Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
M.E. Thompson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-27
Scope and Contents
Melvin Thompson, the first person elected to the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia, served as the state's governor in 1947-48. He is best remembered for his fight with Herman Talmadge over the governorship after the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in 1946.
The papers of M.E. Thompson consist primarily of correspondence relating to the Three Governors Controversy and Thompson’s subsequent campaign years. The major correspondents include Jimmy Carter, Phil Landrum, Herman...
Dates:
1947-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1947, 1954, 1956
United States Presidents
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-47
Scope and Contents
This collection contains newspaper clippings and photographs of: First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, President Jimmy Carter. It has has a story about Valdosta State students meeting President Dwight D. Eisenhower, A Homecoming invitation to President John F. Kennedy (and a polite response declining), A letter signed by Harry S. Truman then Senator of Missouri, and a Memorial Newspaper on JFK.
Dates:
Acquired: Unknown; 1950 - 1980