Secretaries of the American Numismatic Society

Recording Secretary

James Oliver, 1858-69
James M. Bailey, 1869-70
Abraham Redlich, 1870-73
William Poillon, 1873-86
Henry Russell Drowne, 1886-96
Bauman L. Belden, 1896-1903
John Kensett Olyphant, 1903
Alfred J. Bloor, 1903-04
Henry Russell Drowne, 1904-05
Bauman L. Belden, 1905-10

This office was eliminated in the Society’s 1910 Constitution, which transferred its responsibilites to a new office of Secretary.

Corresponding Secretary

Augustus B. Sage, 1858
Frank H. Norton, 1858-64
F. Augustus Wood, 1864-65
Daniel Parish, Jr., 1865-66
F. Augustus Wood, 1866
Charles De F. Burns, 1866-67
Charles E. Anthon, 1867-68
Robert Hewitt, Jr., 1868-69
John A. Nexsen, 1869-70
Loring Watson, 1870-73
Walter Tonnele, 1894-97
J. Sanford Saltus, 1897-98
George F. Kunz, 1898-1900
J. Sanford Saltus, 1900-05
Henry Russell Drowne, 1905-10

This position was abolished in the Society’s 1910 Constitution, which divided its responsibilities among new Domestic and Foreign Corresponding Secretary offices.

Domestic Corresponding Secretary

Henry Russell Drowne, 1910-15

This position was abolished under constitutional revisions enacted in 1915-16. Its responsibilities were transferred to the office of the Secretary.

Foreign Corresponding Secretary

Edward T. Newell, 1910-15

This position was abolished under constitutional revisions enacted in 1915-16. Its responsibilities were transferred to the office of the Secretary.

Secretary

Bauman L. Belden, 1910-16
Henry Russell Drowne, 1916-17
Sydney P. Noe, 1917-47
Sawyer McA. Mosser, 1947-66
R. Henry Norweb, 1966
George C. Miles, 1966-68
Leslie A. Elam, 1968-99
Ute Wartenberg, 1999-2019
Gilles Bransbourg, 2020-

Assistant Secretary

Raymond E. Main, 1953-73
Richard Dodd, 2000-01
Kenneth L. Edlow, 2016-