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Additional primary sources can be found using the Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection

Chester A. Beach (1881-1956)American sculptor and medalist

Papers, 1885-1994 (8.1 linear feet)Biographical material, correspondence, letters, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, project files, business files, writings, printed materials, and address books.Located at Smithsonian Archives of American ArtSee also: Chester A. Beach collection at ANS

Collection of 18th-Century Notes on Classical Epigraphy and Numismatics, circa 1740-1800

(0.2 linear feet, 1 half-size archival box)Anonymous German-speaking scholar’s manuscript drafts, research notes, extracts from 17th- and 18th-century printed books and documents pertaining to ancient inscriptions and coins, including Roman…

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Atwood, R. Stealing History. Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World (New York, 2004). A fascinating chronicle…

ANS Library Catalog Naming Contest — Winner decided April 19, 2010!
Thank you to all who entered!
And the winner is… Andrew G….