The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 39, September 30, 2007, Article 7

NUISMATIC WRITER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ARLIE SLABAUGH DIES

John Eshbach forwarded word via Bob Lenz and Robert Ruby that author
and researcher Arlie Slabaugh passed away this past Monday (September
24).   He had been in a hospice unit for several months.  No other
details were available at the time.

I was introduced to Arlie Slabaugh's writings when I began researching
U.S. encased postage stamps.  His short monograph on the subject
published by Numismatic Scrapbook magazine was the only comprehensive
publication on the topic at the time.   I later acquired a group of
issues of The Emergency Money Collector, a publication Slabaugh edited.
Wondering what constituted a complete set, I wrote to him on May 7,
1990.  Slabaugh replied that I was in possession of a complete set
(only seven issues: Vol 1, Nos 1-4, Vol 2, Nos 1-3.  He wrote: "I had
the copy ready for Vol 2 No. 4 but never published it. (I printed it
myself, by the way)."

Slabaugh added: "By the way, you may not know that in 1941-44 (or is
it 1943), I published The Hobby Spotlite, a general hobby magazine of
24 or more pages 6x9 size.  I later sold the publication -- I just had
too many health problems that disrupted the schedule at the time.
Had I been able to continue, it might have become a major hobby
publication--had such advertisers as Pittsburgh Coin Exchange
(William Gaede), etc."

"In 1954 I began work at The Numismatic Scrapbook in Chicago and
was there until 1967 -- both as a printer and associate editor,
although for some reason, Lee Hewitt liked to list just himself
as editor although I did much of the writing, including pen names,
and took over when he was on vacation.  It was long hours, and not
great pay, bus I miss those years.  Coin collecting was still
coin collecting then, we only had rolls and proof sets to get
mad at."

I don't know what Slabaugh's health problems were (and never met
him in person), but I recall learning that he was deaf.  I believe
Charles Davis auctioned his numismatic library several years ago.

If any of our readers have recollections about Arlie Slabaugh,
please send them to me for the next E-Sylum issue - we'd love to
hear from you.  Does anyone else have a set of The Emergency
Money Collector?  The Hobby Spotlite?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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