Newman Portal adds Catholic Commemorative Medal Society Newsletter

Loaned by Ken Berger, Newman Portal recently scanned a 7-year run (1967-1973) of the Catholic Commemorative Medal Society Newsletter. The precise organization of the Society is not clear; it may have been affiliated with the Franklin Mint. In any case, the first issue of the newsletter noted 1,800 charter members, who received series medals as a membership benefit.

The strength of the newsletter is the engraver biographies that appear throughout the series. The first issue includes a piece on Gilroy Roberts and includes a list of his principal works.

In addition to the newsletters, Ken Berger also forwarded correspondence with Society member Melvin Roland, which includes a prospectus for forthcoming medals, a membership certificate, and other marketing material.

Image: Gilroy Roberts, from the April 1967 Catholic Commemorative Medal Society Newsletter

Link to Catholic Commemorative Medal Society membership correspondence on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/627172

Link to Catholic Commemorative Medal Society Newsletter on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/549933