2 linear feet, 2 linear inches; 5 containers
The material in this series consist of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, travel schedules, field reports, lists of supporters, and handwritten notes. Topics includes campaign finance, education, women, foreign policy and healthcare. The material relates to her role as Deputy Secretary during Jimmy Carter’s campaign for governor of Georgia and the 1976 campaign for president.
Betty Rainwater served as Deputy Press Secretary to President Carter during the 1976 and 1980 campaigns. As Deputy Press Secretary, she was responsible for all contacts with the working press to ensure that all campaign trips and activities were properly covered by the electronic and print media. She was also responsible for the printing and distribution of Jimmy Carter’s public statements. She also worked in the Chief of Staff‘s Office in the White House.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series I: Betty Rainwater's 1976 Campaign Press Files - NAID 102251116
The series consist of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, travel schedules, field reports, lists of supporters, and handwritten notes. Topics includes campaign finance, education, women, foreign policy and healthcare. The material relates to her role as Deputy Secretary during Jimmy Carter’s 1976 campaign for President.
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.
1975-1976
Betty Rainwater's 1976 Campaign Press Files
Container 1
- Administrative Materials
- Advertising
- A State in Action
- Authorization to Release Service Records to the Press
- Black Affairs
- Brill, Steven
- Campaign Finance
- Campaign Issues
- Campaign Media Planning and Execution
- Campaign News Releases and Schedules, 1/1975-2/1975
Container 2
- Campaign News Releases and Schedules, 9/1975-12/1975
- Campaign Travel Schedule
- Correspondences and Invitations
- Daily Political Summaries and Field Reports
- Delegates and Polling Information
- Democratic National Committee
- Democratic National Committee - Delegates and Alternates
- Economy
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Ethics
- Evans and Novak
- Executive Department records during Jimmy Carter's Gubernatorial Term
Container 3
- Foreign Policy Affairs
- Healthcare
- Intern Appointments for the Campaign
- Interviews - Jimmy Carter
- Jewish Affairs
- Judicial Reform
- Media Contact List
- Memoranda to the Press Staff
- Miscellaneous
- Natural Resource Management
Container 4
- News Releases, 1975
- News Releases - Qualifying States
- Post-War America
- Press and Media Issues
- Press Clippings, 5/1975
- Press Releases
- Questions and Answers/Questionnaires
- Rebuttal to Harper's News Article
Container 5