Welcome to The E-sylum: Volume 2, Number 22: May 31, 1999: an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. SUBSCRIBER UPDATES Our latest subscriber is NBS member Walter Wiegand. Welcome aboard! This brings the number of subscribers to 158. THE ASYLUM ARRIVES By now, most NBS members should have received their first issue of The Asylum for 1999. After a month-long delay at the printer, our Secretary-Treasurer received them on Tuesday, and had them all in the mail on Wednesday. "Great turnaround by Dave!" said President Michael Sullivan. The 36-page issue includes articles on numismatic literature by Col. Bill Murray, Joel J. Orosz, Pete Smith, and David W. Lange. If you're not an NBS member, you're missing out. Dues are only $15 a year in North America, $20 elsewhere. To join, print and mail the application on our web site http://www.coinbooks.org/ URGENT DEADLINE FOR NEXT ASYLUM Editor Marilyn Reback reports via Michael Sullivan that she plans to wrap up the second 1999 issue (the June election and pre-ANA Convention issue) the weekend of June 5-6). It is URGENT that all contributions be received this week, and this includes nominations for NBS offices, as well as advertising. Please send NBS nominations ASAP to Michael Sullivan at numisbookmjs@earthlink.net All positions are open: President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and all six Trustees. Please send submissions or questions regarding advertising ASAP to myself, Wayne Homren, at whomren@coinlibrary.com. ANOTHER GENEALOGICAL WEB SITE APPEARS "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (also known as the Mormon church) has opened its new free genealogical Web site and has installed enough computer servers to handle loads as high as 25 million hits a day. The site can be found at http://www.familysearch.org/" - from the May 24, 1999 issue of NewsScan Daily, an email publication of NewsScan.com. WAYTE RAYMOND WARTIME CATALOG EDITION From a backpage note on the catalog of Wayte Raymond's March 9, 1943 Mail Bid Sale: "This miniature catalog is our solution to the wartime transportation delays which affect second class mail and which have resulted in catalogues being delivered after the closing date of the sale. By reducing the size of the catalogue we are able to send it by first class mail and assure you of prompt delivery. You may possibly find the new size a convenience, as well." The 24-page, 591-lot self-covered catalog measures 4" x 6 3/4". FEATURED WEB SITE This week's featured site is on the Money of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), maintained by Jay D. "Dave" Watson. http://www.goatee.com/jdwatson/index.html Wayne Homren Numismatic Bibliomania Society The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. For more information please see our web site at http://www.coinbooks.org/ There is a membership application available on the web site. To join, print the application and return it with your check to the address printed on the application. For those without web access, contact Dave Hirt, NBS Secretary-Treasurer, 5911 Quinn Orchard Road, Frederick, MD 21701 (To be removed from this mailing list write to me at whomren@coinlibrary.com)
