Data Acknowledgements
MORE THAN anyone else my greatest gratitude is to Medallic Art Company. In 1966 its president, William T. Louth, hired me, a young numismatist and former editor of Coin World, as research director. My duties were many including writing speeches for the president, company advertising and new medal press announcements. Company officers, notably vice president and art director Julius Lauth – uniquely qualified in all aspects of the field – trained me in the Art of the medal and to acutely appreciate the artists who created these glyptic objects. This experience led me on a 50-year quest to honor not only the artists in company records, but all American artists who created coins and medals.
My most delightful chores for the firm, were cataloging and creating an archive of all the medals the company had produced since its first in 1907. I was privileged to have access to almost complete records at that time. Further I was aided by associates and co-workers, hereby thanked, who furnished additional information from their wide knowledge and long-time experience. In total I cataloged 7,121medals during my tenure at the firm (1966-1977).
My deep gratitude to Medallic Art Company also extends to its current president, Ross Hansen, for the use of the data on these medals, and the medals issued during the intervening years. It was Ross Hansen who brought me back within the fold of the firm in May 2010 as corporate historian. My appreciation also extends to the firm for allowing me the use of photographs of their archive medals, often some of the only specimens extent. This databank is a tribute to the firm’s dedication and commitment for more than five decades to preserving this vital information for posterity.
To my closest associate at Medallic Art, Rob W. Vugteveen, an especial note of gratitude for his guidance, assistance and encouragement. Cathy Swinburn, present archivist for the firm, has been especially helpful as well.
To the officers and members of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists should be given extensive gratitude for their financial support in bestowing uponthe author their first Travel Research Grantin 1998. This award was also repeated forthe second year, 1999, to further the work of identifying the coin and medal artists of Pennsylvania and recording their accomplishments in the numismatic field. This was a signal encouragement and support of numismatic research.
To friend, mentor, consultant (and onetime competitor) H. Joseph Levine, who aided this work in so many ways. He was the first to recognize the value of this project and grant permission to utilize his own research found among his more than eighty Presidential Coin & Antique auction catalogs. He is to be admired for revealing the authorship of tokens and medals by including this useful data in every catalog and virtually every auction lot listing. He shared information freely, provided financial aid in travel research, and furnished vital research resources.
To dealer-collector David Schemkman, who for two decades compiled a databank, primarily of token resources – his numismatic specialty – and graciously shared this information. Of more than 700 individuals and firms, his research revealed 103 artists, 362 producers, and 227 sales agents, many of whom would have remained obscure without this valuable knowledge.
To medallic collector extraordinaire Donald Scarinci who shared information and photographs from his extensive art medal collection.
To Whitman Publishing, whose publisher, Dennis Tucker early on recognized the value of this databank by placing virtually the entire entry of George Morgan in the appendix of the firm’s 2013 publication, The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan, America’s Silver Dollar Artist, by Karen M. Lee. Only by adding Morgan’s pattern, experimental and trial coins to the present listing provided a complete account of this US Mint engraver’s work.
To Peter Hastings Falk, and his publishing company, Sound View Press, who encouraged me on a similar project to the one he had done a generation earlier. His efforts to gather biographical data on all American artists resulted in a one-volume reference work of 25,000 artists, Who Was Who in American Art, published 1985. He has continued this effort, which grew into a 3-volume set covering more than 65,000 American artists. This text contains over 1100 artists of medallic interests, some details of which I am honored to have personally furnished.
To living artists who furnished data on themselves and their work I express my thanks. To all those people, named and unnamed, who furnished information to sing the praises of American coin and medal artists I express my thanks. My hope is that these artists will no longer remain "unsung" heroes.
Efficaci Do Manus Scientiae.*
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* Motto of Joseph Henry: "I am devoted to Useful Knowledge." Found on the Assay Medal, created by Charles E. Barber
My most delightful chores for the firm, were cataloging and creating an archive of all the medals the company had produced since its first in 1907. I was privileged to have access to almost complete records at that time. Further I was aided by associates and co-workers, hereby thanked, who furnished additional information from their wide knowledge and long-time experience. In total I cataloged 7,121medals during my tenure at the firm (1966-1977).
My deep gratitude to Medallic Art Company also extends to its current president, Ross Hansen, for the use of the data on these medals, and the medals issued during the intervening years. It was Ross Hansen who brought me back within the fold of the firm in May 2010 as corporate historian. My appreciation also extends to the firm for allowing me the use of photographs of their archive medals, often some of the only specimens extent. This databank is a tribute to the firm’s dedication and commitment for more than five decades to preserving this vital information for posterity.
To my closest associate at Medallic Art, Rob W. Vugteveen, an especial note of gratitude for his guidance, assistance and encouragement. Cathy Swinburn, present archivist for the firm, has been especially helpful as well.
To the officers and members of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists should be given extensive gratitude for their financial support in bestowing uponthe author their first Travel Research Grantin 1998. This award was also repeated forthe second year, 1999, to further the work of identifying the coin and medal artists of Pennsylvania and recording their accomplishments in the numismatic field. This was a signal encouragement and support of numismatic research.
To friend, mentor, consultant (and onetime competitor) H. Joseph Levine, who aided this work in so many ways. He was the first to recognize the value of this project and grant permission to utilize his own research found among his more than eighty Presidential Coin & Antique auction catalogs. He is to be admired for revealing the authorship of tokens and medals by including this useful data in every catalog and virtually every auction lot listing. He shared information freely, provided financial aid in travel research, and furnished vital research resources.
To dealer-collector David Schemkman, who for two decades compiled a databank, primarily of token resources – his numismatic specialty – and graciously shared this information. Of more than 700 individuals and firms, his research revealed 103 artists, 362 producers, and 227 sales agents, many of whom would have remained obscure without this valuable knowledge.
To medallic collector extraordinaire Donald Scarinci who shared information and photographs from his extensive art medal collection.
To Whitman Publishing, whose publisher, Dennis Tucker early on recognized the value of this databank by placing virtually the entire entry of George Morgan in the appendix of the firm’s 2013 publication, The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan, America’s Silver Dollar Artist, by Karen M. Lee. Only by adding Morgan’s pattern, experimental and trial coins to the present listing provided a complete account of this US Mint engraver’s work.
To Peter Hastings Falk, and his publishing company, Sound View Press, who encouraged me on a similar project to the one he had done a generation earlier. His efforts to gather biographical data on all American artists resulted in a one-volume reference work of 25,000 artists, Who Was Who in American Art, published 1985. He has continued this effort, which grew into a 3-volume set covering more than 65,000 American artists. This text contains over 1100 artists of medallic interests, some details of which I am honored to have personally furnished.
To living artists who furnished data on themselves and their work I express my thanks. To all those people, named and unnamed, who furnished information to sing the praises of American coin and medal artists I express my thanks. My hope is that these artists will no longer remain "unsung" heroes.
Efficaci Do Manus Scientiae.*
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* Motto of Joseph Henry: "I am devoted to Useful Knowledge." Found on the Assay Medal, created by Charles E. Barber
Individuals
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Adams, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ahlcrona (Robert E.), sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . Minneapolis, MN Ahr (Jack L.), sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barrington, IL Baber (Lawrence P.), numismatist. . . . . . . . . San Diego, CA Bacon (Tantillo Marc), artist's family. . . . . . . New York, NY Baldwin (David) collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence KS Bazelon (Bruce S.), museum official . . . . . . . Harrisburg, PA Beckman (Thomas), museum official. . . . . . . Wilmington, DE Borckardt (Mark), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . Wolfeboro, NH Borgmann (Fred), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . Iola, WI Bosco (Paul), medal dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, NY Bowers (Q. David), numismatist, author, preeminent dealer in the numismatic field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolfeboro, NH Boyle (Thomas), medal manufacturer. . . . . . . Dayton, NV Breen (Walter Henry), author, numismatist . . Bressett (Kenneth E.), author, numismatist. . .Colorado Spgs, CO Brown (Roger), sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Langhorne, PA Bryan (Terry), collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PA Campbell (Francis), librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, NY Carlucci (Donald D.), numismatic organization official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cheswick, PA Chimenti (Ron), medal manufacturer . . . . . . .Green Bay, WI Collette (Alfred T.), museum officer. . . . . . . .Syracuse, NY Cuhaj (George), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iola, WI DeLong (Lea Rosson), art researcher. . . . . . . Des Moines, IA Deering (Anne-Lise), AMSA official, Sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edmonds, WA DeLorey (Thomas K.), numismatist. . . . . . . .Chicago, IL deVicq (Dave), private collector. . . . . . . . . . .Washington, DC † Doty (Richard), museum curator . . . . . . . . .Washington, DC Doty (Robert), coin club officer . . . . . . . . . . .Rochester, NY Dryfhout (John H.), author, museum, national park official. . . . . . . . . . . . .Cornish, NH Dziubek (Larry C.), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . Pittsburgh, PA Falk (Peter Hastings), author, publisher . . . . Madison, CT Fitzgerald (Thomas F.), numismatist. . . . . . . Glendora, CA Friedenberg (Daniel M.), author, numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, NY † Fuld (George), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . Owings Mills, MD † Gasparro (Frank), chief engraver, U.S. Mint. . . . . . . . Philadelphia, PA Gillillant (Cory), F.I.D.E.M. representative. . . . . . . . Willsboro, NY † Craven (Michael), photo researcher, Film maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hollywood, CA Graver (Nicholas), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . .Rochester, NY † Greco (Hugo), medal manufacturer . . . . . . Danbury, CT Greene (Ronald), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria, BC Guest (Rachael), museum curator . . . . . . . . . Waterbury, CT Harris (N. Neil), author, editor. . . . . . . . . . . . Logansport, IN Hartzog (Rich), medal dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rockford, IL † Heath (Robert), author, numismatist. . . . . . Waltham, MA Hendrickson (David), medal manufacturer. . .Winchester, IN Hendrickson (Leon), numismatist . . . . . . . . . Winchester, IN Hoag (Robert), numismatic museum curator. New York, NY Homren (Wayne), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . . VA Hynds (Gene E.), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . Ponce Inlet, FL Jensen (Chris E.), former business partner . . Southbury, CT |
Johnson (Verdenal H., ne Hoag),
museum official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newark, NJ Jones (Elizabeth), sculptor, chief engraver. . .New York, NY † Jovine (Marcel), sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westport, CT Julian (Robert W.), author, numismatist. . . . .Logansport, IN Kane (Joseph) private collector . . . . . . . . . . .FL Kirtley (Charles E.), medal dealer . . . . . . MI and Elizabeth City, NC Knasinski (Jason), medal manufacturer. . . . . Winchester, IN Lajoie (Paul G.) numismatist, cataloger. . . . . Longmeadow, MA Levine (H. Joseph), medal dealer . . . . . . . . . Alexandria, V.A McDowell (Charles P.), numismatist . . . . . . .Madison, VA † MacNeil (Neil), author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bethesda, MD † McSorley (Charles), numismatist . . . . . . . . Cloister, NJ Margolis (Richard), medal authority . . . . . . . Teaneck, NJ † Marqusee (John E.), private collector . . . . . New York, NY Mellon (Marc), sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redding, CT Mishler (Clifford), publisher, numismatist. . . .Iola, WI Monroe (Jan), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prairie Village, KS Morgan (Theodora Olson), editor, National Sculpture Review. . . . . . . . New York, NY Neuzil (Christophe), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . Reston, VA Newman (Eric P.), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis, MO † Noble (Joseph Veach), museum official . . . Maplewood, NJ Patterson (Gary), private collector . . . . . . . . . Lakehurst, NJ † Pemmington (Sam), publisher. . . . . . . . . .Maine Antique Digest Pier (Gwen), Director, National Sculpture Soc. . . . . . . . . .New York, NY † Proske (Beatrice Gilman), museum official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, NY Reed (Fred L. III), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . Carrollton, TX † Reute (Raymond), medal maker . . . . . . . .Melbourne, FL Rezak (Ira), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stony Brook, NY Rhea, Mark, art director, engraver. . . . . . . . Richman (Michael T.), author . . . . . . . . . . . Chevy Chase, MD Rodgers (Thomas D. Senior), sculptor. . . . . . . . Rosenblum (Willim M.), numismatist . . . . .Evergreen, CO † Rulau (Russell), author, numismatist. . . . .Iola, WI Sallay (John M.), private collector . . . . . . . .Weston, MA Sears (Russ), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baltimore, MD Scarinci, Donald, collector, author. . . . . . . . .Lynhurst, NJ Schenkman (David E.), numismatist . . . . . . .Bryantown, MD Sholly (Craig), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carlisle, PA Sklow (David), ANA historian . . . . . . . . . . . Ocala, FL † Slabaugh (Arlie R.), numismatist, medalmaker. . . . . . . . . . .Springfield, PA Smith (Pete), numismatist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saint Paul, MN † Sonnenschein (Ralph R.), private collector . . .Malibu, CA Stacy (Bonnie), museum official. . . . . . . . . . . . .Athens, PA Stafford (Rebekah) medal manufacturer descendant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stahl (Alan M.), curator, AMSA official. . . . . . .New York, NY Stevens-Sollman (Jeanne), sculptor, medalist, AMSA official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bellefonte, PA Turdo (Paul). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . † Turoff (Michael), numismatist . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flushing, NY † Vermeule (Cornelius C. III), museum official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Boston, MA Rob W. Vugteveen, MAco Company museum official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dayton, NV Wattson (Harry), numismatist, Kilenyi expert. . .Branson, MO Winter (Sherel Joseph), sculptor . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philadelphia, PA |
Organizations
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American Medallic Sculpture Association. . . . . .National
American Numismatic Association . . . . . . . . . . .Colorado Springs, CO American Numismatic Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New York, NY Baker Business Library, Harvard University. . . Boston, MA Belskie Museum of Art and Science . . . . . . . . . Closter, NJ Bowers & Merema Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .Wofeboro, NH Chesterwood Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stockbridge, MA Clark Art Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Williamstown, MA Connecticut State Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hartford, CT Greco Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bethel, CT Institute of Heraldry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Belvoir, VA Krause Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Iola, WI Mattatuck Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waterbury, CT Medallic Art Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayton, NV National Sculpture Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, NY Newark Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newark, NJ |
Pennsylvania State Historical Society. . . . . . . . Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania State Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harrisburg, PA Presidential Coin & Antique Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandria, VA Princeton University Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Princeton, NJ Rittenhouse Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Saint Lawrence County Historical Assn. . . . . . .Canton, NY Silver Town Mint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Winchester, IN Smithsonian Institution, Department of Numismatics . . . . . . . . Washington, DC Sound View Press. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison, CT Stacks Bowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York, NY Tioga Point Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athens, PA United States Mint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Washington, DC United States Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexandria, VA Wadsworth Athenaeum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hartford, CT Waterbury Connecticut Public Library. . . . . . Waterbury, CT Yale Sterling Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Haven, CT Yale Art Museum, Dept of Numismatics . . . . .New Haven, CT |