The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 48, December 1, 2002, Article 7

LOST AND FOUND NUMISMATIC TREASURES

  Numismatic organizations are not immune to such record-
  keeping snafus.  Perhaps some of our readers will have
  similar stories to share.  In the years since many of our
  favorite institutions were founded, I'm sure many a ledger
  has been misplaced or deliberately destroyed along the
  way.

  One happy story involved my own club, the Western
  Pennsylvania Numismatic Society.  Founded in 1878,
  the society's Secretary and Treasurer kept log books
  covering every meeting and expense from 1878 to
  1889.  The society's Curator also kept a log of library
  acquisitions.   The books had been misplaced for years
  and presumed lost when somehow they turned up in the
  hands of a former officer's family, who returned them to
  the society.   The ledgers were part of an exhibit put
  together by Pat McBride for the 1989 Pittsburgh ANA
  convention.

  The ledgers enabled me to write the first comprehensive
  history of the organization.  See our web site and click
  on "History":   http://www.coinlibrary.com/wpns/

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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