Gary Fink Papers | Jimmy Carter Library

3 linear feet, 6 linear inches; 8 containers

The material in this collection consists of information files generated for the conference held at the Carter Center “Carter Presidency: Policy Choices in the Post New Deal Era” held on February 20-22, 1997. The series includes biographical essays, resumes, correspondence, and conference evaluations forms. Also included are the essays that the participants presented. Topics presented at the conference included welfare policy, civil rights, foreign policy, equal rights, environmental policy, economic policy, airline deregulation, affirmative action, energy policy, education policy, industry and trade.

Gary M. Fink

Gary M. Fink was born in 1936 to John and Martha Fink. He grew up on a farm in Forsyth, Montana. After being stationed in Whittier, Alaska during the Korean War, Gary earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Montana, where he met his wife, Mary. He later earned a PhD from the University of Missouri. Gary was a longtime Atlanta resident and Braves fan. He taught at Georgia State for over 25 years, where he chaired the Department of History for seven years (1984-1991). He researched local labor movements, Georgia history, and the political career of Jimmy Carter; and authored many books. He also taught graduate seminars at the Carter Library, was a recipient of a Governor's Award in the Humanities, and served as president of the Georgia Association of Historians. Gary, Georgia State University professor emeritus, noted author and labor historian passed away in 2008.

Audiovisual

Textual

Arranged alphabetically by surname.

Name Files - NAID 587989

The series consists of information files generated for the conference held at the Carter Center "Carter Presidency: Policy Choices in the Post New Deal Era" held on February 20-22, 1997. The series includes biographical essays, resumes, correspondence, and conference evaluations forms. Also included are the essays that the participants presented. Topics presented at the conference include welfare policy, civil rights, foreign policy, equal rights, environmental policy, economic policy, airline deregulation, affirmative action, energy policy, education policy, industry and trade.

Note: Nine audio cassette tapes and 116 photographs have been transferred to the Audiovisual Department.

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.

These donated historical materials were received under provisions of the instrument of gift that Gary M. Fink signed December 2, 1999.

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Fink, Gary M. (1936-2008)

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