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FOREWORD I his book is a summary of the membership as gleaned from the existing records which include the Secretaries records, the Ireasurers' record books, the monthly bulletins, and various pamphlets that have been printed since the inception of the Society in I860. Co r r es ponde n c e Secreraries records 1860—1878, 1878-1923, 1924-1940, 1952-1958 Treasurers records 1860-1929, 1954-1982, 1983-1995 Book lets, 1367 , 1881, 1334, 1928, 1944 Bulletins #1 (11-20-1945 ) to 1995 Ninetieth Anniversary Celebration Booklet (1860-1950) 1201h Anniversary Celebration Book1et C1860-1980) American Numismatic Society Record (1858-1958) Various numismatic media Early in the 1990's a suggestion was made that we should copy all the old records of the Boston Numismatic Society so that more than one copy of each would be available to prevent loss. As an example,the Treasurer's record book for the period 1930-1953 has been lost. To this end, all the old record books were assembled and copied resu1ting in some 2,000 pages (on one side on1y). We hope to conclude this project in 19^95—or 1936-. 2.0 0 o Then the suggestion was made that perhaps we could have extra copies printed and sell them through advertisements in the numismatic media. T homas P. Roc k we11 1995 BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY CONTENTS Foreword Introduction. 1 Longevity. 2 Early members signatures. 4 Earliest letter, May 30, 1860. 8 Early correspondence in files. 9 Membership rosters. 12 Notes about the rosters. 44 Presidents. 45 Vice-presidents. 46 Secretaries. 47 Acting secretaries. 48 Treasurers. 49. Treasurer’s reports. 51 Corresponding members. 52 Honorary members. 53 Life members. 54 Distinguished members, ANA. 55 Distinguished members, ANS. 57 Nominating committees. 58 Officers.61 Membership applications. 66 Act of Incorporation, 1870. 71 BNS medals.76 Massachusetts Historical Society, Gift form.78 Receipts for the silver medals.80 1st & 2nd New England Numismatic Conferences. 81 Application forms, membership.... 86 Members in 1954. 90 Admiral Dodson plaque.91 Oath of Office form.92 Membership cards.93 Publicity. 94, 98, 99 1973 ANA Convention. 101 120th anniversary. 109 1982 ANA Convention. 112 Seniority. 121 130th anniversary. 122 Numismatic Ambassador Awards 138 ANA Lifetime Award. 140 Oscar H. Dodson ANA Money Talks series. 141 Fitts Scholarship. 144 Programs for meetings. 147 Library books listing. 158a. Seniority, Spring, 1998. 159 Obituaries, alphabetical lists. 160 BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY ILLUSTRATIONS Lea Ahlborn, William S. Appleton. 13 Charles E. Anthon, Anthon medal Jeremiah Colburn, William E. Dubois,. 16 Julius Guttag, Robert Hewitt, Jr. William T. R. Marvin, Joseph J. Mickley Arthur M. Fitts, III, Thomas P. Rockwell,... 18 Prudence Fitts, Robert F. Fritsch Horace Maitland Grant.20 William Guild.21 Evelyn Katz, Joan & Jeffrey Trevas,. 23 Edward Katz (back to camera) Joseph J. Mickley. 26, 28 New Jersey Numismatic Society medal. 28a. Lorin G. Parmelee. 30 Daniel Parrish, Jr., William Poillon,. 32 Parrish medal James F. Clapp, Jr., June T. Pond. 33 Malcolm Storer.35 Horace L. Wheeler.38 Robert Robinson, Howland Wood,.39 Farran Zerbe, Edward T. Newell 1907 ANA Convention.75 BNS medals.76 Massachuestts Historical Society. 78 Gift receipt BNS garden. 85 President Dodson plaque.91 James F. Clapp, Jr.94 Bartloff Kosrofian.94a. George Kwatcher, Charles Wallace,. 95 Eliott Goldberg, Leonard Finn, John Mullen, Leon Leach, Frank Washburn Harold E. Hibler, Constance Greenwood.... 97 1973 Collectors Club of Boston. 100 Anniversary Dinner Richard Alexander, James Clapp. 101 June Pond, Eliott Goldberg, Arthur Fitts Mabel Tuttle, Earl Tuttle,. 102 Joan Trevas, Charles Talamo, Jeffrey Trevas, James Stone, Daniel Smith, John Powers, 1973 Leon Leach, Maurice Gould,. 103 Leonard Finn, George Kwatcher, Allen Vayle, Simon Freshman, Charles Wallace, Eliott Goldberg, Leonard Finn, John Mullen, Harry Lessin, Leon Leach, Laurence Martin, Frank Washburn 1973 ANA Convention committee. 105 120th anniversary dinner & raffle tickets... 110 Illustrations (con’t) Eliott Goldberg, John Mullen,. Ill Leonard Finn, Simon Freshman, Harry Lessin Arthur M. Fitts, III. 113 William S. Appleton. 114 Maurice M. Gould, Howland Wood. 115 1982 ANA convention committee. 117 Paul Spiegel. 120 130th anniversary party, 1990,. 122 Arthur Fitts, Joseph Ghiloni, Thomas Rockwell, Sylvia Page, Frank Leppert, Nelson Aspen, Prudence Morgan, William Jones, Leonard Finn, Thomas Droz, Carl & Bertha Lundquist, Carol Goldberg, Bertram Cohen, Michael O’sullivan, Barbara & Alvan Jones, Arnold Beauregard, Edmund Page, Edward & Evelyn Katz, Jan & Sharon Dyroff, Nelson Aspen, R. K. Burke, Jay Bailey, Carl & Bertha Lundquist John Adams, Charles Culleiton. 125 Gerald Kochel William T. Jones, Mary W. Mullen.126 Paul & Alice White, 1991 Leonard H. Finn, Thomas P. Rockwell. 127 Kenneth B. Spatola. 129 Justin Van Etten, Arthur M. Fitts, III. 130 NENA, 1992,. 132 William Jones, Arthur Fitts, Jan Dyroff, Alvan Jones, John Mullen, Thomas Rockwell, Larry Gentile, Edward Rochette, Robert Anderson Robert Fritsch, R. K. Burke,. 133 Richard Lavimodiere, Sylvia & Edmund Page, Prudence & Arthur Fitts, Frederick Hobart, Edward & Evelyn Katz, Robert Andrews, Linda Fenton, William & Carol Jones, Thomas Rockwell, John Mullen James Rollston, Arthur Fitts, III. 137 Numismatic Ambassadors,. 138 James Clapp, Oscar Dodson, Eliott Goldberg, Abraham Kosoff, Walter Riley, Earl Tuttle, John Mullen, Clifford Mishler Howland Wood, Robert Robinson. 139 Farran Zerbe, Edward Newell Oscar Dodson. 140 Helen & Robert Spence. 143 Bertram M. Cohen. 145 Illustrations (con’t) Various obituary pictures Sylvester S. Crosby. 170 Oscar H. Dodson. 173 Eliott L. Goldberg. 183 George D. Hatie (not BNS). 187 Alvah W. Hoyt. 188 Abraham Kosoff. 190 Abner Kreisberg. 193 Charles Markus. 199 William T. R. Marvin. 202 Howland Wood. 203 Harold Mattingly. 205 Walter P. Nichols. 210 June T. Pond, James Ford Clapp, Jr. 214 Norman Stack. 228 Malcolm Storer.234 Howard T. Swain.237 Earl Victor Tuttle. 239 Horace L. Wheeler. 243a. Howland Wood. 252 Moritz Wormser. 255 BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1860 - 1998 "Eight gentlemen met by invitation on Saturday, February 11, at the rooms of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 13 Bromfield Street." Thus begins the records, in the handwriting of William Sumner Appleton, the Society's first secretary. 1- Jeremiah Colburn, Vice-President and Curator 2. William Sumner Appleton, Secretary 3. George Williams Pratt 4. Augustine Shurtleff 5. Henry Davenport, Treasurer 6. Dr. Winslow Lewis, President 7. William Eliot Lamb 8. Henry Dearborn Fowle To this list should probably be added the unmentioned name of John Kimball Wiggin whose name appears jointly with those of the other eight on the first page of the members list. Thus, the Society was instituted on March 3, 1860, the third in order of foundation of the numismatic societies of the United States, being junior only to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia (1858) and the American Numismatic Society of New York (1858). In the early years of the Society, persons who were elected Honorary or Corresponding members, paid no dues. So it is difficult to know when they ceased to be members. Dues were collected for most years from members, starting at $2.00 per year and increasing at intervals until 1995 when the dues are $10.00 per year„ 1860-1949 $2 00 No dues were collected from members between 1950-1959 @ 3 00 1897 and 1907. 1960-1965 @ 4 00 1966-1981 @ 6 00 No dues were collected from members between 1982-1987 @ 7 00 1911 and 1923 except when new members were 1988- @ 10 00 initially joined. They paid the dues plus $1.00 initiation. Life memberships were instituted in 1862 as follows: 1862-1927 @ $20.00 1928-1949 @ 25.00 In 1870 three members applied for Life Member- 1950-1987 @ 50.00 ship: 1988- @ 150.00 Jeremiah Colburn Henry Davenport James Root The Boston Numismatic Society applied for membership in the American Numis-matic Association in October, 1912 and was given number C1640. This was the first time clubs were allowed to apply for membership. There are no place names associated with the following names: C. C. Dearing 1927 C. Hanson 1951 James R. Nichols 1867- Stephen H. Roberts 1921 William P. Thayer 19 Victor Wagner 1961 Many of the Life members paid dues for approximately 25 years, then were no longer required to pay them. Some elected to pay a certain amount and thus be eligible for Life Memberships ahead of time. It is difficult to determine when this was done. The members in this category are: Charles A. Davis 1921-1951 Thomas Knudson 1941-1974 George W. Wardner 1923-1975 Some members paid their annual dues for a few years and were then elected to Honorary Membership. The dates when this was done are unknown for these: George H. Blake 1935-1955 Horatio R. Storer 1908-1922 One of the early By-Laws states: "No note shall be taken of the rejection of any person by ballot." Over the years many persons have applied for membership, but were never elected. Many of these can be found in the minutes of the meetings. The Treasurer's books for the period 1930-1953 are missing. If any of these are found, some of the missing data can be recorded. These members joined the American Numismatic Association in the years mentioned ( ) and are still members of the ANA in 1995: Henry Evanson (1931) Oscar Dodson (1933) (died 1996) Some were members for a very long time, as of March 1, 1998: 30 to 39 years Robert R. Andrews, II 38 (still a member in 1998) John E. Borhek 35 (still a member in 1998) Melvin E. Came 38 William Clark 32 Jeremiah Colburn 31 Sylvester S. Crosby 39 Charles A. Davis 30 Henry Davenport 38 Rheinholt Faelten 36 Arthur M. Fitts, III 30 (still a member in 1998) Chandler H. Foster 32 Maurice M. Gould 30 Alvah W. Hoyt 38 Thomas Knudson 33 Benjamin G. Lowenstam 34 William T. R. Marvin 37 Vahe Nazar 38 Helen R. Ogden 31 Daniel Parrish, Jr. 30 Frederic S. Perkins 34 Henry Phillipps, Jr. 32 William Poillon 39 June T. Pond 32 Susan S. Pond 32 (still a member in 1998) John Robinson 37 Henry Schuhmacher 34 M. Vernon Sheldon 32 Samuel L. Stone 32 S. Charles Talamo 35 (still a member in 1998) William J. Tronson 30 Earl V. Tuttle 37 22 22 years — William S. Appleton 43 Malcolm Chell-Frost 48 Arthur S. Dewing 43 John D. Frates 43 Joseph Freedberg 42 (still a member in 1998) Ralph W. Howard 44 Doran A. Jones 46 Ole R. Knudson 41 (still a member in 1998) Bartloff Kosrofian 42 (still a member in 1998) John F. Leblanc 43 Sylvia L. Page 40 Thomas P. Rockwell 40 (still a member in 1998) Jack Schneiderman 41 Edmund F. Slafter 45 Foster Stearns 40 Mabel A. Tuttle 43 More than 50 years Ambrose J. Brown 57 Roydon Burke 56 James F. Clapp, Jr. 51 Oscar H. Dodson 60 Samuel A. Green 58 Richard H. Lawrence 52 Saul Steinburg 53 George L. Tilden 60 George W. Wardner 52 Harold E. Whiteneck 52 (still a member in 1998) From time to time, the Boston Numismatic Society has printed small booklets showing the Constitution, the By-Laws, and the current membership roster. This was done in 1867, 1871, 1884, 1928, 1944, 1950, and 1980. However, some of the information printed in these booklets does not correspond to the minutes of the meetings as shown in the Secretaries records. For isnstance, James H. Taylor is shown in the 1871 and the 1884 booklets as being a Corresponding member, whereas the Secretary's record of 1866, shows him as being elected an Honorary member. And again, the 1928 and 1944 booklets have the wrong Treasurers listed according the the Treasurer's record book from 1860 to 1928. The correct dates, according to the meeting records, are listed in this book under each member's name. NAME BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP YEARS GEORGE WILLIAMS PRATT FOUNDER 1860 - 1876 HENRY DAVENPORT FOUNDER 1860 - 1898 JEREMIAH COLBURN FOUNDER 1860 - 1891 WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON FOUNDER 1860 - 1903 J I JOHN K. WI^GIN FOUNDER /' 1860 - .1*87 5 ! WILLIAM E. LAMB I FOUNDER 1860 - ? HENRY D. FOWLE FOUNDER 1860 - 1882 y ■ i WINSLOW LEWIS i FOUNDER 1860 - 1875 AUGUSTINE SHURTLEFF FOUNDER 1860 - 1862 \ JOHN H. ELLIS 1860 - 1870 HUBBARD W. BRYANT 1860 - 1884 CHARLES ENDICOTT 1860 - 1877 JUSTIN JONES 1860 - 1877 ^ ^ PHILIP S. SPRAGUE 1860 - 1874 ■:7( 'P?;L. C HENRY M. BROOKS //-- 1860 - 1864 FEARING BURR, JR. 1860 - 1880 HENRY S. ADAMS 1860 - ,1880 / 2— EDWARD S. RAND, JR. 1860 - 1862 « JOSEPH FINOTTI 1860 - 1875 v y ■ AARON E. FISHER 1861 - 1877 SAMUEL J. JENNISON 1860 - 1872 JOHN P. PUTNAM 1860 - 1881 AMMI BROWN 1861 - 1871 i EDMUND F. SLAFTER 1862 - 1907 SAMUEL A. GREEN 1861 - 1919