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Friday, November 14, 2014

Newspapers.com materials on Dr. Kunz

The Web site, Newspapers.com, is actively digitizing newspaper content for a subscription fee. AS of November 2014, there were over 12,000 references to Dr. Kunz in their current collection. Some examples include:

  • 1921, November 21 (p.30) - The Nebraska State Journals (Lincoln, Nebraska) published a long article on "Japanese Pearls Worrying Owners of Real Ones" where Dr. Kunz is consulted (a portrait of Dr. Kunz accompanies the article as well). 
  • 1925, August 16 (p.79) - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) published a full page article entitled "Dr. George Kunz, Connoisseur of Jewels, Reveals Fascination of Precious Stones" written by Rosalie Espenschied. The article includes a portrait of Dr. Kunz and has been digitized and is available for a fee online from newspapers.com.
  • 1930, January 25 (p.1) - The Coshocton Tribune (Ohio) has a three-paragraph story regarding the annulment of Dr. Kunz' marriage to Opal Gilbertson Kunz and the couple's plans to continue living together after their annulment. 
  • 1935, September 6 - The Daily Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina) reported that the North Carolina Academy of Natural Sciences added three fine specimens of Kunzite to their collections and explains that the mineral is named after Dr. Kunz.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Friday, June 15, 2012

Kunz and the Saturday Evening Post

The following is a list of articles written by Dr. Kunz over a 20 year span from 1908-1928:

  • June 13, 1908, The Care of Gems p. 5, 32  (featured on the cover of the magazine)  
  • June 27, 1908, The Etiquette of Gems p. 5-6, 29 
  • September 26, 1908, Frauds and Deceptions in Precious Stones, Part 1, p. 10-11  
  • October 17, 1908, Frauds and Deceptions in Precious Stones, Part 2, p. 18-19, 42-43 
  • October 31, 1908, Frauds and Deceptions in Precious Stones, Part 3, p. 18-19, 53 
  • November 21, 1908, Gems in Glass, p. 47 
  • August 28, 1909, The Meaning of Colors (page number unknown)  
  • August 28, 1909, Black Opals, p. 34  
  • September 4, 1909, Strange Fortunes of Precious Stones, p. 32-34  
  • September 10, 1909, What Colors Typify, p. 50 
  • November 26, 1927, American Travels of a Gem Collector, Part 1, p. 6-7, 85-86, 91
  • December 10, 1927, American Travels of a Gem Collector, Part 2, p. 22-23, 172-174, 176 
  • January 21, 1928, The Gem Collector in Europe, p. 33-34, 36, 38 
  • March 10, 1928, Trailing Gems in Europe, p. 44, 46, 188-190, 194 
  •  March 31, 1928, Discoveries of a Gem Expert, p. 30, 32, 96, 99-100  
  • May 5, 1928, The Indestructible Value, p. 20-21, 153-154, 156, 161

    * This list was taken from a photocopied memo from the Editors of the Saturday Evening post dated May 9, 1952. The photocopy was found in the library of the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. The library has a binder containing facsimiles of all of these articles.