Correspondence Files from the Breen Library

Breen, Walter. CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FROM THE LIBRARY OF WALTER BREEN. One thick three-ring binder including original letters from: Harley Freeman (with photo); Stan Sherr (with three photos); Richard Picker (2); William F. Sheehan; J.C. Spilman (3); Charles Duncan; Paul Magriel (2); Bob Willey; Charlie French; Bart Andrews; William C. Hodder; Michael Katz; Andrew W. Pollock III; Leslie A. Elam (2); George Kolbe; Edward Nied; Bob Vlack; Marvin Taichert; William G. Gay; Richard Thalhamer; Ann Apfelbaum; Gene Hessler; Howard Hazelcorn; Edward L. Fletcher, Jr.; Michael Pollack; Howard Spindell; Philip M. Wartel; Jules Reiver; Bijan Anvar; and Jeff Rock. Also present are: copies of letters from Breen to Robert L. Creighton, Al C. Overton, Jim Spilman (2), Bill Fivaz, and David H. Cohen. A number of letters include photographs or other items, generally seeking Breen’s opinion of the coins depicted therein. A few photocopies of letters to Breen are included, possibly where the letter was forwarded to Breen by another party of where Breen sent a copy of it to others. Also present is a letter from S.S. Carroll to John J. Ford, Jr. about Breen’s article on “The North American Colonial Coinage under the French Regime,” a few invoices, some Pine Tree Auction Galleries guarantee certificates, a signed offprint from George Fuld of his article on the TAL cents, and various additional notes. Materials vary in format and condition. An interesting assortment. While there are too many subjects discussed in these letters to discuss them all, a few highlights include: a three-page typewritten listing sent to Al Overton listing additions and corrections to his book; a two-page letter from S.S. Carroll to John Ford regarding coins for the French American colonies, written in response to Breen’s article on the subject; a few letters to Jim Spilman of the Colonial Newsletter Foundation on various subjects, some of which are substantive; a handwritten letter signed from Bob Vlack concerning his Washington plates; a multi-page typewritten listing of “extreme breaks” and cuds on U.S. coins; an annotated copy of Breen’s 1979 CNL article on the New York Immunis; two pages of handwritten notes on the 1989 Congressional Bicentennial commemorative coins; and much else.