The Mint Museum Archives

Records and materials created by museum staff that document departmental and museum activities.

 

Administration Department Records: Board Of Trustees AR2013.3

• Board of Trustee meeting minutes, annual reports, and related materials 1940-present. Some material is restricted from public access.

Barbara Stone Perry Collection AR2013.19

• Records of Barbara Stone Perry who served as curator of decorative arts 1999-2007.

Charles L. Mo Collection AR2013.17

• Records of Charles L. Mo who served variously as chief curator, director of fine arts, and director of collections & exhibitions during his career at the Mint, 1984-2013.

Cheryl Palmer Collection AR2014.10

• Records of Cheryl Palmer who joined the Mint in 1979 as curator of education and retired as director of learning & engagement in 2014.

Emily Blanchard Walker Graphic Design Collection AR2013.8

• Records of Emily Blanchard Walker who served as graphic designer 1988-2016.

Exhibition Catalogues Collection AR2013.18

• Catalogues for Mint Museum exhibitions 1935-present.

Jacqueline Crutchfield Collection AR2013.14

• Records and artifacts documenting the Queen’s Mintkins puppet theater and its founder, Jacqueline Crutchfield, 1960-1974.

Jacques and Juliana Busbee Collection AR2015.10

• Photos, news clippings, and pamphlets pertaining to Jugtown Pottery and its founders, Jacques and Juliana Busbee.

Learning and Engagement School Programs Collection AR2015.4

• Records pertaining to the D.I.G.S. (Deciphering & Investigating Great Societies) program and other collaborations between the museum’s education department and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, 1994-2010.

Mark Richard Leach Collection AR2014.11

• Records of Mark Richard Leach, former curator of contemporary art and director of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 1989-2007.

Museum Shop Department Records Collection AR2013.7

• Records and photographs of the Mint Museum Store, 1963-2010.

Obituaries Collection AR2022.2

• Obituaries of people associated with the Mint Museum, 1976-present.

PR/Marketing Press Clipping Collection AR2017.1

• Clippings pertaining to the museum from newspapers and magazines, 1930s to present.

Registration Department Records Collection AR2013.6

• Records created by the Mint Museum’s registration department pertaining to exhibitions, technology, and other facets of registration work,1973-201.

Registration Department: Ramesses The Great Exhibition AR2014.8

• Records and materials pertaining to the 1988 Ramesses The Great: The Pharaoh and His Times exhibition. Record dates are 1986-2016.

The Mint Museum Banner Collection AR2024.3

• Collection of predominantly vinyl banners advertising exhibitions and events at the museum, 2000-present.

Records and materials created by artists associated with the museum or acquired by collectors of these artists’ work.

 

Judith Leiber Collection AR2025.2

• Items and photographs pertaining to the work of Judith Leiber collected by Victoria K. “Vicki” Mills, 1963-2023.

Philip Moose Collection AR2017.2

• Photographs, news clippings, and other materials pertaining to artist Philip Moose who taught Mint Museum art classes in the 1940s, was the museum’s acting director in 1946, and whose work is in the Mint’s permanent collection. Record dates are 1944-1988.

Records and materials created by museum affiliate groups or their members that pertain to their activities at the Mint.

 

Charlotte Garden Club Collection AR2017.16

• Records and materials created by the Charlotte Garden Club which became a museum affiliate in 1954. Record dates are 1974-2020.

Founders Circle Collection AR2016.7

• Records and materials created by the Founders Circle, the affiliate of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 1999-2021.

Kathryn McLaren Pritchard Collection AR2017.21

• Records of Kathryn McLaren Pritchard who was president of the Mint Museum Auxiliary, Friends of the Mint, and the Charlotte Garden Club, served on the Mint’s Board of Trustees, and was a member of the Collectors’ Circle. Record dates are 1969-1982.

Mint Museum Auxiliary Collection AR2018.4

• Records and materials created by the Mint Museum Auxiliary, 1956-present.

Stewart H. Gordon Collection AR2020.1

• Records of Stewart H. Gordon, Mint Museum Auxiliary president, 1993-1994.

Young Affiliates of the Mint Collection AR2017.13

• Records and materials created by the Young Affiliates of the Mint, 2003-2013.