Jimmy Carter Oral Histories

The first of the Miller Center's presidential oral history projects began in 1981 with the Center's ground-breaking work on the Jimmy Carter White House. The importance of this resource was accentuated by the fact that Carter was the first president elected in the post-Watergate era—meaning that there would be no Oval Office recordings for historians to mine in examining this administration. From 1981 to 1985, more than fifty members of the Carter administration—including President Carter himself—recorded oral history interviews, creating an important archive of primary source materials for students of Carter and his time. more →

Interviews

Respondent	Position
Griffin Bell	Attorney General
Robert Bergland	Secretary of Agriculture
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Bertram Carp	Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Policy
Jimmy Carter	President of the United States
Lloyd Cutler	White House Counsel
Stuart Eizenstat	Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy
Hamilton Jordan	Advisor; White House Chief of Staff
Alfred E. Kahn	Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability; Advisor to the President on Inflation
Charles Kirbo	Advisor; Close Friend to President Carter
Philip Klutznick	Secretary of Commerce
Bert Lance	Campaign Advisor; Office of Management and Budget Director
Ray Marshall	Secretary of Labor
Alonzo McDonald	Special Trade Representative; Director of the White House Staff
James McIntyre	Office of Management and Budget Director
Richard Moe and Michael Berman	Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Counsel; Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Frank Moore	Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison
Jody Powell	White House Press Secretary
Gerald M. Rafshoon	White House Communications Director
James Schlesinger	Secretary of Energy
Charles Schultze	Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Jack H. Watson, Jr.	Transition Director
Anne Wexler	Assistant to the President for Public Liaison