5 linear inches, 1 container
The material in this collection consists of press wire copies, notes, transcripts of interviews, taped interviews, speeches, and news reports. The material relates to David Guth's accumulation of press articles and interviews during the 1976 presidential campaign. The collection also includes transcripts and audio cassettes of his personal interviews of both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
David W. Guth was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a BA in Radio/Television/Speech from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1973. Following his graduation from college, he worked for two years as an announcer at radio stations in Kentucky and Indiana. He served as News Director for two radio stations in Georgia during the period of Jimmy Carter’s 1976 primary and presidential campaign. His position at these two stations, WDEC Americus and WXLX Milledgeville, allowed him to closely follow the rise and eventual victory of President Carter.
The records of the David W. Guth Papers contain one series:
Scope and Content: Container 1. This series was opened in September 1997. This series contains press wire copies, notes, transcripts of interviews, taped interviews, speeches, and news reports. The material relates to his accumulation of media information concerning Jimmy Carter’s bid for president. The series also includes his personal interviews of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, press articles, and audio tapes of interviews. Arranged alphabetically by folder title and there under chronologically.
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’s 1976 Georgia primary
Presidential campaigns
The first series of the collection was opened in September 1997.
1975-1977
David Guth’s Subject Files
Container 1
- [Americus/Sumter County, Georgia - Chamber of Commerce Publication, 1976]
- Americus Times-Recorder Article, 11/10/75
- [Audio Tape] - Georgia Presidential Primary Coverage, 5/76
- [Audio Tape] - Interview with Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia, 12/26/75
- [Audio Tape] - Interview with Rosalynn Carter, Plains, Georgia, 9/26/75
- [Audio Tape] - Interview - Speech - “A Visit with Jimmy Carter”, 11/8/75
- Press Summaries, 9/26/75 - 1/19/77