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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 41, October 7, 2001, Article 11 GLEANINGS FROM THE NUMISMATIST Early issues of The E-Sylum often included mentions of the numismatic writings and other activities of subscribers. But our subscriber list has grown so much that such mentions would be tantamount to an index of the week's published works. So often many weeks go by between such mentions. But the recent issue of the American Numismatic Association's journal has a number of noteworthy items, so here goes: Foremost is the cover article by NBS Secretary-Treasurer David Sklow on the rare ANA memorial medals of founder Dr. George Heath. Sklow is the ANA's Historian, and with good reason - with his database of ANA members from 1891 to 1941 he has at his fingertips more information than anyone, including most ANA staffers. Dave Bowers' "Coin and Collectors" column features a history of the Dahlonega Mint, including the text of a letter about the mint dated April 30, 1848 and published in the National Intelligencer - a great example of the use of primary source material. ANA President Pete Smith's "Names in Numismatics" column highlights the Pioneer Family Memorial in Elgin, IL, sculpted by Trygve Rovelstad, designer of the Elgin commemorative half dollar (see E-Sylum v4n30 and v4n31, July 22 & 29, 2001). ANA museum curator Lawrence J. Lee, in his "Outside the Vault" column, writes about Charles Willson Peale, "The Father of the American Museum". Lee reveals the interesting tidbit that his predecessor in the curator position, Robert Hoge, is a distant relative of Peale's. And finally, while not related to numismatic research, and since E-Sylum readers love a good prank, here's a great tale from Donn Pearlman's "Pearlman's People" column: "Paul Whitnah revealed that years ago while managing the American Airlines office in Shreveport, Louisiana, he substituted the contents of a BEP bag of shredded currency for the office's petty cash. Later, the staff member in charge of petty cash opened the safe, saw the minced paper money, and with a horrified expression, informed Whitnah, "We've got rats!"

Wayne Homren, Editor

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