THE BRENNER HANEY MEDAL Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 44, October 31, 2004, Article 9
THE BRENNER HANEY MEDAL
Mike Marotta writes: "On the Usenet newsgroup
rec.collecting.coins, Roger DeWardt Lane asked about a
medal designed by Victor D. Brenner. (Lane is the author of
"Modern Dime Size Coins of the World", a CD which won
the 2003 Numismatic Literary Guild Award for for Best
Software.) Lane found the medal at a swap meet. The
obverse shows a woman reading a manuscript; in the exergue
is "For Fine Craftsmanship." The reverse says "Haney Medal
Awarded 1940 by the School Art League of New York City"
with "Medallic Art Co." below. Brenner's name is vertical
along the left side of the obverse. Lane asked, "Who was
Haney?"Searching the Worldwide Web via Google, I put together a
long reply and posted it to RCC in the thread "Does anyone
know who HANEY was?" Here is a synopsis:James Parton Haney was an art educator. He is associated
with the School Art League of New York City. He had at
least one exhibition of his own drawings in Chicago March
15 thru April 2, 1917. He edited a book in 1908 titled: "Art
Education in the Public Schools of the United States." You
can see Haney's work at the John H. Vanderpoel Art
Association in Chicago. Dr. Mary Ann Stankiewicz (Penn
State) said in the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education
maillist newsletter: "...Frank Alvah Parsons and Henry Turner
Bailey and James Parton Haney who believed they had
qualifications that insured their superiority over female
teachers of art and art amateurs..."
(More Info)While I was uploading that, Bust coin enthusiast, Byron L.
Reed, posted this: "It might be James Parton Haney, a
painter."The medal can be seen at Medal Image "
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