Charles Morris Mount Papers
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Charles Morris Mount was an award-winning restaurant designer. Materials in the collection relate to Mount's work on numerous restaurant design projects and include menus, photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, sketchbooks, design portfolios, newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards, audio recordings, and a computer disc. Materials date from 1980 to 2002.
Biographical Note
Charles Morris Mount was an award-winning restaurant designer. Mount attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama where he earned his Bachelor of Interior Design degree. He then went on to study architecture and design at Écoles des Beaux-Arts, France. Mount continued to live in France for some time and spent a year studying cuisine at Cordon Bleu in Paris. Mount returned to the United States and started his career as a designer in Atlanta. Later moving to New York City, Mount served as Director of Interior Design at George Nelson & Company and eventually started his own architectural design firm, Charles Morris Mount Incorporated, in the early 1970's. Mount designed nearly 300 restaurants in numerous locations across the United States and internationally. His designs won major awards including the Gold Key Award, IBD Design Award, The Lumen Award, Signs of the Times Competition, and Restaurants and Institutions Design Award.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Content Description
This collection contains the papers of restaurant designer Charles Morris Mount. Mount's designs were created for restaurant buildings as well as the restaurants' interior decorations. Materials in the collection relate to Mount's work on numerous restaurant design projects and include menus, photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, sketchbooks, design portfolios, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and awards. The collection also contains two audio recordings, one video recording, and a computer disc. Materials date from 1968 to 2002.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Charles Morris Mount was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Charles Morris Mount Papers; MSS 497; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Harold Gordon in March 2015. The accession number associated with this gift is 2017.048. An additional donation was made in August 2022 by the Charles Morris Mount Estate. The accession number associated with this gift is 2023.019.
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Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
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Processing Information
Loose materials were placed in archival folders. Damaged folders were replaced with archival folders. Photographic materials were rehoused. In preparation for materials to be sent offsite, audio recordings and the computer disc were removed from the original boxes. The order in which the materials were received has been maintained.
In 2023, material was added to the collection and placed in acid free boxes in the order it was received. The accretion was placed in an unpublished series until processing is complete.
