ORAL HISTORIES


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.


Carter/Smith Family Oral History Project

Between 1977 and 1981, the National Archives' Office of Presidential Libraries maintained a liaison office in the Old Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House. From 1978 through 1980 staff members interviewed family members of the President and First Lady to compile biographical information on the early lives of the President and First Lady and also to learn about their families and family influences.

(*) indicates the interview transcript is available for research.

* Braunstein, Mary Elizabeth
sister of President's mother, 26 pages

* Carter, Betty Jennings
widow of William Alton Carter, brother of President's father-interviewed with Jeannette Carter Lowery, 62 pages

* Carter, Donnel
President's cousin, 41 pages

* Carter, Hugh A., Sr.
President's cousin, 34 pages

* Carter, Lillian
President's mother, 36 pages

* Clark, Rachel
Carter family housekeeper, 27 pages

* Dolvin, Emily Gordy
sister of President's mother-two interviews, 64 pages and 9 pages

* Gordy, Fannie
widow of Tom Watson Gordy, brother of President's mother, 32 pages

* Lowery, Jeannette Carter
sister of President's father-interviewed with Betty Jennings Carter

* Pratt, Helen
half-sister of President's paternal grandmother, 18 pages

* Slappey, Willard O.
President's cousin, 39 pages

* Smith, Allie
First Lady's mother-two interviews, 55 pages and 30 pages

* Smith, Elder Fulford
brother of First Lady's father, 36 pages

* Smith, Jerrold
First Lady's brother, 61 pages

* Smith, Murray Lee
First Lady's brother, 26 pages

* Smith, Oliver C.
brother of First Lady's father, 24 pages

* Wall, Allethea Smith
First Lady's sister, 22 pages

National Park Service Plains, Georgia, Project

National Park Service staff members conducted interviews between 1985 and 1990 focusing on information to assist the National Park Service interpretation of the Plains site.

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. (*) indicates the interview transcript is available for research

* Aerial, Dan
pastor of the Maranatha Baptist Church, 18 pages

* Barrett, Leila
journalist at the Americus, Georgia, Times-Recorder, 19 pages

* Blanton, Lauren
classmate of Rosalynn Carter, 43 pages

* Carter, Hugh A., Sr.
President's cousin, 43 and 52 pages

* Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn
President and First Lady of the United States, 354 and 109 pages

* English, Ida
campaigned for Jimmy Carter, 41 pages

* Forrest, Eleanor
President's first grade teacher, 35 pages

* Godwin, Pete
former mayor of Plains, 37 pages

* Hayes, Rudy
journalist at the Americus, Georgia, Times-Recorder, 25 pages

* Jackson, Ruth
Sumter County, Georgia, native, 36 pages

* Lundy, John
former Plains High School employee, 12 pages

* Murray, Gladys
First Lady's cousin, 34 pages

* Pope, John and Betty
Carter friends and Peanut Brigaders, 65 pages

* Reese, Maxine
Carter campaigner, 53 pages

* Sheffield, Lang
Peanut Brigader, 48 pages

* Smith, Allie
First Lady's mother, 35 pages

* Spann, Gloria Carter
President's sister, 94 and 34 pages

* Walters, Beth
Plains native and historian, 34 pages

* Williams, Jan
Amy Carter's fourth grade teacher, 57 pages

* Wise, David
Plains native and former city councilman, 50 pages

* Wise, P.J.
Plains native and Peanut Brigader, 41 and 36 pages

Exit Interview Project

Between 1977 and 1981, the National Archives' Office of Presidential Libraries maintained a liaison office in the Old Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House. Between June 1978 and January 1981, liaison office staff conducted about 160 interviews with departing White House staff members. (*) indicates the interview transcript is available for research. indicates available only on audio cassette, no transcript

Aaron, David
Deputy, National Security Council

* Abramowitz, Beth
Domestic Policy Staff, 20 pages

Adams, Roberta
Congressional Liaison

* Aiello, Stephen
Special Assistant to the President (Ethnic Affairs)

* Anderson, Ann
Deputy Press Secretary, First Lady's Office, 9 pages

*Angarola, Bob
Assistant Director for International Affairs and Legal Counsel for Drug Abuse Policy

Aragon, Joe
Special Assistant to the President

Babbit, Anita
Secretary, Hamilton Jordan's Office

* 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

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 pages

Boswell, Priscilla
Anne Wexler's Office

Brenner, Doris
Congressional Liaison

* Brzezinski, Zbigniev
National Security Adviser, 20 pages

Bugg, Rubye
Mail Analysis

* Burnett, Scott
Sarah Weddington's Office

Burns, Mary
Head of White House Telephone Service

* Bush, Rhonda
Administrative Assistant to the First Lady

* Cable, Bill
Congressional Liaison, 30 pages

* Cade, Kathy
Director of Projects for the First Lady

Camilli, Ralph
Congressional Liaison (Salt II Project)

* Carp, Bert
Deputy Assistant to the President (Domestic Policy Staff)

Condon, Karen
Congressional Liaison Correspondence Unit

Connor, Caryl
Presidential Speechwriter

Cook, Anne Crites
White House Comment Office

Cruikshank, Nelson
Presidential Counselor on Aging

* Cutler, Lloyd
Counsel to the President, 26 pages

* 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
Correspondence Unit, Congressional Liaison

* Donovan, Hedley
Senior Adviser to the President, 18 pages

Doolittle, Jerry
Presidential Speechwriter

Dow, Elizabeth
Intern, Hugh Carter's Office

* Edwards, Anne
Special Assistant, Press Advance, 32 pages

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 pages

Erwin, Nancy
Esther Peterson's Office

* Fallows, Jim
Chief Speechwriter, 30 pages

* Fenderson, Jane
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady

Fitzgibbons, Dennis
Intern, Presidential Speechwriters

Flick, Jeanne
White House Special Projects

Forbes, Mari
Congressional Liaison

* Forehand, Mary Anne
Special Reply Unit, Presidential Correspondence, 1 page

*Francis, Les
Deputy Assistant, Congressional Liaison

* Frank, Jane
Deputy Assistant to the Cabinet, 11 pages

* Free, Jim
Congressional Liaison, 23 pages

Fulton, Hazel
Presidential Reorganization Project

Gammill, Jim
Presidential Personnel

Giannini, Valerio
Deputy Special Assistant for Administration

Gilson, Larry
Jack Watson's Office

* Gold, Nancy
Mail Analysis, Correspondence Unit, 1 page

Goldsboro, Thalia
Secretary, Anne Wexler's Office

Gotshal, Elizabeth
Visitor's Office

* Granum, Rex
Deputy Press Secretary

Haas, Ann
First Lady's Correspondence

* Hall, Montte
Correspondence Unit, 1 page

Harden, Richard
Special Assistant for Information Management

* Hartzell, Mary Lynn
Reply Processing, Presidential Correspondence Office, 1 page

* Harwell, Rebecca
Central Reference

Hemphill, Gwen
Secretary to Tim Kraft

Hendrix, Becky
Rafshoon's Office

* Hertzberg, Rick
Chief Speechwriter

Hios, Joanne
White House Central Files

Holcombe, Hugh (Skip), Jr.
Administration and Facilities Manager

Hoyt, Mary
Press Secretary to the First Lady

Hurley, Joanne
Domestic Affairs and Policy Staff

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

Kraft, Nancy
Special Reply, Mail Analysis Unit

Kraft, Tim
Political Liaison

* Kramer, Orin
Assistant Director, Domestic Policy Staff, Housing and Finance

Kujovich, Gilbert
Counsel, Intelligence Oversight Board

* Lambrix, Tom
Assistant Director, Domestic Policy Staff, Energy and Natural Resources, 25 pages

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 pages

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 pages

Matthews, Chris
Presidential Reorganization Project

McHugh, Vicki
Assistant Social Secretary (Poston)

* Miller, Arnie
Head of Presidential Personnel

* Moffett, George
Jordan-Watson's Office, 29 pages

Molina, Gloria
Presidential Personnel

* Moore, Frank
Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison

Neuchterlein, Jeff
Intern, Congressional Liaison (Beckel)

* Neustadt, Rick
Assistant Director for Governmental Reform, Domestic Policy Staff

O'Neil, Kathy
Staff Assistant, Presidential Personnel

Onek, Joe
Domestic Policy Staff

Paterson, Ann
Administrative Assistant for House Liaison (Cable)

Peek, Linda
Special Assistant, Office of Media Liaison

* Peterson, Esther
Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs, 27 pages

Pettigrew, Richard
Assistant to the President for Reorganization

* Pleasant, Janet
Writer, Special Reply, 1 page

* Poston, Gretchen
Social Secretary

* Powell, Jody
Press Secretary, 15 pages

* Press, Frank
Science Adviser to the President, 21 pages

* Purks, Jim
Assistant Press Secretary (Media Liaison)

* Queen, Avis
Special Reply, Presidential Correspondence Office, 2 pages

* Rafshoon, Gerald
Assistant to the President for Communications, 21 pages

Rambo, Carol 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

Rosen, Marc
Public Liaison

* Rubenstein, David
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Staff

* Russell, Bob
Congressional Liaison

Sandage, Lyn
Speechwriter's Staff

* Schmitt, Robert
Intern, Scheduling Office, 1 page

Schneiders, Gregory
Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications

* Schoon, Kelly
Correspondence Referral Unit, 1 page

Schuman, Mary
Domestic Policy Staff

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 (Costanza), 3 pages

* Spring, Bill
Domestic Policy Staff

Starr, Joyce
Joe Aragon's Office

* Stern, Al
Assistant Director for Arts and Humanities, Domestic Policy Staff

Stevenson, Martha
Special Reply Unit

* Stewart, Gordon
Speechwriter

Strauss, Jeanne
Editorial Assistant, White House News Summary Office

Sullivan, John (Jake)
First Lady's Liaison Office

Summer, Gael
First Lady's Office

* Sweaney, Deborah
Data Processing, White House Central Files, 2 pages

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

* 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 pages

* Wexler, Anne
Assistant to the President

Wides, Burton
Counsel, Intelligence Oversight Board

Williams, Richard
Assistant Director for Management and Enforcement (Drug Abuse Policy)

* Wimberly, Dorothy
Sarah Weddington's Staff, 1 page

* Wishman, Seymour
Deputy Assistant for Public Liaison (Costanza), 13 pages

Woodward, Ellis
Director of White House Advance Office


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