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Eric P. Newman Correspondence Files: Paper MoneyA remarkable archive of five boxes of material, primarily consisting of original letters to Eric P. Newman from various collectors, students, and dealers involved with paper money (particularly early American paper money of the Colonial and Confederation periods) and carbon copies of Newman's letters in return, as well as copies of other associated items. Approximately 200 correspondents are included. Most materials are well-preserved. Given the size of this section of the Newman Archives, only a cursory overview can be given of some of the highlights. The Eric P. Newman correspondence on the subject of early American paper money reaches back before the Second World War. His correspondence with D.C. Wismer, for instance, begins in 1936. On August 12, 1939, Wismer closed a letter by noting that he was "sending a list of my Original Collection of Missouri notes Sold [to] the late E.H.R. Green," something Newman apparently followed up on. Newman's correspondence with John Muscalus begins in 1938, the year the first of Muscalus's numerous publications was printed. It spans 1938-1974 in 86 pages (with 64 pages before 1950). Newman's correspondence with another of the earlier 20th-century researchers, William H. Dillistin, begins in 1949 and runs for 44 pages through Dillistin's death in 1964. Newman began writing Julian Blanchard in 1948, connecting with him through Blanchard's activities with the Essay-Proof Society. Newman's correspondence with Blanchard is highly interesting and often downright scholarly, though it is not without its more amusing bits (on why he preferred to have a friend represent him at auctions instead of a dealer, Newman writes, "Frankly, I do not like to use the professionals because some of them do not have the kind of morals I approve of"). Correspondence between Eric P. Newman and a later generation of paper money scholars includes substantial material from Fred Marckhoff (over 180 pages, plus an additional 90 pages of correspondence and an inventory relating to Newman's purchase of Marckhoff's collection after his untimely death in 1966). These letters are often very detailed and informative. There are several files of Richard T. Hoober correspondence (1957-1975), totaling over 400 pages, including one specifically on the Wismer Catalogue Revision Project, and another devoted to material from the Fred R. Marckhoff collection sold to Hoober by Newman. The Marckhoff and Hoober files together paint a vivid picture of collecting Obsolete bank notes before there were standard references for most states. The paper money segment of the Newman Archives includes thousands of pages of correspondence, some of it casual and chatty, but much of it deeply informative and even dense. It awaits a devoted caretaker, but promises much to reward the explorer. Correspondents include: Abel, Darrell; Allen, Arthur H.; American Bank Note Company; Anderson, William G.; Bain, Thomas; Baker, Harold E.; Baldwin, Agnes; Barnes, Roger E.; Barrett, Dawn; Birt Jr., Hal; Blanchard, Julian; Blom, Christian; Bloom, Murray Teigh; Boettcher, M.J.; Boling, Joseph E.; Bowen, Harold L.; Bowers, Q. David; Bowman, Richard G.; Boys Town; Bullowa, Catherine; Burgett, Maurice M.; Cadbury, Warder H.; Carlzon, Lars M.; Carroll, Theophilus M.; Carter Jr., Amon G.; Carter, Howard; Central Coin Mart; Chiu, P.W.; Cochran, Bob; Cohen, Bertram M.; Cohen, James H.; Coleman, John C.; Conner, M. Alice; Crawford, Douglas A.; Crouse, Maurice A.; Culler, Virgil H.; Denly, Tom; Dillistin, William H.; Dinsdale, Arthur; Distin, William H.; Donlon, William P.; Donn, Albert I.; Douglas, Ben M.; Downing, Ronald L.; Dubinsky, Robert; DuBose, Benjamin B.; Duncan, Charles V.; DuPont, James M.; Durrand, Roger H.; Edelman, Nancy; Edlow, Ellis; Euell, Lester; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Fellows, L.D.; Ferguson, Lewis K.; Ferreri, C. John; Ferris, Ruth; Finn, Leonard H.; First National Bank of Denver; First National City Bank; Fitzgerald, Thomas J.; Foltz, Donald L.; Ford Museum; Forman, Harry; Fraser, Robert B.; French's; Fricke, Pierre; Friedman, Lee M.; Gershenson, Dorothy; Gimbel's; Gladfelter, David D.; Glaser, Lynn; Glazer, Len; Goldman, Stuart; Goldstone, Ralph; Grubb, Farley; Guevrekian, John J.; Hall, Gene; Halliwell, Bill; Hargett, J.L.; Harris, Gordon; Hatie, George D.; Haydock Jr., T.C.; Heisser, David; Helman, Richard; Herbert, Pembroke; Hessler, Gene; Hewitt, Lee E.; Hexter, Richard; Hill, Ruth; Hoober, Richard T.; Hood, Richard L.; Horstman, Ronald; Hosler, James R.; Hubbard, Clyde; Huggett, John M.; Hughes, Brent H.; Irvin, Kenneth C.; Jones, Richard; Karim, Haqqi A.; Keller, Arnold; Keller, Kenneth; Keller, W. Philip; Kelly, Denwood N.; Kelly, James; Kelly, Lee; Kelsey, Mavis; Kerksis, Sydney C.; Klausen, Jack; Koster, William P.; Lederer Jr., Richard M.; Levy, Brooks; Lindheim, Leon T.; Lindsay, James F.; Linett, Dana; Littlefield, Chuck; Littlefield, Keith; Marckhoff, Fred R.; Marckhoff, Kenneth; Marsh, Larry; Mathewson, G.H.; McCabe, Robert; Medlar, Robert; Mileham, Joe; Murphy, George; Muscalus, John A.; Needham, Paul; Nelson, Vernon; Nordeen, Harvey; Nordell, Philip G.; Oakes, Dean; Paradis, Art; Parker, Wyman W.; Pearlmutter, M.; Pennell, Roy; Perl, Arnold; Peters, Jess; Philpott Jr., William A.; Pyne, Jo; Quarter Mill Hill; Rice, Foster W.; Rideout, Percy L.; Roberts, Kenneth; Rochette, Edward C.; Romig, Harland J.; Rothert, Matt; Rothstein, Leonard; Rowe, John J.; Schermerhorn, Robert F.; Schmidt, Bob; School of the Ozarks; Schramm, Donald A.; Schuman, Ed; Sebring, Thomas H.; Sedman, Charles B.; Segel, Joseph M.; Settle, Thomas J.; Shafer, Neil; Shapiro, Gerald; Sheehan, Austin M.; Shell, Marc; Sherwood, Arthur L.; Sipsey, Everett; Skeen, E.D.; Skewis, Stephen L.; Slabaugh, Arlie; Slater, Max; Slopak, Abraham; Smedley, Glen B.; Smith, Bruce W.; Smith, Charles W.; Smith, Milton B.; Smith, Sidney W.; Smithsonian Institution; Snowden, Charles; Solomon, Raphael E.; Sotheby's; South Carolina Archives Department; Spain, Howard E.; Sprinkle, Frank; Stanley, Bolling C.; Stevens, Geoffrey P.; Stine, John B.; Stroup, Rodger E.; Sturges, Harold M.; Thurber, Tracy G.; Tomasko, Mark; Vacca, Joseph; Vorhies, Jack M.; Waddell, Ronald; Wait, George; Walton, Gerome; Waring, J.F.; Warns, M.O.; Wendell, Harlan L.P.; Western Publishing; White, Harlan; Whitfield, Steve K.; Wigington, Harry G.; Wismer, D.C.; and Wolka, Wendell. Estimate $10,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15135 (realized $2880).
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