Francis D. Campbell
Library Chair
Francis D. Campbell
Library Chair
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The American Numismatic Society Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library 96 Fulton Street New York, NY 10038 |
The American Numismatic Society Harry
W. Bass, Jr. Library & Library
Committee & & Books are as important as the objects we collect & To be preserved, books need a competent conserator & To be most useful, books need a knowledgeable librarian & Vibrant libraries are basic to a vibrant constituency If you share these values, we invite you to contribute to the Francis D. Campbell Library Chair. Building on the past, we can secure the future. |
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The American Numismatic Society & Francis D. Campbell Library Chair |
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American Numismatic Society houses the world’s finest numismatic
library, also strong in related sources. Support for the Chair will assure
a fully funded future and continued quality leadership. |
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The Library, which has a professional
staff of two, presently supports the informational needs of museum staff, ANS
membership and the general public through the acquisition, cataloguing and referencing
of numismatic publications, domestic and foreign. Society programs such as the
Graduate Seminar in numismatics require a library collection that will support
graduate level research. The pamphlet collection, consisting of thousands of
numismatic offprints, along with the library's extensive current periodical
collection, provide both seminar students and visiting readers with the latest
findings in numismatic research. The very large holdings of commercial literature,
consisting of auction catalogues and fixed price lists, enable individuals to
track provenances and price changes for the particular numismatic objects that
interest them. These catalogues and lists often include illustrations of the
object not to be found elsewhere.
In order to maintain consistency in
its cataloging, the library employs the "List of Subject Headings for Specialized
Collections in Numismatics". This "List" was compiled by library
staff during the period 1978-1987, with funds received in three successive grants
awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. As one of the world's
leading centers of numismatic research, the Library of the Society has developed
a subject cataloging system, the specificity of which is of great value to scholars.
The system grew out of a need to facilitate access to the Library's holdings
and to accommodate the cataloging of thousands of numismatic articles in the
periodicals that the Library regularly receives. With the availability of the
Library's catalogue on the Society's website, consistency in subject assignment
will assure that those who research specific topics will find the bulk of the
material on those topics held by the Library.
To service its clientele, the library
maintains a core collection of the early works on numismatics as well as the
key numismatic references published over the centuries. Many of these works
have come from the private numismatic libraries of distinguished numismatists
and collectors, including those of Edgar H. Adams, William S. Appleton, Harry
W. Bass, Jr., David M. Bullowa, Charles A. Hersh, Archer M. Huntington, Richard
Hoe Lawrence, George C. Miles, Herman Miller, Edward T. Newell, Charles K. Panish,
Daniel Parish and Isaac F. Wood. Recent archival acquisitions have included
the numismatic archives of Virgil M. Brand, the New Netherlands Coin Company,
the Garrett and Norweb families, John S. Davenport, the Chapman Brothers' Auction
firm, and the John Adams Large Cent archives.
Along with physical growth, the Library
has had to expand its services and shift the emphasis of its collection development
in order to support the Society's expanded activities and programs. Advances
in information technology have also transformed the traditional role of the
Library and its Librarians. In particular, the internet now brings the Library's
entire card catalog to the international numismatic community and that community
is making increased use of the Library's resources. Whereas, in the past, we
were primarily servicing the public via the mails and telephone, we now have
a daily stream of e-mail inquiries from all corners of the globe. Because our
collection is international in scope, those living abroad have found that the
ANS Library is able to satisfy many of their research needs, whether those needs
involve an antiquarian numismatic work, a current auction catalog, or an obscure
article.
Over the years, a succession
of dedicated librarians have been responsible for building and maintaining the
fine library collection that now forms the Library of the American Numismatic
Society. Beginning in 1858 with James D. Foskett, who formed the original collection,
the Library included among its other guardians Daniel Parish, Jr., Isaac F.
Wood, Richard Hoe Lawrence, Sydney P. Noe, Richard P. Breaden, and Geoffrey
H. North. In order to assure that the Library will be able to sustain this fine
leadership tradition, the Society has established a Chair, named the Francis
D. Campbell Library Chair. Frank Campbell has been Head Librarian of the Society
since 1975 and has been an employee of the Society since 1958. During his tenure,
he has seen the library collection further enriched, new technology introduced,
and the reading rooms modernized. As the Society moves ahead with plans to relocate
to lower Manhattan, where its Library will have expanded quarters, a proper
rare book room and improved access for visitors, we feel certain that those
of you who have made use of this great resource will want to assure that the
Francis D. Campbell Library Chair is fully funded.
The Library Committee and the Trustees of the Society invite you to share in
their commitment to achieve this goal.
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The
American Numismatic Society 96 Fulton Street New
York, NY 10038 |