Research materials related to Newman’s article “Earliest Illustration of an Unknown 1804 U.S. Dollar,” published in The Numismatist, October 1990. Included are correspondence, memoranda, images, and extensive clips. Correspondents include George Kolbe, Frank Campbell, Barbara Gregory, Alfred Szego, Robert Leuver, Peter Gaspar, and Q. David Bowers.
Included in the file but not scanned are multiple drafts and an offprint, and a clip from Numismatic News,8/27/1991, p. 44.
Memoranda and clips related to assayers Gorham Blake and John Agrell. Many of the clips are unattributed. Publication dates vary. Included but not scanned here are auction catalog clips from Bank Leu (October 18, 1962), NASCA (4/28-30/1980), and Stack's (11/11/1974). Clips include transmittal letter from R. Henry Norweb, Jr. to Eric Newman dated 11/27/1968, forwarding a draft of an article on Blake & "Agnell" (probably written by John J. Ford, Jr.).
In-copyright clips related to assayers Gorham Blake and John Agrell. Many of the clips are unattributed. Publication dates vary. Included but not scanned here are auction catalog clips from Bank Leu (October 18, 1962), NASCA (4/28-30/1980), and Stack's (11/11/1974). Clips include transmittal letter from R. Henry Norweb, Jr. to Eric Newman dated 11/27/1968, forwarding a draft of an article on Blake & "Agnell" (probably written by John J. Ford, Jr.).
Biographical notes on Walter Breen, prepared c. 1990 by Bruce Vogel. Includes chronological resume of publications in addition to personal observations.
