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HOWLAND WOOD CORRESPONDENCE SCANNED

 

Howland Wood Correspondence Scanned

Howland Wood (b. 1877) served as the American Numismatic Society (ANS) Curator from 1913 until his passing in 1938. The Society has preserved his extensive correspondence files, which are currently being digitized by Newman Portal at the ANS library. Already over 400 separate correspondents, covering the letters A-B, are represented in this group. While many of the correspondent names are obscure, the usual suspects are well represented, with David Bullowa, F. C. C. Boyd, M. H. Bolender, and Bauman Belden found in the first few pages of search results.

The Bullowa letters track David Bullowa traveling through Europe and contributing related numismatic items to the ANS cabinet. On September 20, 1930, Bullowa writes to Wood Enclosed please find the piece issued for the 100th anniversary of Franz Joseph's birth, which I have just received from Vienna, thru the Royal Monarchist Party. Such correspondence reminds us that the ANS is built one (or sometimes more!) item at a time. Its collections are formed from thousands of similar gifts, from individuals who have likewise contributed to the growth of its library, cabinet, and (increasingly) its digital collections.

Image: Franz Joseph I centennial medal, ANS catalog no. 1930.132.3.

Link to Howland Wood correspondence:
https://archive.org/details/newmannumismatic?query=%22howland+wood%22&page=8&sort=-publicdate