Oral Histories at the Jimmy Carter Library
The Carter White House allowed the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to conduct exit interviews with departing staff. In addition, the NARA staff interviewed a number of members of the Carter and Smith (Rosalynn Carter's family) families between 1978 and 1980. The Jimmy Carter Library has worked to augment this collection by acquiring interview tapes, notes, and transcripts from other sources. The National Park Service conducted interviews between 1985 and 1990 with friends and family members of the Carters in Plains, GA, and has allowed the Library to have copies of those interviews. The White Burkett Miller Center of the University of Virginia conducted a series of lengthy oral history interviews in the early 1980's, and has made those available through the Library.
Oral histories that are available for research may be used at the Library or borrowed by mail. If an interview transcript is available, it will be loaned by mail. If the interview is available only on audio cassette, it will be loaned by mail. Please contact the Library directly without using interlibrary loan. Because there is only one loan copy of each oral history, researchers may be placed on a short waiting list. Researchers may borrow two oral histories at one time, and the loan copies must be returned in two weeks.
The list below shows the current availability of those interviews.
- Carter/Smith Family Oral History Project
- National Park Service Plains Project Oral Histories
- Exit Interview Project
- Transcript Files Available On-line. These Files are in PDF format. You may view the pages either in your browser with Adobe's Acrobat plug-in, or downloaded and viewed with Adobe's Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, you can get both the plug-in and the viewer by following this Acrobat link.
- White Burkett Miller Center Jimmy Carter Project
- Miscellaneous Interviews
- Carter Library Oral History Project
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CARTER/SMITH FAMILY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT (all transcripts open to research) |
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| NAME | PAGES |
| Braunstein, Mary Elizabeth (sister of President's mother) | 26 |
| Carter, Betty Jennings (widow of Alton Carter, brother of the President's father) | 62 |
| Carter, Donnel (President's cousin) | 41 |
| Carter, Hugh A., Sr. (President's cousin) | 34 |
| Carter, Lillian (President's mother) | 36 |
| Clark, Rachel (Carter family housekeeper) | 27 |
| Dolvin, Emily Gordy (sister of President's mother) | 64 |
| Dolvin, Emily Gordy | 9 |
| Gordy, Fannie (widow of Tom Watson Gordy, brother of President's mother) | 32 |
| Lowery, Jeannette Carter (sister of President's father) | |
| Pratt, Helen (half-sister of the President's paternal grandmother) | 18 |
| Slappey, Willard O. (President's cousin) | 39 |
| Smith, Allie (First Lady's mother) | 55 |
| Smith, Allie | 30 |
| Smith, Elder Fulford (brother of First Lady's father) | 36 |
| Smith, Jerrold (First Lady's brother) | 61 |
| Smith, Murray Lee (First Lady's brother) | 26 |
| Smith, Oliver C. (brother of First Lady's father) | 24 |
| Wall, Allethea Smith (Mrs. Carter's sister) | 22 |
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PLAINS PROJECT ORAL HISTORIES
(According to the National Park Service, "arrangements must be made with the
National Park Service before this material is used for publication purposes.
Individual review of works containing this material by the interviewees or
their heirs may be required before publication." The Carter Library does
not have the tapes from which these transcriptions were made by the National
Park Service.)
| NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PLAINS PROJECT ORAL HISTORIES | |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAGES |
| Aerial, Dan (pastor of the Maranatha Baptist Church) | 18 |
| Barrett, Leila (Journalist, Americus GA Times Recorder) | 19 |
| Blanton, Lauren (classmate of Rosalynn Carter) | 43 |
| Carter, Hugh A., Sr. (President's cousin) | 43 |
| Carter, Hugh A., Sr. | 52 |
| Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn | 354 |
| Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn | 109 |
| English, Ida (campaigned for Jimmy Carter) | 41 |
| Forrest, Eleanor (President's first grade teacher) | 35 |
| Godwin, Pete (former mayor of Plains) | 37 |
| Hayes, Rudy (Journalist, Americus GA Times Recorder) | 25 |
| Jackson, Ruth (Sumter County, Georgia native) | 36 |
| Lundy, John (former Plains High School employee) | 12 |
| Murray, Gladys (First Lady's cousin) | 34 |
| Pope, John and Betty (Carter friends and Peanut Brigaders) | 65 |
| Reese, Maxine (Carter campaigner) | 53 |
| Sheffield, Lang (Peanut Brigader) | 48 |
| Smith, Allie (First Lady's mother) | 35 |
| Spann, Gloria Carter (President's sister) | 94 |
| Spann, Gloria Carter | 34 |
| Walters, Beth (Plains native and historian) | 34 |
| Williams, Jan (Amy Carter's fourth grade teacher) | 57 |
| Wise, David (Plains native and former city councilman) | 50 |
| Wise, P. J. (Plains native and Peanut Brigader) | 41 |
| Wise, P. J. | 36 |
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EXIT INTERVIEW PROJECT
(Note: Some of these interviews are not available for research [indicated
by a "closed" remark] and some are available only on audio cassette
[indicated by an asterisk]. Several are also available to be
downloaded from this site.)
| EXIT INTERVIEW PROJECT | |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAGES |
| Aaron, David (Deputy, National Security Council) | 20 |
| Abramowitz, Beth (Domestic Policy Staff) | 20 |
| Adams, Roberta (Presidential Personnel) | * |
| Aiello, Stephen (Special Assistant to the President [Ethnic Affairs]) | * |
| Anderson, Ann (Deputy Press Secretary, First Lady's Office) | 9 |
| Angarola, Bob (Assistant Director for International Affairs and Legal Counsel for Drug Abuse Policy | * |
| Aragon, Joe (Special Assistant to the President)(Closed) | |
| Babbit, Anita (Secretary, Hamilton Jordan's Office)(Closed) | |
| Bario, Patricia (Associate Press Secretary--Media Liaison) | * |
| Bauer, Pat (Editor, White House News Summary) | * |
| Baux, Lori (Presidential Personnel) | * |
| Beck, Jay (Presidential Reorganization Project) | * |
| Beckel, Bob (Congressional Liaison) | 15 |
| Belford, Tom (Presidential Reorganization Project) | * |
| Benefield, Carol (First Lady's Staff) | * |
| Bergman, Barbara (Deputy, Counsel's Office) | * |
| Bolten, Seymour (Drug Abuse Policy, Domestic Policy Staff) | 10 |
| Boswell, Priscilla (Anne Wexler's Office) | * |
| Brenner, Doris (Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Brzezinski, Zbigniew (National Security Adviser) | 20 |
| Bugg, Rubye (Mail Analysis, Correspondence Unit) | * |
| Burnett, Scott (Sarah Weddington's Office) | * |
| Burns, Mary (Head of the White House Telephone Service) | * |
| Bush, Rhonda (Administrative Assistant to the First Lady) | * |
| Cable, Bill (Congressional Liaison) | 30 |
| Cade, Kathy (Director of Projects for the First Lady) | * |
| Camilli, Ralph (Congressional Liaison--SALT II Project)(Closed) | |
| Carp, Bert (Deputy Assistant to the President--Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Condon, Karen (Correspondence Unit) | * |
| Conner, Caryl (Presidential Speechwriter) | * |
| Crites, Ann (White House Comment Office) | * |
| Cruikshank, Nelson (Presidential Counselor on Aging)(Closed) | |
| Cutler, Lloyd (Counsel to the President) | 26 |
| Daft, Lynn (Associate Director for Agriculture and Rural Development -- Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Devine, Maury (Assistant Director, Drug Abuse Policy -- Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Dobelle, Kit (First Lady's Staff) | * |
| Dobmeyer, Ann (Counsel's Office) | * |
| Dogoloff, Lee (Associate Director for Drug Abuse Policy) | * |
| Donilon, Thomas (Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Donovan, Hedley (Senior Adviser to the President) | 18 |
| Doolittle, Jerry (Presidential Speechwriter | * |
| Dow, Elizabeth (Intern, Hugh Carter's Office) | * |
| Edwards, Anne (Special Assistant, Press Advance) | 32 |
| Ehrhardt, Sylvia (Media Liaison) | * |
| Eidenberg, Eugene (Secretary to the Cabinet and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs | * |
| Eizenstat, Stuart (Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy) | 21 |
| Erwin, Nancy (Esther Peterson's Office) | * |
| Fallows, Jim (Chief Speechwriter) | 30 |
| Fenderson, Jane (Director of Scheduling for the First Lady) | * |
| Fitzgibbons, Dennis (Intern, Presidential Speechwriters) | * |
| Flick, Jeanne (Special Projects, Correspondence Unit) | * |
| Forbes, Mari (Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Forehand, Mary Anne (Special Reply Unit, Presidential Correspondence) | 1 |
| Francis, Les (Deputy Assistant, Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Frank, Jane (Deputy Assistant to the Cabinet) | 11 |
| Free, Jim (Congressional Liaison) | 23 |
| Fulton, Hazel (Presidential Reorganization Project) | * |
| Gammill, Jim (Presidential Personnel) | * |
| Giannini, Valerio (Deputy Special Assistant for Administration)(Closed) | |
| Gilson, Larry (Jack Watson's Office) | * |
| Gold, Nancy (Mail Analysis, Correspondence Unit) | 1 |
| Goldsboro, Thalia (Secretary, Anne Wexler's Office) | * |
| Gotschall, Elizabeth (Visitor's Office) | * |
| Granum, Rex (Deputy Press Secretary) | * |
| Haas, Ann (First Lady's Correspondence) | * |
| Hall, Montte (Correspondence Unit) | 1 |
| Harden, Richard (Special Assistant for Information Management)(Closed) | |
| Hartzell, Mary Lynn (Reply Processing, Presidential Correspondence Office) | 1 |
| Harwell, Rebecca (Central Reference) | * |
| Hemphill, Gwen (Secretary to Tim Kraft) | * |
| Hendrix, Becky (Rafshoon's Office) | * |
| Hertzberg, Rick (Chief Speechwriter) | 26 |
| Hios, Joanne (White House Central Files)(Closed) | |
| Holcombe, Hugh (Skip), Jr. (Administration and Facilities Manager) | * |
| Hoyt, Mary (Press Secretary to the First Lady)(Closed) | |
| Hurley, Joanne (Domestic Affairs and Policy Staff)(Closed) | |
| Jacoby, Amy (Esther Peterson's Office) | * |
| Jagoda, Barry (Special Assistant to the President for Media and Public Affairs) | * |
| Jarrell, Karen (Landon Butler's Office) | * |
| Jenkins, Ray (Press Office) | * |
| Johnston, Carol (Correspondence Unit, Special Reply) | * |
| Kahn, Alfred (Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability and Presidential Adviser on Inflation) | * |
| Kaptur, Marcy (Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| King, Gregory (News Summary Office) | * |
| Kite, Landon (Director, Presidential Correspondence Unit)(Closed) | |
| Kraft, Nancy (Special Reply, Mail Analysis Unit) | * |
| Kraft, Tim (Political Liaison)(Closed) | |
| Kramer, Orin (Assistant Director, Domestic Policy Staff, Housing and Finance) | * |
| Kujovich, Gilbert (Counsel, Intelligence Oversight Board) | 27 |
| Lambrix, Tom (Assistant Director, Domestic Policy Staff, Energy and Natural Resources) | 25 |
| Landolt, Joe (Mail Security) | * |
| Lazarus, Si (Associate Director for Government Reform, Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Lewis, Randy (Aide, Press Office) | * |
| Lichtman, Vivian (Assistant to Joe Aragon) | * |
| Lipshutz, Robert (Counsel to the President) | 50 |
| Lucey, Laurie (Confidential Assistant to Hamilton Jordan) | * |
| Maddox, Ed (White House Advance) | * |
| Maddox, Robert (Special Assistant to the President-Religious Affairs) | * |
| Martin, Louis (Special Assistant to the President-Black Affairs) | 11 |
| Matthews, Chris (Presidential Reorganization Project) | * |
| McHugh, Vicki (Assistant Social Secretary) | * |
| Miller, Arnie (Head of Presidential Personnel) | * |
| Moffett, George (Jordan-Watson's Office) | 29 |
| Molina, Gloria (Presidential Personnel) | * |
| Moore, Frank (Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Neustadt, Rick (Assistant Director for Governmental Reform, Domestic Policy Staff) | |
| Nuechterlein, Jeff (Intern, Congressional Liaison) | * |
| O'Neil, Kathy (Staff Assistant, Presidential Personnel) | * |
| Onek, Joe (Domestic Policy Staff)(Closed) | |
| Paterson, Ann (Administrative Assistant for House Liaison)(Closed) | |
| Peek, Linda (Special Assistant, Office of Media Liaison)(Closed) | |
| Peterson, Esther (Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs) | 27 |
| Pettigrew, Richard (Assistant to the President for Reorganization) | * |
| Pleasant, Janet (Writer, Special Reply) | 1 |
| Poston, Gretchen (Social Secretary) | * |
| Powell, Jody (Press Secretary) | 15 |
| Press, Frank (Science Adviser to the President) | 21 |
| Purks, Jim (Assistant Press Secretary--Media Liaison) | * |
| Queen, Avis (Special Reply, Presidential Correspondence Office) | 2 |
| Rafshoon, Gerald (Assistant to the President for Communications) | 21 |
| Rambo, Carroll Ann (Director, First Lady's Advance) | * |
| Raymond, Alan (Director of Special Projects, Office of Media Liaison) | * |
| Robinson, Mary Ellen (Secretary, White House Press Office) | * |
| Rock, Diana (Presidential Personnel)(Closed) | |
| Rosen, Marc (Public Liaison) | * |
| Rubenstein, David (Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Russell, Bob (Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Sandage, Lyn (Speechwriters Staff) | * |
| Schmitt, Robert (Intern, Scheduling Office) | 1 |
| Schneiders, Gregory (Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications | * |
| Schoon, Kelly (Correspondence Referral Unit) | 1 |
| Schuman, Mary (Domestic Policy Staff)(Closed) | |
| Schwartz, Gail (Secretary, White House Press Office) | * |
| Scott, James (White House Fellow, Anne Wexler's Office) | * |
| Sharpe, Michael (Central Files Mail Analysis) | * |
| Simmons, Steve (Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Slade, Steve (Assistant to Dan Chew, Computerized Correspondence) | * |
| Smith, Edward (Associate Director for Public Liaison) | 3 |
| Spring, Bill (Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Starr, Joyce (Joe Aragon's Office)(Closed) | |
| Stern, Al (Assistant Director for Arts and Humanities, Domestic Policy Staff) | * |
| Stevenson, Martha (Special Reply Unit) | * |
| Stewart, Gordon (Speechwriter) | * |
| Straus, Jeanne (Editorial Assistant, White House News Summary Office) | * |
| Sullivan, John (Jake) (First Lady's Advance Office)(Closed) | |
| Summer, Gael (First Lady's Office) | * |
| Sweaney, Deborah (Data Processing, White House Central Files) | 2 |
| Thomas, Allison (Intern, Anne Wexler's Office) | * |
| Thomson, Bob (Congressional Liaison) | * |
| Torres, Esteban (Special Assistant for Hispanic Affairs) | * |
| Voorde, Fran (Deputy Appointments Secretary) | * |
| Wales, Jane (Anne Wexler's Office)(Closed) | |
| Watson, Jack (Secretary to the Cabinet, Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs, and Chief of Staff) | * |
| Watson-Irwin, Paula (First Lady's Office) | * |
| Weddington, Sarah (Assistant to the President) | 22 |
| Wexler, Anne (Assistant to the President) | * |
| Wides, Burton (Counsel, Intelligence Oversight Board) | 14 |
| Williams, Richard (Assistant Director for Management and Enforcement -- Drug Abuse Policy) | * |
| Wimberly, Dorothy (Sarah Weddington's Staff) | 1 |
| Wishman, Seymour (Deputy Assistant for Public Liaison) | 13 |
| Woodward, Ellis (Director of White House Advance Office) | * |
| Wooten, Carrie (Mail Analysis Unit) | 1 |
| Wurfel, Walt (Deputy Press Secretary) | * |
| Yarham, Pat (Confidential Assistant to Jack Watson) | * |
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MILLER CENTER PROJECT
(Some of these interviews are available online at the
Miller Center's Carter Oral History Page.
Both text and audio are available.)
| WHITE BURKETT MILLER CENTER JIMMY CARTER PROJECT | |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAGES |
| Beckel, Robert (Office of Congressional Liaison) | 78 |
| Bell, Griffin (Attorney General) | 63 |
| Bergland, Robert (Secretary of Agriculture) | 127 |
| Brzezinski, Zbigniew (including Madeleine Albright, Leslie Denend, and William Odom)(National Security Office) | 91 |
| Caddell, Patrick (Pollster)(Closed) | |
| Carp, Bertram (including David Rubenstein)(Domestic Policy Staff) | 86 |
| Carter, Jimmy | 76 |
| Cutler, Lloyd (Counsel to the President) | 38 |
| Eizenstat, Stuart (Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy) | 139 |
| Hertzberg, Hendrick (including Christopher Matthews, Achsah Nesmith, and Gordon Stewart)(Speechwriters) | 165 |
| Jordan, Hamilton (including Landon Butler)(Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff) | 98 |
| Kahn, Alfred (including Ron Lewis and Dennis Rapp)(Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Adviser to the President on Inflation, and Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability) | 147 |
| Kirbo, Charles (Lawyer and Atlanta-based adviser to the President) | 46 |
| Klutznick, Philip (Secretary of Commerce) | 36 |
| Lance, Bert (Director of the Office of Management and Budget) | 80 |
| Marshall, Ray (Secretary of Labor) | 50 |
| McDonald, Al (including Michael Rowny) (Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Staff) | 131 |
| McIntyre, James (including Hubert Harris, Van Ooms) (Director of the Office of Management and Budget) | 127 |
| Moe, Richard (including Michael Berman)(Office of the Vice President) | 132 |
| Moore, Frank (including William Cable, Dan Tate, and Robert Thomson) (Office of Congressional Liaison) | 135 |
| Powell, Jody (including Patricia Bario, Al Friendly, Rex Granum, Ray Jenkins, Dale Leibach, and Claudia Townsend) (Office of the Press Secretary) | 124 |
| Rafshoon, Gerald (Assistant to the President for Communications) | 75 |
| Schlesinger, James (Assistant to the President for Energy and Secretary of Energy) | 117 |
| Schultze, Charles (Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers) | 109 |
| Watson, Jack (including Berry Crawford, Jane Hansen, and Bruce Kirschenbaum) (Cabinet Secretary and Chief of Staff) | 105 |
| Wexler, Anne (including Michael Chanin, Richard Neustadt and John Ryor)(Assistant to the President) | 131 |
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| MISCELLANEOUS INTERVIEWS | |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAGES |
| Carter, Jimmy (November 1984 by Vision Associates for use in exhibits at the Jimmy Carter Library) | 128 |
| Carter, Jimmy (May 4, 1993, by West Georgia College's Georgia Political Heritage Project regarding his governorship) | * |
| Carter, Rosalynn (December, 1974 by Joyce Gallagher of the Georgia Department of Archives and History) | 21 |
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| CARTER LIBRARY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT | |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAGES |
| Carter, Jack (June 25, 2003 by Martin Elzy of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum) | 39 |
| Connor, Caryl (December 19, 1978 by David Alsobrook, Presidential Papers Staff) | 10 |
| Dean, John Gunther (September 6, 2000 by Charles Stuart Kennedy on behalf of ADST) | 419 |
| Elzy, Martin I. (April 20, 2004 by Albert Nason of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum) | 18 |
| Giannini, Valerio (May 14, 1980 by Marie Allen with edits by Val Giannini March 2005) | 22 |
| Jones, Frank (March 10, 2003 by Kay Hamner of the Carter Center) | 16 |
| Jova, Henri (February 26, 2003 by Kay Hamner of the Carter Center) | 12 |
| Lipshutz, Robert (March 6, 2003 by Kay Hamner of the Carter Center) | 14 |
| Mickiewicz, Ellen (March 14, 2003 by Kay Hamner of the Carter Center) | 31 |
| Moore, Frank (July 30 and July 31, 2002 by Martin Elzy of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum) | 63 |
| Watson, William C. (December 18, 2002 by Kay Hamner of the Carter Center) | 16 |
| Spencer, Dayle (June 25, 2003 by Kay Hamner of the Carter Center) | 18 |
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