The National Archives would like to welcome you to one of its latest social media ventures. Presidential Libraries are now on Pinterest! “Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows members to ‘pin’ images, videos, and other objects to their pinboards…” -Social Media and Digital Engagement at the National Archives According to an announcement that went [...]

Happy Friday! A new original series from C-SPAN, First Ladies: Influence & Image, debuted on February 18, 2013, President’s Day. The series will run from February 2013 to February 2014 in two seasons. (See C-SPAN’s website for the TV Schedule.) “C-SPAN is producing a two-year feature series on the First Ladies, examining their private lives [...]

The NDC blog is a fellow National Archives blog focusing on the National Declassification Center. According to the NDC Blog, the mission of the NDC is “…to align people, processes, and technologies to advance the declassification and public release of historically valuable permanent records while maintaining national security.” Well, it appears that, in the process [...]

In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 21, 2013, the Research Room of the Jimmy Carter Library will be closed.  The Museum will be open for normal business hours. If you are in the Atlanta area, we invite you to pay us a visit and to check out the nearby Martin [...]

For those of you in or near the Atlanta area, we invite you to join us on Monday, January 21 as we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a free showing of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama in our Museum theaters. (Specific schedule details will be announced soon! Check back on our Events [...]

The staff of the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum would like to wish HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL as 2012 comes to a close… For anyone planning to visit the Library & Museum in person, please be advised that the Library/Research Room will close at 2:00 pm EST on December 24th and December 31st. It also [...]

The staff at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum would like to wish all a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Safe travels to all. In lieu of a regular blog post this week, I thought you all might enjoy the following image from the Jimmy Carter Library’s Carter White House Photographs Collection. (Click on the image [...]

This week Library and Museum staff were invited to join The Carter Center for lunch as part of its annual Thanksgiving potluck. Ceri McCarron, an Archives Specialist at the Jimmy Carter Library, decided to make a “Plains Cheese Ring” for the event. The cheese ring is purported to be one of Mrs. Carter’s favorite recipes. [...]

One of the things that is really nice for staff and visitors alike at the Carter Presidential Museum is the frequency with which President and Mrs. Carter stop by the museum. It’s not unusual for visitors to see the Carters walking through the museum or getting a bite to eat in the Copenhill Café during [...]