THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN (SPRINGFIELD, MASS.) TUESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1902, P. 12:
DEATH OF DANIEL CLARK,
The Tyringham Geologist and Amateur Collector With a National Reputation.
Daniel Clark, 83, died at his home in Sodom, at Tyringham, Sunday night, after an illness extending over many months. Mr Clark was born in the house where he died, and although he had no occupation other than that of farming, by the persistent following of his hobby through years he made for himself a reputation as a geologist, a collector of precious stones and metals, coins, curios and Indian relics, and became the friend and associate of some of the most learned men, in their mutual pursuit for rare specimens of nature's gems. His collection, if it is all that is claimed for it,---and it probably is;---is worth $25,000. Besides this, he had given to the Pittsfield atheneum a valuable collection of curios and specimens which fill a room. The atheneum has dedicated this room to Mr Clark, and it is a museum well worth examining.
Much has been written about the Clark collection, but here is told, for the first time, how Mr Clark came to be a collector and his methods of changing gems. When a boy 12 years old he was wading in the brook near his father's house, and found a "pretty stone," which proved to be a fine specimen of quarts. He was delighted, and began searching all along the bed of the stream for other specimens. He did not know what the stone was, and by the advice of a friend drove to the library in Monterey, where he found a volume on geology. He was much interested in the book, and finally saved money enough to buy one. Then he began trading his poorer specimens for other specimens. He searched the mountains, and when he found a deposit of rare nature, took all he could find and again traded. This method he carried on through life, enlarging his collection as he gained knowledge and became acquainted with other collectors, and in much the same way bartered for his coins and curios. To his son, Hamblin Clark is due much of the credit of this wonderful collection. For years he followed his father's instructions, and not only searched New England, but the mines and mountains of the West, finding some of the rarest specimens. Hamblin Clark has not the reputation of his father as a geologist, but will certainly be a fitting successor as a collector. Prof. B. K. Emerson of Amherst college, in his geological survey, has had much valuable aid from the Clarks, father and son, and many other men of science had come to look upon the elder as a man of rare knowledge and exceptional gifts in that line.
Mr. Clark never learned a trade, but followed farming during his life. Nevertheless, he was a natural mechanic, and could turn his hand to work with machinery or repairs in neighboring shops, and was often called upon, and in his collection and also that at Pittsfield are many oddities which he fashioned with a jack-knife or at a forge. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Steadman of Tyringham, and his second wife, who died a year ago, was the widow of Dea White.
DEATH OF DANIEL CLARK,
The Tyringham Geologist and Amateur Collector With a National Reputation.
Daniel Clark, 83, died at his home in Sodom, at Tyringham, Sunday night, after an illness extending over many months. Mr Clark was born in the house where he died, and although he had no occupation other than that of farming, by the persistent following of his hobby through years he made for himself a reputation as a geologist, a collector of precious stones and metals, coins, curios and Indian relics, and became the friend and associate of some of the most learned men, in their mutual pursuit for rare specimens of nature's gems. His collection, if it is all that is claimed for it,---and it probably is;---is worth $25,000. Besides this, he had given to the Pittsfield atheneum a valuable collection of curios and specimens which fill a room. The atheneum has dedicated this room to Mr Clark, and it is a museum well worth examining.
Much has been written about the Clark collection, but here is told, for the first time, how Mr Clark came to be a collector and his methods of changing gems. When a boy 12 years old he was wading in the brook near his father's house, and found a "pretty stone," which proved to be a fine specimen of quarts. He was delighted, and began searching all along the bed of the stream for other specimens. He did not know what the stone was, and by the advice of a friend drove to the library in Monterey, where he found a volume on geology. He was much interested in the book, and finally saved money enough to buy one. Then he began trading his poorer specimens for other specimens. He searched the mountains, and when he found a deposit of rare nature, took all he could find and again traded. This method he carried on through life, enlarging his collection as he gained knowledge and became acquainted with other collectors, and in much the same way bartered for his coins and curios. To his son, Hamblin Clark is due much of the credit of this wonderful collection. For years he followed his father's instructions, and not only searched New England, but the mines and mountains of the West, finding some of the rarest specimens. Hamblin Clark has not the reputation of his father as a geologist, but will certainly be a fitting successor as a collector. Prof. B. K. Emerson of Amherst college, in his geological survey, has had much valuable aid from the Clarks, father and son, and many other men of science had come to look upon the elder as a man of rare knowledge and exceptional gifts in that line.
Mr. Clark never learned a trade, but followed farming during his life. Nevertheless, he was a natural mechanic, and could turn his hand to work with machinery or repairs in neighboring shops, and was often called upon, and in his collection and also that at Pittsfield are many oddities which he fashioned with a jack-knife or at a forge. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Steadman of Tyringham, and his second wife, who died a year ago, was the widow of Dea White.
THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN (SPRINGFIELD, MASS.) TUESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1902, P. 12:
DEATH OF DANIEL CLARK,
The Tyringham Geologist and Amateur Collector With a National Reputation.
Daniel Clark, 83, died at his home in Sodom, at Tyringham, Sunday night, after an illness extending over many months. Mr Clark was born in the house where he died, and although he had no occupation other than that of farming, by the persistent following of his hobby through years he made for himself a reputation as a geologist, a collector of precious stones and metals, coins, curios and Indian relics, and became the friend and associate of some of the most learned men, in their mutual pursuit for rare specimens of nature's gems. His collection, if it is all that is claimed for it,---and it probably is;---is worth $25,000. Besides this, he had given to the Pittsfield atheneum a valuable collection of curios and specimens which fill a room. The atheneum has dedicated this room to Mr Clark, and it is a museum well worth examining.
Much has been written about the Clark collection, but here is told, for the first time, how Mr Clark came to be a collector and his methods of changing gems. When a boy 12 years old he was wading in the brook near his father's house, and found a "pretty stone," which proved to be a fine specimen of quarts. He was delighted, and began searching all along the bed of the stream for other specimens. He did not know what the stone was, and by the advice of a friend drove to the library in Monterey, where he found a volume on geology. He was much interested in the book, and finally saved money enough to buy one. Then he began trading his poorer specimens for other specimens. He searched the mountains, and when he found a deposit of rare nature, took all he could find and again traded. This method he carried on through life, enlarging his collection as he gained knowledge and became acquainted with other collectors, and in much the same way bartered for his coins and curios. To his son, Hamblin Clark is due much of the credit of this wonderful collection. For years he followed his father's instructions, and not only searched New England, but the mines and mountains of the West, finding some of the rarest specimens. Hamblin Clark has not the reputation of his father as a geologist, but will certainly be a fitting successor as a collector. Prof. B. K. Emerson of Amherst college, in his geological survey, has had much valuable aid from the Clarks, father and son, and many other men of science had come to look upon the elder as a man of rare knowledge and exceptional gifts in that line.
Mr. Clark never learned a trade, but followed farming during his life. Nevertheless, he was a natural mechanic, and could turn his hand to work with machinery or repairs in neighboring shops, and was often called upon, and in his collection and also that at Pittsfield are many oddities which he fashioned with a jack-knife or at a forge. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Steadman of Tyringham, and his second wife, who died a year ago, was the widow of Dea White.
DEATH OF DANIEL CLARK,
The Tyringham Geologist and Amateur Collector With a National Reputation.
Daniel Clark, 83, died at his home in Sodom, at Tyringham, Sunday night, after an illness extending over many months. Mr Clark was born in the house where he died, and although he had no occupation other than that of farming, by the persistent following of his hobby through years he made for himself a reputation as a geologist, a collector of precious stones and metals, coins, curios and Indian relics, and became the friend and associate of some of the most learned men, in their mutual pursuit for rare specimens of nature's gems. His collection, if it is all that is claimed for it,---and it probably is;---is worth $25,000. Besides this, he had given to the Pittsfield atheneum a valuable collection of curios and specimens which fill a room. The atheneum has dedicated this room to Mr Clark, and it is a museum well worth examining.
Much has been written about the Clark collection, but here is told, for the first time, how Mr Clark came to be a collector and his methods of changing gems. When a boy 12 years old he was wading in the brook near his father's house, and found a "pretty stone," which proved to be a fine specimen of quarts. He was delighted, and began searching all along the bed of the stream for other specimens. He did not know what the stone was, and by the advice of a friend drove to the library in Monterey, where he found a volume on geology. He was much interested in the book, and finally saved money enough to buy one. Then he began trading his poorer specimens for other specimens. He searched the mountains, and when he found a deposit of rare nature, took all he could find and again traded. This method he carried on through life, enlarging his collection as he gained knowledge and became acquainted with other collectors, and in much the same way bartered for his coins and curios. To his son, Hamblin Clark is due much of the credit of this wonderful collection. For years he followed his father's instructions, and not only searched New England, but the mines and mountains of the West, finding some of the rarest specimens. Hamblin Clark has not the reputation of his father as a geologist, but will certainly be a fitting successor as a collector. Prof. B. K. Emerson of Amherst college, in his geological survey, has had much valuable aid from the Clarks, father and son, and many other men of science had come to look upon the elder as a man of rare knowledge and exceptional gifts in that line.
Mr. Clark never learned a trade, but followed farming during his life. Nevertheless, he was a natural mechanic, and could turn his hand to work with machinery or repairs in neighboring shops, and was often called upon, and in his collection and also that at Pittsfield are many oddities which he fashioned with a jack-knife or at a forge. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Steadman of Tyringham, and his second wife, who died a year ago, was the widow of Dea White.
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