Eric P. Newman Research Files (Hard Times Tokens)
Eric P. Newman correspondence file on hard times tokens, primarily related to his article The Promotion and Suppression of Hard Times Tokens and related presentations. The article was published in the American Numismatic Society Coinage of Americas Conference proceedings no. 10 (The Token: America’s Other Money) in 1995, and also in the Clain-Stefanelli festschrift Italiam Fato Profugi Hesperinaque Venerunt Litora in 1996. Newman delivered related presentations at the American Numismatic Association convention on August 11, 1989 and again at the Coinage of Americas Conference on October 29, 1994. The ANA presentation is accessible at https://archive.org/details/ANA89027PromotionandSuppressionofHardTimesTokens. The article was originally intended for Italiam Fato Profugi but the publication of this festschrift was greatly delayed.
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1/1/1933Correspondence
Eric P. Newman research files for the Hard Times Tokens. Eric P. Newman correspondence file on Hard Times Tokens, ranging from 1986 to 2004. In addition, a single letter from 1933 is present, a significant exchange (with the Scovill Manufacturing Company) as it represents Newman's earliest known foray into numismatic research. Correspondents include Richard G. Doty, Robert Lindesmith, Fred L. Reed III, Q. David Bowers, Leslie A. Elam, Willard Mumford, David E. Schenkman, New York Public Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Harvey Stack, Joe Levine, and others.
