccessioning and disposition of duplicate and otherwise undesirable items in the collections.
Related EntitiesSeries 6: Curatorial loan records, 1918-2007, bulk 1980-2007
- Extent
- 6 cubic feet (7 boxes and 1 loose item)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Arrangement:Primarily organized into incoming (loans received) and outgoing (loans to other institutions). Portions of the records are arranged roughly chronologically or alphabetically, but overall the records appear to be unarranged.
Scope and Content:Contains records pertaining to materials lent to ANS by other institutions (incoming loans), and items loaned out to other institutions by ANS (outgoing loans). Records on incoming loans include signed deposit agreements, certificates of insurance, lists of loaned items, photographs (occasionally), correspondence, and materials such as label texts relating to exhibits held at ANS. Records pertaining to outgoing loans include correspondence, facility reports from receiving institutions, certificates of insurance, printed materials such as brochures and exhibit catalogs from borrowing institutions, shipping documentation, loan request forms, photographs (occasionally), and lists of loaned items. Materials were most often loaned for exhibit, but in some cases were loaned for testing, as in the case of glass weights sent to be analyzed (but were not actually studied) at Corning Museum of Glass (1983, 1993) and items sent for microprobe analysis at the University of Illinois (1990). Also present are files on a theft of shipped ANS coins in an armed robbery at a post office in 1990; materials returned to the University of Pennsylvania (1939-2001); an album containing photographs of The Gwynne M. Andrews Collection loaned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 16, 1931, along with images of coins loaned in 1930, 1935, 1936; the loan of the Bechtler coin press to The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1978 to 1991; a long-term loan from the New Jersey Historical Society of the Frederick Canfield numismatic collection, held at ANS from 1931 to 1994; and the buy-back of coins on long term loan to the ANS by the Metropolitan Museum of Art that were scheduled to be auctioned in 1973. The earliest materials are those pertaining to an ANS loan to the New-York Historical Society (1918).
Related EntitiesPhotograph Album
Scope and Content:Contains photographs of The Gwynne M. Andrews Collection loaned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 16, 1931, and images of coins loaned in 1930, 1935, 1936.
Series 7: Exhibition records, 1900-2010
- Extent
- 5.5 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 loose item)
Related Material:For photographs from Exhibition of Early American Coinage (1942) see the Sydney Noe Papers in the ANS Archives.
For additional materials relating to items loaned by and to the ANS for exhibits, see the Curatorial Loan Records series in this record group (RG2: Curatorial).
Scope and Content:Contains records relating to some of the exhibitions produced by the American Numismatic Society, most of which were held at the ANS headquarters building, though also included are files from the traveling exhibit program (1945-1970s) and a file on the Society’s exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900 that has correspondence, invoices, and insurance policy documents relating to the arrangements made for participating in the exhibition. The kinds and amounts of material available for each exhibit vary, with some represented by just an exhibition catalog or brochure and others having correspondence and photographs of pieces displayed. Several important early exhibits are represented, such as the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals (1910), from which is a large scrapbook containing photographs documenting the pieces loaned for the exhibit, mostly pasted in but with some loose, and others mounted on board, as in the case of several photographs from Dominique Philippe Jean Fourcade and Janet Scudder. (Two sets of photographs, showing the obverse and reverse of medals by John J. Boyle for The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Art Club of Philadelphia seem to have been misfiled in the scrapbook). Additionally, there is a register book used for the 1910 exhibit to log loaned items, a separate loan book, and loan delivery cards. There also is a set of proof sheets of coin photographs from an exhibit of U.S. colonial coins (1914). Records relating to an exhibit commemorating the bi-millennium of the birth of Caesar Augustus (1938) includes correspondence regarding loans and invitations as well as photographs of exhibited items. Materials from the Exhibition of Early American Coinage (1942) contains correspondence having to do with promoting the exhibit and regarding the items loaned for display. (For photographs from the exhibit, see the Sydney Noe Papers in the ANS Archives.) Files from the Exhibition of the Coinages of the Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern East (1948) contain exhibit label text and photographs. Two later exhibits are well documented: for The World of Coins (1983-2004), which occupied the Society’s Audubon headquarters West Hall during the two decades prior to its move downtown in 2004, there are plans, architectural drawings, outlines, scripts, and grant materials; for an exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the New York Numismatic Club (2008) there are, among other things, loan forms with accompanying descriptions of the loaned items that were intended for use as exhibit text.
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Box 1 of 7
Exhibitions – invitations and admission cards, early 20th c.?
Paris Exposition, 1900
Circular for the Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals, 1911
Augustan (Augustus) exhibition, 1938 (1 of 2)
Augustan (Augustus) exhibition, 1938 (2 of 2)
Augustan (Augustus) exhibition – Clippings, 1938
Augustan exhibition photograph book, 1938
Exhibition of Early American Coinage, 1942
Exhibition of Early American Coinage – Brochures, 1942
Exhibition of Early American Coinage – A-M, 1942
Exhibition of Early American Coinage – N-Z, 1942
Spanish exhibition – Hans M.F. Schulman, 1951
Traveling exhibition, 1945-1966
Traveling exhibits – Assembly instructions, undated
Traveling exhibit – Request, 1979
Traveling exhibit – George Washington in Medallic Art – Brochures, 1970s
Traveling exhibit – Coinage of Judaea – Brochures, undated
Traveling exhibit – Chinese Communist Money – Brochures, 1979
Coin exhibit photographs (Coins of the Centuries?) – 500 B.C. to 1 B.C., undated
Exhibition of the Coinages of the Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern East, 1948 (1 of 3)
Exhibition of the Coinages of the Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern East, 1948 (2 of 3)
Exhibition of the Coinages of the Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern East, 1948 (3 of 3)
Exhibit – Birds on Ancient Greek Coins – Photographs, 1972
Permanent exhibit photographic prints – Peace medals (?), John Paulding medal, Joan of Arc, circa 1950s-1980s
Exhibition? – Photographic prints of U.S. Mint buildings, 1980s?
Exhibit – An American in China, The L. Irvine Moffett Collection – Photographs, 1973
East and West Hall exhibit layout, 1953
Exhibition cases – Inventory and evaluation, 1964
Estimate of exhibition cases, 1964
Exhibits – Returned to vault, 1967
Harold Center exhibition space, 1983
Memoranda, correspondence, and photographs relating to exhibits and other issues, 1970-1986
Exhibit – Presidential campaign buttons, 1960s?
Exhibit – The Flight of Man, 1973
Exhibits – Charles Edison Fund, 1976
Exhibits – Brochures, undated
Box 2 of 7
FIDEM
American Medallic Sculpture Association exhibit catalogs, 1983-1984
Beaux arts medal - Book and exhibit, 1988
Exhibit - The Beaux-Arts Medal in America - Brochures, 1987-1988
The Beaux-Arts Medal in America
Exhibit - Indian Peace Medals - Brochure
Exhibit catalog – The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance, 1994 (two loose copies)
Exhibit catalog – Treasures of Ancient Coinage, 1996
Exhibit catalog – The Proud Republic: Dutch Medals of the Golden Age, 1997 (three loose copies)
Exhibit catalog – New Ideas in Medallic Sculpture – Saltus, 1998-1999
Exhibit – Drachmas, Dubloons, and Dollars – Brochures, circa 2001
Docent meeting materials – Federal Reserve, 2001
Exhibit script – Drachmas Doubloons, and Dollars – The History of Money, circa 2001
Byzantine Hoard – Israel Antiquities Authority – 2003
Byzantine Hoard, 2003
Exhibit – Full Circle: The Olympic Heritage in Coins and Medals – Brochure, 2003-2004
Olympics, 2003
Olympic exhibit, 2005 (1 of 4)
Olympic exhibit, 2005 (2 of 4)
Olympic exhibit, 2005 (3 of 4)
Olympic exhibit, 2005 (4 of 4)
Olympic – Bernth Ahlstrom, 2006
New York Steel exhibition, 2005 (1 of 2)
New York Steel exhibition, 2005 (2 of 2)
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Friends of, 2005
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Image requests, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Panels, cases, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Loeb & Barrera, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Announcement, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – List and labels, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition prep, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition catalog – Grant application, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Grant, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Insurance, 2007
Saint-Gaudens newsletter, 2007
Saint-Gaudens exhibition – Brochures, magazine and newspaper articles, and DVD of film, 2007
Exhibit catalog – One Hundred Years of Solicitude: Collecting by the New York Numismatic Club, 2008 (two loose copies)
Box 3 of 7 - World of Coins exhibit
Exhibit – World of Coins – Brochure, undated
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) – World of Money, 1979
World of Coins, 1978-1979
Grants – Including exhibit, 1977
World of Coins – Grants and other preliminary, 1977
World of Coins – Prototype, 1978
World of Coins exhibition information, 1983-1996
World of Coins – Draft, undated
Exhibit text – Master copy
World of Coins exhibit outline, 1978 (1 of 2)
World of Coins exhibit outline, 1978 (2 of 2)
Secondary panels, undated
Polo
Before
Renaissance
Machinery
Dollar
Modern Economy
Money/Message
Denarius
Solidus/Byzantine
World of Coins - Architectural drawings of floor and exhibit plans
NYNC item list
NYNC exhibit – Insurance
NYNC exhibit – Labels/Description
NYNC catalog
NYNC exhibit
NYNC centennial exhibit write ups
NYNC exhibit forms
NYNC exhibit layout
NYNC history/medals panel
Alexander, David – Loan forms
Cuhaj, George – Loan forms
Erlichman, Jay – Loan forms
Fleishmann, David – Loan forms
Galst, Jay – Loan forms
Haggerty, Jerry – Loan forms
Herzon, John – Loan forms
Hoge, Bob – Loan forms
Kagen, Jonathan – Loan forms
Knapp, Bob – Loan forms
Lande, David – Loan forms
Low, Darrell – Loan forms
Margolis, Richard – Loan forms
Marinescu, Constantin – Loan forms
Menchell, David – Loan forms
Miller, Scott – Loan forms
Parris, Michael – Loan forms
Rezak, Ira – Loan forms
Sacks, Bob – Loan forms
Schaaf, Robert – Loan forms
Scher, Steve – Loan forms
Siboni, Roger – Loan forms
Simpson, David – Loan forms
Terranova, Tony – Loan forms
Tesorlero, Tom – Loan forms
Tomasko, Mark – Loan forms
Van Alfen, Peter – Loan forms
Witschonke, Rick – Loan forms
Box 5 of 7 - Flat file and oversized
Spiral bound outline of the World of Coins exhibit (6 loose copies)
World of coins architectural drawings of exhibits and floor plans (loose)
Exhibit – U.S. colonial coins – Photographs, proof sheets for illustrations, 1914
Augustan exhibit – Photostats, 1938
World of Coins visitors log book, 1990-1995
Exhibit labels – Washington exhibit, undated
International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals loan book, 1910
International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals loan cards, 1910
Box 6 of 7 - International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals photograph album, 1910
7 of 7 [loose] - International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals register log book, 1910
Series 8: Envelopes from Bates and Heaton coin collections, 1984-1985
- Extent
- 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Location
- Vault
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Scope and Content:Empty annotated coin envelopes from the George Eugene Bates Byzantine coin collection (1984.61) and the Charles T. Heaton coin club medals collection (1985.67)
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Box 1 of 2: Bates
Box 2 of 2: Heaton
Series 9: Howland Wood curator correspondence and other material, 1913-1937
- Extent
- 10 cubic feet (12 boxes)
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Scope and Content:Mostly official correspondence from Howland Wood’s work as curator of the American Numismatic Society (ANS). Many of the letters are to and from dealers, ANS members, and the general public and involve matters such as the authentication and value of individual coins as well as coin donations, purchasing, items sent on approval, and other efforts to add to and document the ANS collections, including its holdings in Indian Peace Medals and medals relating to World War I. Occasionally, coin rubbings and photographs are included. Also discussed are building security issues, such as a theft of coins from the J.P. Morgan and D.O. Mills collections (Newell, 1927); employee matters, such as hiring an assistant curator upon the death of Robert Robertson in 1937 (e.g., Duffield, Jan. 27, 1937), and lists of employees and salaries (see Union Trust Company). Other topics include Wood’s work as editor of the American Journal of Numismatics, such as discussions of article content and production issues; photographing and casting of coins; cleaning of coins (e.g., Hopkins, March 4, 1931 and Oliveira, May 16, 1933); exhibits; the return of the Andrew Zabriskie collection, with a catalog of Polish coins returned (1924); the addition to the building at Audubon Terrace (see Eidlitz, 1921-1934); the Bechtler coin press donated to the ANS (Tapp, 1926-1928); the loan of the Frederick A. Canfield collection by the New Jersey Historical Society (1930-1931); psychologist and collector Edward B. Titchener of Cornell University; and the Henry A. Ramsden Far Eastern collection, including a note to John Robinson about the terms of Ramsden’s will, a numbered list of Ramsden coins, and related materials, such as those pertaining to Far Eastern collector Giuseppe Ros, Italian consulate general in Shangai (R, 1913-1921). In addition to the correspondence are research materials, including notebooks on Indian Bull and Horseman series; files on Bryan Money, Mexican coins, Ethiopian (Abyssinian) coins, American medals (1918-1921), and Indian Peace Medals (1917); a handwritten index to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1911), The Indian Antiquary (1877-1919), and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832-1910); and typed curator and committee reports (1913-1927).
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Howland Wood (1877-1938) was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and graduated from Brown University in 1900. He became a member of the ANS in 1909. By 1913 he had been appointed Curator, remaining in this position until his death in 1938. At that time, the Society only maintained a single curator, with two assistants. Despite the limited size of the staff, during Wood's tenure the Society's collections increased significantly, from 50,000 to almost 200,000 specimens. In addition to his curatorial duties, Wood also served as editor of the American Journal of Numismatics from 1910 to 1920. In 1920, Wood became only the third recipient of the Society's Archer M. Huntington Medal Award. Outside of the ANS, Wood also served as secretary to the American Numismatic Association from 1905 to 1909 and then as governor and chairman of the ANA's board from 1909 to 1912. After Wood's death, Edward T. Newell (ANS President, 1916-1941) eulogized Wood as "the ideal Curator," noting that "Howland Wood was one of those rare geniuses who combined an inherited urge to collect, an insatiable curiosity as to the 'why' and the 'wherefore,' and an orderly mind which could not brook obvious gaps or disorderly arrangement."
Related Material:See also Howland Wood personal correspondence, 1873, 1902-1938.
Related Entities- Organization
- Genre/Format
- Person
Box 1 of 12
A-Z (Zerbe), 1913-1919
A, 1918-1919
A, 1918-1919
Ae-Am, 1924-1929
An-Az, 1924-1929
A, 1930-1932
A, 1932
A, 1935
A, 1936
A, 1937
Abbott, Justin E., 1919-1922
Abram, N., 1924
Adams, E.H., 1919-1925
Adams, Edward D., 1921-1929
Adjutant General, New York, 1919-1926
Adjutant Generals, various states, 1920-1924
Allan, Herbert S., 1925
American Ambassador, London, 1918
American Book Company, 1923
American Defense Society, 1918
American District Telegraph Company, 1920
American Express Company, 1919-1924
American Field Service – See H.D. Sleeper, 1920
American Historical Review, 1925-1926
American Museum of Natural History, 1921-1926
American Numismatic Association, 1922-1928
American Red Cross, 1921
Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal, 1923
Applicants for Position in Coin Room, 1927
Arguelles, J.M., 1927
Avery Architectural League, 1917
B, 1913-1917
Ba-Be, 1921-1929
Bel-Bl, 1921-1929
Bn-Bt, 1916-1929
Bu-Bz, 1921-1929
B, 1930-1932
B, 1933-1934
B, 1934
B, 1935
B, 1935
B, 1936
B, 1937
Babut, A., 1922
Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company, 1919-1927
Baldwin, A.H. and Son, 1936-1937
Baldwin and Sons, A.H., 1920-1927
Baldwin, A.H., 1930-1932
Bartlett, N.J., 1918
Battenberg, Prince Louis of, 1916
Baumgard, Henry, 1925
Beals, Walter Burges, 1920-1923
Beatty, W. Gedney, 1921-1925
Beebe, L.M., 1918
Belden, Bauman, 1930-1931
Bellinger, Alfred, 1928
Belote, Theodore, Smithsonian, 1919-1928
Berlin and Jones Envelope Company, 1921
Bernays, Edward L., 1922
Blake, George H., 1921-1927
Bolender, M.H., 1929
Bolender, M.H., 1930-1932
Bolender, M.H., 1935-1937
Box 2 of 12
Bolton, Chas K., 1925
Bonner, Campbell, 1930-1931
Boring, Edwin G. – regarding Titchener’s death, 1927
Borum, Charles, 1922-1929
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1922
Boyd, F.C.C., 1921-1929
Boyd, F.C.C., 1936
Boyd, F.C.C., 1937
Boy Scouts of America, 1920
Brand, H.A., 1921-1922
Brenner, Judson, 1920-1922
Brett, Agnes Baldwin, 1921-1929
Brett, Agnes Baldwin, 1931, 1937
British Museum, 1914-1919
British Museum (John Allan), 1920-1927
British Numismatic Society, 1919-1926
Brown, C.J., 1920-1923
Brown, George F., 1920-1927
Brown, H.B., 1925
Bryant, L.E., 1928
Bucknill, John, 1924-1926
Bulkeley, Morgan G., 1917
Burlington, Massachusetts, Select Men of, 1919-1920
Burns Brothers Coal, 1920
C, 1913-1920
C, 1913-1920
C-Cg, 1919-1929
Ch-Cl, 1920-1929
Co-Cz, 1920-1928
C, 1930-1932
C, 1933-1934
C, 1935
C, 1936
C, 1937
Cahn, Adolph, 1924-1928
Campbell, William, 1928-1929
Cantor, L., 1922
Cardwell, L.A., 1920
Cary, A. Lucius, 1921
Cederlund, Ragnar, 1935
Central Hanover Bank, 1933
Central Hanover Bank, 1934
Central Hanover Bank, 1935
Central Hanover Bank, 1936
Central Hanover Bank, 1937
Cerney, Ernest, 1937
Chapman, S.H., 1920-1928
Charleston Museum, 1925-1926
Chase and Company (J.B. Chase), 1927
Chicago, State Bank of (Arthur L. Bowen), 1927-1928
Clapp, George H., 1937
Clark, T. James, 1927-1929
Clarke, Thomas B., 1924
Clausen, John, 1921-1922
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1922-1923
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1922
Collins, Lathrop, 1921
Collins, Lt. Ross F., 1920-1923
Colorplate Engraving Company, 1920
Comparette, T. Louis, 1916-1918
Comparette, T. Louis, 1919-1920
Comparette, T. Louis, 1921-1922
Connor, John M. Jr., 1921-1929
Connor, John M. Jr., 1922-1925
Consolidated Gas Company, 1908-1928
Cook, Mrs. Henry L. – also Caldwell Company, Insignia File, First Families of Virginia, Order of, 1920
Coon, Carleton (Peabody Museum), 1935
D, 1915-1920
D-Deu, 1920-1929
Dev-Duf, 1920-1929
Dug-Dz, 1920-1929
D, 1930-1932
Box 3 of 12
D, 1933-1934
D, 1935
D, 1936
D, 1937
Dalley, William T., 1926-1928
De Saint Phalle, Fal, 1924
Dewey, William (Westchester County Coin Club), 1935
DeVinne Press, 1925
Drowne, Henry R., 1920-1927
Duffield, Frank G., 1921-1928
Dummer, Mrs. F., 1921
E, 1914-1930
E-Eld, 1920-1929
Elf-Ez, 1920-1929
E, 1933
E, 1936
E, 1937
Eaton, Commodore W.C., 1920
Egger, Brüder, 1928
Eidlitz, Robert, 1921-1934
Eidlitz, Robert, 1930-1931
Eklund, Ole P., Collection, 1933-1934
Eklund, Ole P., 1937
Elder, Thomas, 1909-1929, 1934 (for Elder, see also Roh, C.F, 1921-1924)
Ellis, Ralph, 1923
Ellsworth, James W., 1920-1922
Enhaus and Son, Wiliam H., 1920
F, 1913-1919
F, 1915-1932
F-Fi, 1921-1929
Fl, 1920-1927
Fo-Fr, 1922-1929
Fri-Fz, 1922-1926
F, 1933
F, 1936
F, 1937
Falls, De Witt Clinton, 1920-1928
Falls, De Witt Clinton, 1934-1935
Ferris, H.B., 1925
Field, William B.O., 1920-1927
Finland, Consulate General, 1925
First Families of Virgina, 1920
Fisher, Charles H., 1928
Folsom and Company Engraving, 1920-1923
Ford, Edwin, 1923
Frank, A., 1932-1933
Franklin, Clarence P., 1920
French Mint, 1922-1923
Frey, Albert R., 1920-1926
Fried, N., 1924
G-Go, 1920-1929
Gr-Gz, 1920-1929
G, 1929-1932
G, 1933-1934
G, 1935
G, 1936
Garrett, John W., 1920-1929
Geist, Emil, 1925
Gibbs, H.D., 1923-1928
Gibbs, H.D., 1935-1936
Gibbs, H.D., 1937
Gifford, Carleton S., 1921-1927
Gifford, Carleton S., 1937
Gilbert, L.L., 1922
Gilmore, George W., 1922-1929
Box 4 of 12
Gillingham, Harrold E., 1918-1926
Gillingham, Harrold E., 1927-1934
Gillingham, Harrold E., 1935-1937
Gimbel Brothers, 1924
Gleaner, The, 1921
Glendining and Company, England, 1922
Gordon, John, 1918-1925
Gould, W.B., 1923
Guttag Brothers, 1925-1929
Guttag Brothers, 1930-1935
Guttag, Julius, 1937
H-He, 1920-1928
Hi-Hl, 1920-1928
Ho-Hz, 1920-1928
H, 1930-1932
H, 1933-1934
H, 1935
H, 1936
H, 1936
H, 1937
Haines, Howard, 1930-1931
Hall, James S., 1922
Hall-Marvin Company, 1921
Harlow, A.F., 1925
Harris, Mrs. Edward M., 1920
Harrison, John T., 1928
Harrison, McVeigh, 1924
Hart, W.O., 1925-1929
Hazelton, Alan, 1930-1932, 1934
Heal, S.S., 1920-1927
Heliotype Company, 1920-1927
Henderson, Dr. J.M., 1921-1928
Herzfeld, Max, 1920
Hesslein, William, 1922-1927
Hesslein, William, 1928-1929
Hesslein, William, 1929-1934
Het Koniklijk Nederlandish Genootschap, 1921
Hetrich, Dr. George, 1923-1927
Heye, George (Museum of the American Indian), 1922-1926
Hill, G.G. (British Museum), 1917
Hill, H.L., 1928-1929
Hoernle, R.F. and Sophie, 1920
Holmbers Mythandel, D., 1927-1929
Holstein, Otto, 1927
Honduras, Coins and Money of, 1921
Hopkins, A.A., 1920-1926
Horstman, William H. and Company, Uniforms and Flags, 1919-1929
House of Representatives, Grant Medal and Hayes Coin, 1922
I, 1917-1927
I, 1930-1932
I, 1933-1936
I, 1936-1937
Indelli and Conforti Company, 1921
India, Numismatic Society of, n.d.
Indian Peace Medals, 1926
Indian Medals – Chapman Letter, 1920
Irving Studios, 1920
J, 1913-1932
J, 1920-1930
J, 1933-1934
J, 1935
J, 1936
Box 5 of 12
Jones, John F., 1937
K, 1915-1926
K, 1930-1932
K, 1933-1934
K, 1935
K, 1936
K, 1937
Kegan, Paul – Trench Company, 1920-1921
Kilborn, L.S., 1923
Kip, Rudolf, 1926
Kohlhammer, W., 1923
Kohler, Rudolph, 1925-1928
Kohn and Son, Theodore A., 1920-1929
Kovessey, Albin de, 1922
Kraus, Franz, 1928-1929
Kunz, George F., 1920-1926
Kronfeld, Saunders and Company, 1911-1928
L, 1913-1921
La-Le, 1923-1931
Lh-Ly, 1923-1929
L, 1930-1932
L, 1933-1934
L, 1935
L, 1936
L, 1937
Landa, Everado, 1928-1929
Langdon, William C., 1924-1928
Le Blanc, John F., 1920-1921
Lathrop, Nancy Florence, 1934 – John Paul Jones medal authentication
Lees, Hugh – see Victoria Cross, F.A. Bland, Major R. Stewart, 1921
Lemcke and Buechner – now Westermann Company, see file under W
Leve, A.A., 1921-1925
Levis, H.C., 1921-1929
Lichtenstein, Alfred F., 1919-1920
Little, E.Z., 1925-1928
Liveright, Frank I., 1919-1931
Lloyd, A.H., 1923-1927
Lombard, J.W., 1918
Lord, A.L., 1920-1922
Lynn Public Library, 1918-1919
M, 1914-1929
Mi-Mz, 1920-1929
McA-McF, 1930
McL, 1930-1931
M, 1930-1932
M, 1933-1934
M, 1933-1934
M, 1935
M, 1936
M, 1937
Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1935
Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1937
Marinidin, Ritchie, 1932
Box 6 of 12
McLachlan, R.W., 1920-1921
Medallic Art Company, 1922-1928
Medallic Art Company, 1936
Mehl, B. Max, 1910-1928
Merritt, Ferris P., 1920-1924
Merzbacher Nachf, Eugen
Metts, General J. Van B., 1920 – see North Carolina Service Medal World War I
Meyer, N.S., 1918
Mexican Academy, (Señor Manuel Romero de Terreros), 1931
Miller, Emma, 1920, see Miller-Ryder, Ryder-Miller, Goodbody and Company
Minassian, Kirkor, 1927
Minister of Militia and Defense, 1921
Mint, The Birmingham, 1930-1931
Morgan, Harold, 1922
Mosher, Stuart, 1937
Müller and Sohn, 1927-1928
Museum Exhibit – ANS Traveling Exhibit, 1926-1927
N, 1916-1918, 1932
N, 1922-1928
N, 1930-1932
N, 1933-1934
N, 1936
N, 1937
Nashville War Medal, 1920 – See Foster, Edgar
National Committee on Awards, Red Cross, 1920
Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation, 1920 – See Bailey, Banks and Biddle, Roosevelt, F.D.
Newcomb, Howard R., 1921-1926
Newcomer, Waldo, 1920-1929
Newell, Edward T., 1918, 1919(?), 1927-1935
New Jersey Historical Society (Canfield Collection), 1930-1931
Noe, Sydney P., 1920-1929
Noe, Sydney P., 1936
Norman, James C., 1925
Norris, F.A., 1922-1925
Noury Bey, Osman, 1922
O, 1921-1929
O, 1930-1932
O, 1933-1934
O, 1933-1935
O, 1936
O, 1936-1937
Oakland Public Museum, 1920
Odenwelder, George M., 1920
Office, J.E., 1920
Oliver, O., 1919
Pa-Pe, 1920-1929
Pf-Po, 1920-1929
Pr-Pz, 1920-1929
P, 1923-1932
P, 1929-1932
P, 1933-1934
P, 1935
P, 1936
P, 1937
Parris, Edward L. Jr. (Paris, Maine), 1932-1933
Part-time, Bureau of, 1926
Perez, Gilbert, 1919-1927
Perez, Gilbert, 1937
Philippine Constabulary, 1923-1927
Pheonix Engraving Company, 1921-1922 (see Watts, A.O.)
Pond, Shepard (Boston Numismatic Society), 1935
Pond, Shepard (Boston Numismatic Society), 1936
Pond, Shepard (Boston Numismatic Society), 1937
Pope, Mrs. James E., 1919, 1921
Post Office, 1921-1922
Porter, Benjamin, 1923
Pradeau, A.F., 1930-1937
Pradeau, A.F., 1936
Powell, William R., 1920-1929
Pratt, Dr. Joseph Hyde (Confederate Half Dollar of 1861), 1920
Prince, Bradford, 1921
Publicity (Army-Navy Exhibition, ca. 1917), 1915-1920
Q, 1930-1932
Q, 1933-1934
Queensborough, Lord, 1922-1923
Quigley, Margery, 1921
R, 1913-1921
Ra-Re, 1920-1929
Rh-Ri-Ro, 1920-1929
Ru-Rz, 1920-1929
Box 7 of 12
R, 1929-1934
R, 1931-1934
R, 1930, 1934-1935
R, 1935-1936
R, 1937
Radin, Herman, 1921
Raymond, Wayte, 1920-1930
Raymond, Wayte, 1934
Raymond, Wayte, 1936
Raymond, Wayte, 1935-1937
Rea, C.D., 1925-1926
Reach, A.L, Textile Company, 1921
Reilly, John , Jr., 1918-1929
Robertson, Robert, 1921-1928
Robertson, Robert – Death of and application of William L. Clark for his position, 1937
Robinson, Edward, 1910-1920
Robinson, Edwin P., 1920-1929
Robinson, John (Peabody Museum), 1921-1925
Roh, C.F., 1921-1924 (includes two Thomas Elder letters, 1924, possibly misfiled, in which he complains of being overlooked in favor of other dealers)
Roosevelt Memorial Association, 1921-1926
Ros, Guiseppi, 1917-1927
Rosenaum, George, 1918
Ross, David, 1922
Ruditsky, Nat P., 1923-1925
Rudnick, Perry N., 1920, 1929
Ryder, Hillyer, 1920-1924
S, 1914-1919
Sa-Se, 1921-1929
Sh-Sp, 1921-1929
Sq-St, 1921-1929
Su-Sz, 1921-1929
S, 1930-1934 (1 of 2)
S, 1930-1934 (2 of 2)
S, 1935
S, 1936
S, 1937 (1of 2)
Salle, Andre, 1920-1929
St. Louis Stamp and Coin Company, 1922-1928
St. Louis Stamp and Coin Company, 1930-1933
Saltus, J. Sanford, 1918-1923
Savage, M.F., 1926
Scientific American, 1920
Schulman, J., 1918-1928
Schulman, J., 1930-1934
Schulman, J., 1935
Schulman, J., 1936
Schultz, Norman, 1920
Seaby, B.A., 1930-1934
Seaby, B.A., 1935
Box 8 of 12
Sears, Elmer S., 1919-1929
Smith, David Eugene, 1922-1925
Smith, Elliot, 1913-1928
South-West News Company, 1920-1922
Sperr, P.L., 1924
Spink & Son, 1921-1929
Spink & Son, 1930-1934
Spink & Son, 1936
Spink & Son, 1935-1937
Skilton, A.G., 1925
Starosselsky, V.D., 1921-1938
Starr, Floyd T., 1920-1925
Steinman, Leland (Pacific Coast Numismatic Society), 1920-1921
Stejneger, L. (Smithsonian), 1919
Stearns, Foster, 1922-1926
Stevens and Brown, 1922
Stephenson, W.R.C., 1922-1923
Stewart and Company, 1917
Stokes, I.N. Phelps, 1925-1926
Storer, Malcolm, 1920-1927
Swanson, Jonathon, 1922-1926
Swedish Red Cross, 1921
T, 1918-1919
T, 1923-1929
T, 1928-1929
T, 1929-1934
T, 1936
T, 1935-1937
Tapp, Garold W. (Bechtler coin press, sold to Julius Guttag, then donated to ANS), 1926-1928
Tefft, Carl E., 1924
Titchener, E.B., 1922-1927 (1 of 2)
Titchener, E.B., 1922-1927 (1 of 2)
Titchener, E.B., 1922-1927 (2 of 2)
Torrey, R.H., 1921 (see New York Evening Post)
Toscano, C., 1922
Tracey Woodward, A.M., 1931
Treasury Department, 1933-1934
Treasury Department, 1935
Trenton Trust Company, 1928-1929
U, 1919
U, 1924-1928
U, 1930-1934
U, 1935-1937
U, 1936
Union Trust Company, 1916
Union Trust Company, 1917
Union Trust Company, 1918
United States Army, 1918-1919
United States Army, 1928-1929
United States Army and Navy Recognition Exhibition, 1918
United States Marine Corps, 1918, 1923
University of Michigan, 1922
United States Treasury Department, 1927-1928
United States Mint, 1920-1928
United States Navy, 1918-1921
United States Shipping Board, 1918
V, 1913-1919
V, 1923-1929
V, 1936
V, 1935-1937
Valentine, W.H., 1919-1928
Valentine, D.W., 1930-1934
Vanderpoel, George B., 1919
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1924-1925
Victory Medals, 1923
Voetter, Thomas W., 1920-1925
Vreeland, Nehemiah, 1920-1927
Wa-Wh, 1922-1929
Wi-Wo, 1922-1929
Wr-Wz, 1922-1929
Box 9 of 12
W, 1929-1934 (1 of 2)
W, 1929-1934 (2 of 2)
W, 1933-1934
W, 1935-1937
W, 1936
W, 1937
Walker Engraving Company, 1918-1922
Walker, John (British Museum), 1935-1937
Wanamaker, John, 1921, 1928
War Medals, 1919-1922
War Trade Board, 1918-1919
Ware, Ivan H. (Canton Christian College), 1924
Webber, Paine, 1930-1933
Wells, T. Tileston, 1918
Wernstrom, Ernest R. 1921-1922
Western Ontario, University of, 1928
What’s Going on in Greater New York (The Weekly Magazine of City News), 1911-1922
Wheeler, A.L. (American Journal of Archaeology), 1921
Wheeler, Horace L., 1915-1929
Wheeler, Horace L., 1925
Whicher, George Meason, 1918-1929
Whipple, Allen, 1913-1916
White, Alfred T., 1918-1919
White, Edward A., 1920
Whitehead, R.B., 1920-1923
Whitehead and Hoag Company, 1920-1927
Williamson Paper Company, 1922
Williamson Paper Company, 1922
Wing, George C., 1921-1927
Wise and Ottenberg, 1923-1925
Wood, Casey, 1932-1935
Wood, Casey – Larins correspondence, 1926-1934
Wood, Howland (Personal), 1927-1932
Wood, Howland (Personal), 1934-1937
Wood, Howland (Personal), 1936
Woodward, A.M. Tracey, 1921-1926
World Book Company, 1921-1929
World War Medals, 1924-1925
Wormser, Moritz, 1920-1929
Wright, E.E., 1920-1921
Wright, Nelson, 1922-1929
Wulfing, John M. (Gildehaus, Wulfing and Company), 1921-1927
Wyllie, Robert E. (War Department), 1920-1921
Wyllie, Robert E. (War Department), 1920-1921
Wyman, Arthur C., 1921-1928
Wyman, Arthur C., 1932
X, 1921
Xerri, Emmanuele, 1920– see also George A. Laurence, Valetta Museum, American Counsel, Malta
Y, 1920-1928
Y, 1930-1933
Y, 1935-1937
Yale Publishing Association, 1922
Yale University Press, 1924-1929
Young Men’s Christian Association, 1918
Z, 1929, 1932, 1937
Zabriskie, Andrew C.
Zerbe, Farran, 1920-1928
Zerbe, Farran, 1930-1934
Zucchi, Mario, 1935, 1937
Box 10 of 12 - Notebooks
Notebook: Correspondence and Notes on Bull and Horse Indian Series, 1927
Notebook: Notes on Bull and Horseman Series II (with coin photographs)
Notebook: Notes on Coinage of British East India Company
Notebook: Notes on Coinage of British East India Company
Notebook: Indian Journals
Box 11 of 12 - Research Files
Africa Draft, n.d.
Argentine: Copy of letter in response to inquiry made to American Consul General, William Burdett, 1937
Blacksmith’s, parts 1&2
Bryan Money: Scrapbook of rubbings and descriptions of Bryan satirical pieces, 1921
Coinage of the West Indies and the Sou Marqué, 1915
Ethiopian Coin Data (Abyssinia), 1907, 1921, 1924
Mexico, 1930s (1 of 2)
Mexico, 1930s (2 of 2)
Postcards
Box 12 of 12 - Reports and Medals
Curator Reports, 1913-1914
Committee Reports, 1915-1918
Curator Reports, 1916-1927
Curator Reports, 1927
American Medals, 1918-1921
Indian Peace Medals, 1917 (1 of 4)
Indian Peace Medals, 1917 (2 of 4)
Indian Peace Medals, 1917 (3 of 4)
Indian Peace Medals, 1917 (4 of 4)
Series 10: George C. Miles curator correspondence, research materials, and lectures, 1933 - 1974
- Extent
- 3 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:The leading Islamic numismatist of his generation, George C. Miles (1904-1975) first came to the ANS in October 1937 as Research Assistant in Muhammadan Numismatics. Earlier that year, Miles had earned his doctorate in Oriental languages from Princeton University, where he had also earned his A.B. in 1926 and M.A. in 1930. From 1937 to 1938, Miles studied the Society's Islamic coin collection, verifying earlier work by Howland Wood and publishing his thesis as the magisterial Numismatic History of Rayy , which was issued in 1938 by the ANS as the second monograph in its Numismatic Studies series. After teaching at Princeton University and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Miles returned to the ANS in 1946, where he initially served as Curator for Islamic Coins and studied the extensive collection of coins that Archer M. Huntington had donated to the Hispanic Society of America. The results of Miles' research on this collection were subsequently published in the ANS's Hispanic Numismatic Series. In 1954, Miles succeeded Sydney P. Noe as Chief Curator for the ANS, a position he maintained until 1969. In 1966, Miles was also named Executive Director of the ANS, a position he retained until his retirement in 1972. Miles also served as Secretary from 1966 through 1968. During his lifetime, Miles published 16 books and more than 75 articles. Miles also received numerous honors and awards, including the ANS's Archer M. Huntington Medal Award (1949), and medals of the Hispanic Society of America and Royal Numismatic Society (1957). Miles was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the Board of Scholars of Dumbarton Oaks, the Bureau of the International Numismatic Commission, and the Executive Committee of the Encyclopedia of Islam. In addition, Miles held honorary membership in the Société Française de Numismatique, the Société Belge de Numismatique, the Royal Numismatic Society, the Institut d'Egypte, and the Academies of Cordoba and Madrid. George Miles died on October 15, 1975, at the age of 71.
Scope and Content:Contains correspondence, research materials, and outlines and texts of lectures. The correspondence files (1933-1973), some of which predate Miles’s employment at the American Numismatic Society in 1946, mostly have to do with his scholarly work on Islamic coins, and include discussions of coins among colleagues and collectors, including some materials under consideration for the ANS collections. In the correspondence with Erich Schmidt (1936-1964), there are items pertaining to his work and management at an expedition camp at the site of the ancient Persian city of Rayy (Schmidt, 1936-1964), which resulted in the monograph Numismatic History of Rayy (1938), Miles’s first major contribution to the field. Research materials (1934-1974, bulk 1966-1974) consist of notes and photographs (including film negatives) of Islamic coins and objects, and note cards pertaining to Rayy and listing significant Islamic persons. Also present are outlines and the text of lectures Miles’s gave at various places (1946-1973). Though many have to do with Islamic collecting, there is a broader range of subjects covered in the lectures, including numismatics as a field of study (ANS, 1955), the role of coins in history (University of Buffalo, 1957), the role of numismatics in archaeology (Madison, Chicago, Montclair, 1963-1965), and numismatic crossroads (ANS, 1952). There are also photographs of Egyptian weighs, photographs of an Abu Sa’id coin, and pasted plates of A Catalog of the Palace Collection of Ancient Coins and Bronzes by Imperial Order, by Shizheng, et al. In addition, there is a card file of references and notes used for the preparation of his The Coinage of The Visigoths of Spain: Leovigild to Achila II, 1952.
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Box 1 of 5 - Correspondence
Abgarians, Mesrob T.
Album, Stephen
Andres, T.
Artuk, Ibrahim
Awad, Heneri A.
Azizbeglou, M.
Bloesch, Hansjoerg.
Bosworth, C. E.
Brown, Helen Mitchell
Bruckner, Geraldine (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
Brunner, Christopher
Burn, Richard (Sir)
Caley, Earle R.
Coolidge, John (Fogg Art Museum)
Cora collection
Curiel, Raoul
DeShazo, A. S.
Dols, Michael
Encyclopedia Persica
Erdmann, Kurt
Ettinghausen, Richard F.
Fahmy, Abd al-Rahman.
Farrugia de Candia, M. J.
Faure, Paul
Fitzwilliam Museum
Freeman, Sarah
Frye, Richard G.
Garcia-Gomez, E.
Ghirshman, Roman
Gibb, H. A. R.
Goodrich, L. Carrington
Glidden, Harold W.
Göbl, Robert
Grabar, Oleg
Grierson, Philip
Gropp, G.
Grohmann, Adolf
Gurnet, Robert
Jungfleisch, M.
Lane-Poole, Austin
Leuthold, Enrique
Levi Della Vida, G.
Levy, S.
Lopez, R. S.
Luther, Kenneth A.M.
Mackenzie, Franklin
Mateu y Llopis, Philipe
Morton, A. H.
Mottahedeh, Roy P.
Murraciole, P.
Moutsopoulos, N. C.
Marinho, Jose R.
Minorsky, V.
Madelung, Wilfred
Morris, Robert W.
Nahapetian, Yervand
Pereire, Roger
Poladian, Armenak
Schmidt, Erich
Walker, John
Assorted
Box 2 of 5 - Lectures and Photographs
Lecture outlines, 1959-1964
Lectures, 1952
Lectures, 1952-1956
Lectures, 1953-1954
Lectures, 1959
Lecture: Islamic numismatics, 1946
Lecture: Archaeology – Millbrook School, 1952
Lecture: Numismatic crossroad, 1952
Lecture: Numismatics as a field of study, 1955
Lecture: Crete, 1956-1971
Lecture: The role of coins in history, 1957
Lecture: Arabs in Greece?, 1959
Lecture: Islam and Byzantium, a numismatic commentary, 1959 (revised 1961 and 1965)
Lectures: Byzantines and Arabs, 1963
Lecture: The role of numismatics in archaeology, 1963-1965
Lecture: St. Paul’s Travels
Lecture: Traces of the Arabs in Greece, 1965
Lecture: A bird’s-eye view of Greek coins, 1972
Lecture: Survival of Sasonian motifs, 1973
Photographs: Abu Sa’id coin
Photographs: Egyptian weights (1 of 2)
Photographs: Egyptian weights (2 of 2)
Photographs: pasted plates of A Catalog of the Palace Collection of Ancient Coins and Bronzes by Imperial Order, Shizheng, et al.
Box 3 of 5 - Research Materials
“Numismatica Hispanica” [Hispanic numismatic series?] proposal.
Abdullah
Abbasid Partisan
Ahnas/Misr
Ali b. Isa
Arabs in Crete – Arabic Sources
Arab Imitations of Byzantine AE of Alexandria
Arab Sasanians, New
Armenian Gold Ring
A------- hoard
Atabeg coins – Photos
Atabeg coins – Prototypes
Behbud
Dirham
Dirhem hoard
Dune hoard – Stockholm
Dirhems, Oversized – Now ANS
Dulafids, Abu
Egyptian Damqhas – Hall-marks
Earliest Arab gold coinage
Early Arab Dinars
Ghayunavid hoard
Istakhr – tables
Istakhr – photographs
Islamic numismatics
Kakwayhid hoard
Kakwayhids
Kekova coins
Kevorkian collection
Kharijite dirham – ‘Ubaydah al-Taghlibi
Lead seals
Masabadhan
Mihrab, ‘Anazah and ‘Alam (paper read at AOS in 1949, plus research notes)
Misr mint – rare Abbasids
Mousa Settareh hoard
Muzaffarids
Nishapur
Normans of Sicily
Persepolis - NR
Persepolis – Islamic inscriptions
Persepolis - Tall-i-Bakun
Rayy – Luristan notes, 1934
Rayy – Luristan miscellaneous correspondence
Rayy – numismatics, 1934-1936
Rayy – 1934-1936
Rayy – Oriental Institute
Rayy – Parthian hoard
Rayy – miscellaneous notes
Salgharid medallion
Samarra mint
Sasanian metrology
Seljuq coins in the ANS
Shahs of Persia
Counterstamped Turkish AE
Turkoman Song
Unpublished early tombstones
Ziyarids
Assorted
Binder: History of the Crusades, correspondence, including of Michael Bates, 1970s, 1980s
Box 4 of 5 - Index card set
Rayy history and names of persons
Box 5 of 5 - Index card set
Visigoths
Series 11: Henry Grunthal curator correspondence, 1967-1969
- Extent
- 2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Scope and Content:Contains official correspondence from Grunthal's work as curator at the American Numismatic Society, primarily letters between Grunthal and his colleagues and members of the American Numismatic Society (ANS), coin collectors, and the general public about the cost and historical values of coins, medals, and paper money. The letters also include queries about the identification of coins and potential acquisitions, visits to the ANS, and the recommendation of dealers. Some queries were passed along to the ANS from other organizations, such as universities and galleries. Answers to queries include identification summaries, estimated values, and sources to consult. The collection includes both the letter received and the letter sent and occasionally coin rubbings. Letters are from all over the world, including Hong Kong, Canada, Tasmania, West Bengal India, Toronto, Singapore, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Uganda, England and Italy.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Henry Grunthal (1905-2001) of the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City was born in Cologne, Germany, and was the son of numismatist and medal publisher Hugo Grunthal. He joined the American Numismatic Society (ANS) staff in 1953 as assistant to the chief curator and moved up to the position of curator of European and modern coins, a position he held until his retirement in 1973. His main activities at the ANS were building, labeling, and organizing the collections and assisting members with the identification and appraisal of coins, paper money, and medals. He was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, the University of Jena, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he studied archaeology and art history. He also studied numismatics under Kurt Regling in Berlin and Geheimrat Pick in Gotha. In 1938 he emigrated to the United States from Germany to work for Stack's Rare Coins in New York City. After retirement he was an independent numismatic consultant in New York City, where he also conducted auctions with Edward Gans at Numismatic Fine Arts. He wrote several articles for publications such as The Numismatist and Coin World and co-authored two books, Carolingian Coinage and The Coinage of Peru. He was awarded the American Numismatic Association Medal of Merit in 1970. Grunthal also received an ANS medal marking fifty years of continuous membership in 1979. He had been a member of the American Numismatic Association since 1929 and was active in both the Bronx Coin Club and the New York Numismatic Club, both of which he served as president.
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Box 1 of 2: 1967-1968
Box 2 of 2: 1969
Series 12: Michael L. Bates curator correspondence and coin photographs, 1958-2004
- Extent
- 5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Arrangement:Some files are in alphabetical order; others are chronologically arranged.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Michael L. Bates was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1941. He obtained bachelor (1963) and doctorate (1975) degrees from the University of Chicago, with his education and research culminating in his dissertation, Yemen and Its Conquest by the Ayyubids of Egypt (A.D. 1137-1202). He served as assistant curator (1970-1972), associate curator (1972-1977), and curator of Islamic coins (1977-2004), with his thirty-four year term of service as an ANS curator being the longest in the Society’s history. A major undertaking of Bates’s early years at ANS was the sorting and attributing of what were believed to be nearly 2,000 thirteenth-century Ayyubid silver dirhams, a hoard the ANS purchased in 1971, with nearly a third of the coins found to be Crusader imitations. Bates then turned his attention to studying coins of the Umayyad caliphate (661-750), and was granted a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship to travel to England and France to further study them. In 1978, 1980, and 1982-1983, he served as a coin expert at the American excavations at Fustat, the oldest Islamic section of Cairo. He was first elected a member of the International Numismatic Commission (INC) in 1979, and in addition to publishing on a variety of topics, Bates also organized educational seminars at ANS on topics such as collecting Islamic coins and the Arab-Sasanian coinage of Iran.
Related EntitiesSeries 13: Jeremiah D. Brady curator correspondence, 1916 - 1981
- Extent
- 0.7 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Jeremiah Brady (b. 1940), originally of Fall River, Massachusetts, obtained a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College (1961), an M.Litt. from Cambridge University (1963), and a Ph.D. in medieval history from Harvard (1972). He served as assistant (1970) then associate (1972) curator of medieval coins at ANS until 1980, when he left to take a position with Sotheby Parke-Bernet. During his years with the ANS, Brady was responsible for numerous projects in addition to his normal curatorial work, including the mounting the exhibit “Coinage of the Americas” for the 1973 International Numismatic Congress, coordinating the commissioning of the 1977 ANS members medal, and authoring Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles.
Scope and Content:Appears to be mostly materials relating to his position as secretary of the ANS standing committee on medals (1973-1976) and medals and decorations (1977-1980). There are correspondence, photographs, and other items having to do with a competition for a new design for a member’s medal in 1977, including photographs of plaster models and design critiques by committee and jury members of Frank Eliscu’s winning design. Also present are materials relating to additions to the Society’s collection of medals by Karl Goetz, such as a donation by Christian “Buddy” Ebson (1979) and correspondence on Goetz’s Lusitania medal, which includes the earliest item in the series, a J. Schulman invoice listing a Goetz medal (1916); correspondence relating to a legal matter arising over the attribution of a possibly imitation Davis Guard medal commemorating the Civil War battle of Sabine Pass (1974-1975); and files on donations from Frank O’Sullivan (1979.60) and Arthur Appleton (1978.64). There are three notebooks of materials (1976-1979) relating to a project relating to the documentation of all medals issued by the ANS since its founding in 1858. The notebooks contain completed forms with information on the medals, some correspondence, and photocopies from published sources as well as circulars (fliers) for some of the medals, such as Ernest Babelon (1912), Declaration of War (1917), and Catskill Aqueduct (1917), Prince of Wales (1919), and Centennial (1958).
Related Entities- Genre/Format
Box 2 of 2
Three notebooks on ANS medals
Series 14: Nancy M. Waggoner curator correspondence and other material, 1968-1989
- Extent
- 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Nancy M. Waggoner (1924-1989) graduated from Smith College (B.A., 1946) before attending Columbia University (M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1968), where she studied under Margaret Thompson in the first seminar in numismatics, which ultimately resulted in her dissertation on the mint of Alexander the Great at Babylon. She served ANS as assistant curator (1968) and curator (1976) of Greek Coins and took over the Columbia seminar when Margaret Thompson retired in 1979. She remained at ANS until her retirement in 1988 and died the following year. After her death, the ANS held a symposium in her honor, which resulted in the publication in 1991 of Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner. Her two major publications were: Archaic Greek Silver Coinage. The “Asyut” Hoard, which she co-authored with Martin Price, and Early Greek Coins in the Collection of Jonathan P. Rosen, a volume in the Society’s ACNAC (American Coins in North American Collections) series. In addition, Waggoner supervised the publication of three volumes of the Society’s contribution to the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum.
Scope and Content:Contains correspondence (1981-1988) on a variety of topics relating to her work as curator of Greek coins at the American Numismatic Society, including letters mostly with other scholars, but also with the general public, discussing the study of coins and their identification, attribution, and sometimes value, occasionally with coin photographs included. Also present are letters of recommendation and introduction written for others; correspondence and other materials relating to the development of ANS collections, such as an appraisal and articles relating to the Robert F. Kelley bequest (1977) and letters relating to the possible availability of coins from the H.H. Mirza (1983) and Henry Lindren (1984) collections; a report, procedures, and other materials having to do with the ANS photo file (photofile) (1980); a letter from Edward Gans on the history of his collecting and how he “abandoned the collecting of coins,” having lost his wife and his vision (1985); an agreement form concerning materials from Athos Moretti on temporary deposit at ANS (1986); notes, research letters, and materials relating to her efforts in 1974 to build upon her 1968 dissertation on a die-study of the Alexander mint at Babylon; and session lectures and student papers from the seminar she taught at Columbia University (1982-1989).
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Series 15: Alan M. Stahl curator correspondence and other material, 1914-2000, bulk 1982-2000
- Extent
- 13 cubic feet (13 boxes)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Arrangement:Though some patterns can be discerned, the materials are unarranged. This disorder may have been the result of the packing and unpacking of the records during one of the Society’s physical relocations that took place after Stahl’s departure.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Alan M. Stahl (b. 1947) of Ossining, N.Y., was curator of medieval coins and of medals at the American Numismatic Society from 1980 to 2000. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Stahl graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1968) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1977). His dissertation became the basis of the book The Merovingian Coinage of the Region of Metz (1982), research on which began as a student in the ANS Summer Graduate Seminar (1975). Much of his scholarly work during his time at ANS was concerned with coinage of the mint of medieval Venice, which resulted in the monographs The Venetian Tornesello: A Medieval Colonial Coinage (1985) and Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages (2000), along with numerous articles. Stahl also took in active role in matters pertaining to medals, serving as editor for two volumes of The Medal in America (1988, 1999), as a U.S.A delegate (1987-2000) and executive committee member (1989-2000) of the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille (FIDEM), and as president (1984-1988) and board member (since 1995) of the American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA). In addition to his curatorial duties at ANS, Stahl also was responsible for coordinating the selection of recipients for the Society’s J. Sanford Saltus Medal Award and helped to relaunch the Society’s moribund medallic program in the mid-1980s. After leaving ANS, he has served as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (2000-2001), Rice University (2001-2002), and the University of Notre Dame (2002), and since 2004 he has been curator of numismatics at Princeton University.
Scope and Content:Contains correspondence, conference materials, professional organization mailings, texts of articles and scholarly papers under review, research notes, and records relating to ANS collections, loans, and exhibits. Correspondence includes scholarly discussions among colleagues and the coordination and review of articles for publication, sometimes with the inclusion of photographs of materials under discussion. There are also replies to inquiries from the general public, the importance of which Stahl stressed in a memorandum (May 18, 1993) to staff. This and additional staff memorandums regarding curatorial policies and procedures can be found in the files “Curatorial Memos” and “General Memos.” Also included are correspondence, notes, and other materials relating to his research on Venetian torneselli (1982-1991); letters to students and former students of the ANS Graduate Summer Seminar, including review notes on their papers; submissions, including artwork and photographs, for several medal design competitions, such as the Statue of Liberty (1985-1987), the quincentenary of Columbus’s voyage (1988-1992), the ANS Endowment (1988-1989), and the ANS 125th anniversary (1982-1983), the last of which includes the original artwork submitted by the winning sculptor, Marcel Jovine. In addition there are materials concerning the Saltus Medal Award Committee (1983-2000); exhibits and other special projects relating to ANS collections, including photographs and other items in files on Indian Peace Medals and the J.P. Morgan collection (both of which contain some of the earliest dated items in the records, ca. 1917-1940s), and materials relating to Victor David Brenner, including biographical items, a deed of gift for a Lincoln plaster by him, and material for an article (1986-1988) and an exhibit (1995). Other topics covered include ANS thefts; materials held on temporary loan at ANS as well as the Society’s loans to other organization; the use of computers for collection control; and newsletters and conference materials of various professional organizations, such as the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille (FIDEM) and the American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA). The earliest item in the records is a postcard from a "J.S.S." to Bauman Belden (1914) filed with FIDEM materials (1996-2000).
Related EntitiesSeries 15: Carmen Arnold-Biucchi curator correspondence, 1982-1999
- Extent
- 2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- EnglishFrench
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Carmen Arnold-Biucchi joined the ANS staff as a Greek and Roman curatorial assistant in 1982 before becoming assistant curator of ancient coins (1984-1989) and the first Margaret Thompson Curator of Greek Coins (1989-2000). A graduate of the University of Fribourg (M.A., 1971; Ph.D., 1976), she was employed by the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC) in Basle (1974-1977) and at Rutgers University in New Jersey (1979-1981) before her employment at ANS, which followed her attendance of the ANS Graduate Summer Seminar in 1981. She currently holds the position of Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums.
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Series 16: Rose Chan Houston curator correspondence, 1947-1988
- Extent
- 0.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:Rose Chan Houston of Bronxville, N.Y., obtained her B.A. from Marion College, Indianapolis, in 1959, before attending Fordham University, obtaining an M.A. in Modern European and American History in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Modern Diplomatic History in 1971. She joined the ANS in 1971 where she served as assistant (1971-1973) and associate (1973-1988) curator of Far Eastern coins. In the summer of 1988 the Far Eastern curatorship was eliminated because of financial constraints. Prior to her time at ANS, Chan had been a librarian at Fordham University (1961-1966) and an instructor of history at Yeshiva University (1968-1969). In later years she again worked as a librarian at the School of the Holy Child in Rye, New York. Her articles on Chinese coins and other topics appeared in such publications as Museum Notes and International Bank Note Society Journal.
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Series 17: William L. Bischoff curator correspondence, 1987
- Extent
- 0.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:William L. Bischoff (1938-2010) was assistant (January 1987-October 1988) and associate (October 1988-May 1989) curator of modern coins at the American Numismatic Society. He was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Fresno, California. He attended Stanford (B.A., 1960) and Harvard (Ph.D., 1970) Universities and then went on to hold an assistant professorship at the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico (1970-1972), work as director of a prison education program for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the University of Massachusetts in Boston (1973-1974), and teach as an associate professor of Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. After leaving the ANS, he became curator of numismatics at the Newark Museum (1991-1997).
Scope and Content:Correspondence having to do with inquiries from the general public regarding the hobby of coin collecting and the value and identification of coins, among other topics.
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Inquiries, January 1987
Inquiries, February 1987
Inquiries, March 1987
Inquiries, April 1987
Inquiries, May 1987
Inquiries, June 1987
Inquiries, July 1987
Inquiries, August 1987
Inquiries, September 1987
Inquiries, October 1987
Inquiries, November 1987
Inquiries, December 1987
Series 18: William E. Metcalf curator correspondence, 1954-2000, bulk 1982-2000
- Extent
- 10 cubic feet (10 boxes)
Arrangement:Though some patterns can be discerned, the materials are unarranged. This disorder may have been the result of the packing and unpacking of the records during one of the Society’s physical relocations that took place after Metcalf’s departure.
Access Restriction:Portions are closed to outside researchers.
Biographical/Historical Commentary:William E. Metcalf (b. 1947) served the American Numismatic Society as assistant (1973-1975), associate (1975-1978), and curator (1978-2000) of Roman and Byzantine coins. In addition, he held the positions of deputy chief curator (1978 -1979) and chief curator (1979-2000). Majoring in classical studies, he received his bachelor’s (1969), master’s (1970), and doctorate degrees (1973) at the University of Michigan. After leaving the ANS, Metcalf became an associate professor at New York University (2000-2002) and then professor of classics and curator of coins and medals at Yale University Art Gallery (2002-).
Scope and Content:Contains official correspondence relating to Metcalf’s role as ANS curator and chief curator, including letters filed by year (1982-1999) on topics such as inquiries from the general public about coins and numismatics; the fulfilling of orders for casts and photographs of ANS collections; the arranging of lecturers and students for the Summer Seminar; letters of support from Metcalf for individuals or projects; the arranging of his own lectures; and gifts of coins, books, and money. Also present are staff memorandums on various ANS policies and procedures sent by Metcalf as chief curator, some of which were circulated and initialed by staff (1982-1999); materials relating to the activities of a five-year plan and long-range planning committee, which includes a detailed memorandum from Metcalf addressing problems relating to the Society’s Audubon Terrace location and raising the possibility of the Society’s relocation (1991-1993); correspondence between Phil Mossman and Leslie Elam about James C. Spilman’s desire to divest himself of responsibility for the CNL (Colonial Newsletter) Foundation (1995-1996); general information for seminar students, including assessments of the restaurants in Washington Heights (William E. Metcalf, 1988, Box 7); a letter to John J. Pittman concerning the Bechtler press (P, 1986-1989, Box 7); correspondence pertaining to the sale by Johns Hopkins University of the John Work Garrett coin collection (Evergreen House, 1978-1979, Box 2); materials relating to the Juan Suros and William Sheldon ANS coin thefts (Box 2); and items relating to an insurance claim for coins said to be stolen but that may have in fact been in the possession of the ANS (Travelers Company, 1988). Also includes some files that Metcalf may have been using for research, such as the earliest materials found in these records: correspondence, notes, and photographs relating to several hoards (1954-, Box 3), and letters and notes from Alexander Veglery to George Miles on Byzantine seals (1963).
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Series 19: Miscellaneous curatorial records, 1900-1940
- Extent
- 1 box
Access Restriction:Open to all researchers.
Scope and Content:Various materials relating to ANS coin and other collections. Contains two handwritten inventories, one entitled “List of Pamphlets Etc. on Bottom of Case” (2 pages) and the other a listing by section coins contained in a cabinet (27 pages) (circa 1900); an inventory of ANS token and store card holdings (circa 1903); a list of duplicate coins from the numismatic section of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia; photographs, a clipping, and descriptions relating to a theft of medals, including life-saving medals, from the ANS (1939) (includes a receipt and letters relating to a gift from Captain Michael Gorman, 1911-1912); and correspondence resulting from an attempt to contact people who had mailed in coins unsolicited nearly thirty years earlier (1940).
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Pamphlet and coin inventories, circa 1900
ANS token and store card holdings and accessions, ca. 1903
Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia--Offer and list of duplicate coins
Coin theft, 1939
Correspondence regarding unclaimed coins and other items, 1940