Milton Short Papers | Jimmy Carter Library

1 linear foot, 4 linear inches; 3 containers

The material in this collection consists of memoranda, letters, correspondence, press releases, financial information, notes, inaugural information, invitations, speeches, news clippings, and volunteer contact lists. The materials demonstrate the amount of personnel and time needed to conduct a presidential campaign. The materials relate to both state and local campaign issues as well as the administrative necessities of campaign management.

H. Milton Short Jr. was born January 5, 1919 in College Park, Georgia. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and after the war, he began a law practice and furniture retail business in Charlotte, North Carolina and Florence, South Carolina. While on the Charlotte City Council (1965-79), Short served as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Consolidation Study Committee (1968-70). Short was the co-chairperson of the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 1976 Carter/Mondale presidential campaign. Milton Short, Jr., died at the age of 92 on July 14, 2011.

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Arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically thereunder.

Series I: Milton Short’s Carter for President Committee in Charlotte, North Carolina Files - NAID 590140

This series contains financial information, speech notes, issue papers, correspondence, lists, and memorandums.

Series II: Milton Short's Campaign Files - NAID 590150

This series contains correspondence, financial information, invitations, news clippings, speeches, lists, and schedules.

Series III: Milton Short's Subject Files - NAID 590152

This series contains correspondence, an appointment calendar, and his donor’s deed of gift.

These papers contain documents restricted in accordance with applicable executive order(s), which governs National Security policies, applicable statutes/agency restrictions, and material which has been closed in accordance with the donor’s deed of gift.

Copyright interest in these papers has been donated to the United States Government. Some of the records may be subject to copyright restrictions (i.e. newspapers, publications, etc.). Researchers should contact the publisher for further information.

The records are held at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, 441 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30307.

Voter registration

Presidential campaigns

Presidential campaign, 1976

Short, Milton (1919-2011)

Kemp, Joan

Democratic National Convention

Charlotte (Nc.)

Atlanta (Ga.)

1976-1988