Selected Documents from the Jimmy Carter Library Collection
Eighty-three (83) multi-page textual documents from the Jimmy Carter Library have been digitized in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). The digitized documents include:
- the Iranian hostage crisis "Rescue Mission Report" from the Lloyd Norton Cutler Files;
- human rights documents from the Robert J. Lipshutz Files;
- documents concerning the innocence of Dr. Samuel Mudd (the physician who set John Wilkes Booth's broken leg after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln) from the Robert J. Lipshutz Files;
- and documents relating to Alaska Lands from the Margaret McKenna Files.
Also included are selections from the files of the Chief of Staff and the Domestic Policy Staff; and documents relating to Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.
ARC Searching Instructions: - http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html
Click on: ARC Search
At the ARC Basic Search Form:
1) Enter your search terms (keywords)
2) At the "Location of Archival Materials" box, select: Jimmy Carter Library
3) Click on the "Go" button
4) Click the "See Hierarchy" button
You will retrieve records describing FILE FOLDERS of manuscript material in the open collections of the Jimmy Carter Library. Sometimes, an approximate page count will be listed. The Library requires the collection title, box number, and folder title to access the file folder in which you are interested.
The Jimmy Carter Library will copy the entire contents of file folders for mail-order researchers. Costs are 75 cents per page with a minimum order of $15.00. Contact the Library with your specific requests for an exact price quotation.
You may also search the 800 photographs and 800 pages of manuscript material from our collections that are imaged in ARC. Check the "Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies" box on the ARC Basic Search form and follow the above instructions.
For a list of fees, please see the Library Fees for Copy Services. Contact the Library with your specific requests for an exact price quotation.
Contact Information:
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307-1498
Telephone: 404-865-7100
Fax: 404-865-7102
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