[meteorite-list] Stuart Perry - Harvey Nininger Letters, Prelude
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:12 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV92A1XvpFVjC00008a21_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0026_01C41C7D.0B7AE670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The next month or go I will be posting correspondence from Stuart Perry a= nd Harvey Nininger. So some of you are now asking, who is Stuart Perry, =20 According the Smithsonian, "Stuart H. Perry (1874-1957) was a newspaper p= ublisher and authority on meteorites. He made extensive collections of me= teorites and donated many specimens to the United States National Museum = (USNM). In 1940, Perry became an Honorary Associate in Mineralogy, USNM, = a title he held until his death." According to an introduction by Nininger wrote in January 1951,: "Stuart H. Perry, Associate Mineralogist, U.S. National Museum; Author - = "Metalography of Meteoric Iron" and numerous papers on meteorites; Donor = of a large collection of meteorites; wishes to....." In "Find a Falling Star", Stuart is mentioned three times, but all are ve= ry brief. Reading the correspondence Perry was a customer of Nininger, ga= ve a grant for Nininger to use on his research, traded meteorites with hi= m, gave him advice on all things metal and meteoritic and became a good f= riend of Nininger's in the process. The following letters will also answe= r some of the questions that those that have read all the Nininger books = and newspaper articles might have. Nininger at times comments on his care= er and in a couple of trades you can see how both Stuart, and Nininger we= re both good traders. =20 Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com ------=_NextPart_001_0026_01C41C7D.0B7AE670 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><BR> <P>The ne= xt month or go I will be posting correspondence from Stuart Perry and Har= vey Nininger. So some of you are now asking, who is Stuart Perry, </P> <P= >According the Smithsonian, "Stuart H. Perry (1874-1957) was a newspaper = publisher and authority on meteorites. He made extensive collections of m= eteorites and donated many specimens to the United States National Museum= (USNM). In 1940, Perry became an Honorary Associate in Mineralogy, USNM,= a title he held until his death."</P> <P>According to an introduction by= Nininger wrote in January 1951,:</P> <P>"Stuart H. Perry, Associate Mine= ralogist, U.S. National Museum; Author - "Metalography of Meteoric Iron" = and numerous papers on meteorites; Donor of a large collection of meteori= tes; wishes to....."</P> <P>In "Find a Falling Star", Stuart is mentioned= three times, but all are very brief. Reading the correspondence Perry wa= s a customer of Nininger, gave a grant for Nininger to use on his researc= h, traded meteorites with him, gave him advice on all things metal and me= teoritic and became a good friend of Nininger's in the process. The follo= wing letters will also answer some of the questions that those that have = read all the Nininger books and newspaper articles might have. Nininger a= t times comments on his career and in a couple of trades you can see how = both Stuart, and Nininger were both good traders. </P> <P> </P> <P>M= ark Bostick</P> <P><A href=3D"http://www.meteoritearticles.com">www.meteo= ritearticles.com</A></P> <P> </P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0026_01C41C7D.0B7AE670-- Received on Wed 07 Apr 2004 09:48:06 AM PDT |
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