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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 30, July 22, 2001, Article 7 NUMISMATIC MEMOIRS Steve goes on to note: "The passing of John Davenport put me in mind of the time I asked a friend to blue-sky his thoughts, opinions and memories of his many years as a world-recognized authority in his numismatic specialty. Knowing him well enough to know he'd never warm to this idea in writing, I suggested sending along a small loaded tape recorder which he just turn it on and talk to whenever he felt like it. Nothing came of it. But it is an idea some archivist-member could follow up on. Recording the professional memoirs of some of our senior numismatist- dealers who have not had the time or inclination to write up their expertise. So much specialized information - insight, observation and experience, goes when they go. There always seems to be a building project in need of building, how about something more immediate and more lasting; like the preservation of at least some of the accumulated knowledge of these numismatic lifetimes?"

Wayne Homren, Editor

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