Alan Weinberg gave an excellent report on his visit to a museum in New York City in the last E-Sylum. Trouble is, he got the name of the museum wrong. There is a hyphen in the name New-York Historical Society.

Apparently the organization hotly defends the use of that hyphen in the name. Here is a quote from Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the Society, who gives a history of that hyphen.

Why did New-York Historical Society decide to keep the hyphen in its name?

To read the complete article, see:Q&A with Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of New-York Historical Society(www.thirteen.org/treasures-of-ny/qa-with-louise-mirrer-president-and-ceo-of-new-york-historical-society/)

I wrote about this previously, asking if a person who does not use the hyphen in the proper position is consider a country bumpkin or uneducated.

Here is what I wrote on the American Art-Union Series [the proper name for this series also employs the hyphen] for the web site of Medal Collectors of American. Medal Series.

Get Hip, Alan. Include the Hyphen. Now you're with it!

To read the complete article, see:American Art-Union Medal Series(www.medalcollectors.org/Guides/AAU/AAU.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:A NUMISMATIC VISIT TO THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n22a23.html)