The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 36, August 21, 2005, Article 12

OFFICE OF THE U.S. MINT HISTORIAN

Len Augsberger writes: "Regarding the Mint historian, I picked
up a business card at the Mint's ANA display:

Betty Birdsong / Operation Manager, Office of the Historian, /
Department of the Treasury, US Mint / 801 9th St. NW. /
Washington, D.C. 20220

I didn't get a chance to talk to her at the ANA, but surely
someone on the E-sylum readership did? The question I had
was, what's in their collection and it is unsearched material that
has never been part of the archives?"

Dave Lange writes: "I don't know the name of the historian,
but the person manning the Mint's history display at the convention
was Betty Birdsong, Operations Manager, Office of the Historian.
She was quite helpful in permitting me to examine the ledger
containing complete die records for 1917-35. This is amazing
information which I had assumed was lost to history (and which
I wish I had while preparing the new edition of my Mercury Dime
book). I asked whether these books could be studied at some
location for research purposes, but she told me that they must
remain within the Historian's office, which is not open to non-
employees. She did believe that these ledgers would be scanned
at some point and put online, but the exact timing of this had not
yet been determined."

Douglas Mudd, Curator and Director of Exhibitions at the
American Numismatic Association writes: "The Mint Historian is
Maria Goodwin."

[I've written to both Ms. Birdsong and Ms. Goodwin inviting
the to join The E-Sylum mailing list. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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