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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