2 linear feet, 2 linear inches, 5 containers

The material in this series consists of memoranda, correspondence, schedules, handwritten notes and drafts, speeches, newspaper clippings, magazines, handbooks, and campaign paraphernalia. The material relates to Rick Hutto’s position as Rosalynn Carter’s personal secretary and other members of the Carter family. Also included is material related to the 1976 Carter/Mondale Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter.

Richard Jay Hutto was born October 7, 1952, in Fitzgerald, Georgia. A former attorney, served as White House Appointments Secretary to the Carter Family and was Chairman of the Georgia Council for the Arts. A frequent international lecturer, Hutto is an elected member of the City Council of Macon, Georgia, as well as a Knight of Malta and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. As one of the foremost historians of the Gilded Age, has compiled and edited a large number of books about the era. Hutto is currently featured as an on-air authority (and receives credit as a historical consultant) in an internationallyaired National Geographic Channel documentary produced by Edgewest Productions.

 

Hutto’s first book, released by Lyons Press/Globe Pequot in October of 2010, was A Peculiar Tribe of People: Murder and Madness in the Heart of Georgia. He then wrote The Kaiser's Confidante: The First American-Born Princess and A Poisoned Life: The First American Woman Sentenced to Death in England.

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The records of the Rick Hutto Papers contains one series:

First Family Appointment Files

Scope and Content: Containers 1-5. This series was opened in October, 2019. The series consists of memoranda, correspondence, schedules, handwritten notes and drafts, speeches, newspaper clippings, magazines, handbooks, and campaign paraphernalia. The material relates to Rick Hutto’s position as Rosalynn Carter’s personal secretary and other members of the Carter family. Also included is material related to the 1976 Carter/Mondale Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter. Arranged alphabetically by subject

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 Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

441 Freedom Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30307

Jimmy Carter

Rosalynn Carter

Chip Carter

Peanut Brigade

Carter/Mondale Campaign

The collection was opened in October, 2019

1976-1978

Related materials in this repository: Records of the 1976 Carter/Mondale Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter

First Family Appointment Files

Container 1

  • Appointment Book, 1977
  • [Awards]
  • Carter - Mondale Advance Manual
  • [Carter - Mondale Campaign, 1976] [1]
  • [Carter - Mondale Campaign, 1976] [2]
  • [Carter - Mondale Campaign, 1976] [3]
  • [Carter - Mondale Campaign, 1976] [4]
  • [Chip and Caron Carter]

 

Container 2

  • [Chip Carter Schedules]
  • [Correspondence - Requests for Schedule, 1976]
  • [Correspondence] [1]
  • [Correspondence] [2]
  • Field Operations Handbook, Copy Four, Rick Hutto
  • [Hugh Carter]
  • [Jack Carter]
  • [Jeff Carter]

 

Container 3

  • [Jimmy Carter] [1]
  • [Jimmy Carter] [2]
  • [Jimmy Carter Schedules] [1]
  • [Jimmy Carter Schedules] [2]
  • [Judy Carter]
  • [Miscellaneous] [1]
  • [Miscellaneous] [2]
  • [Miscellaneous Oversize]

 

Container 4

  • Peanut Brigade
  • [Rosalynn Carter]
  • [Rosalynn Carter Schedules and Debriefings] [1]
  • [Rosalynn Carter Schedules and Debriefings] [2]
  • [Rosalynn Carter Schedules and Debriefings] [3]
  • [Rosalynn Carter Schedules and Debriefings] [4]
  • Rosalynn Carter, Visit to Denver, 9/15-16/76

 

Container 5

  • Rosalynn Carter, Visit to Philadelphia and Wilmington, 9/23-24/76
  • The White House Conference on Small Business