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| Size | 39.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 24,400 items) |
| Abstract | Hodding Carter III, a white journalist and politician, was born in New Orleans, La., on 7 April 1935 to journalist and publisher Hodding Carter II and Betty Werlein. He grew up in Greenville, Miss., and graduated from Princeton University in 1957. Carter served in the United States Marine Corps after college and then began working at the Delta Democrat-Times as a reporter, then managing editor, and finally associate publisher. Carter was co-chair of the delegation that ousted Mississippi's white Democratic Party delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. He participated in Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter's presidential campaigns and was named Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Department spokesman during the Jimmy Carter administration. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Carter worked in various capacities for public affairs television shows and was a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines. From 1995 to 1997, Carter taught journalism at the University of Maryland. He became president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 1998. In January 2006, Carter became the University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carter married Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights under President Jimmy Carter, in 1978. The collection primarily includes Carter's personal and professional correspondence. There are materials relating to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and materials relating to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as well as datebooks, clippings, and other items. Topics include human rights, civil rights, race relations, politics, the Democratic Party, community activism, and other issues. |
| Creator | Carter, Hodding. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Jessica Sedgwick and Jackie Dean, February 2007
Encoded by: Jackie Dean, February 2007
Updated by: Jillian MacKinnon, Davia Webb, and Laura Smith, September 2023
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Subject Headings
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Biographical Information
Hodding Carter III, a white journalist and politician, was born in New Orleans, La., on 7 April 1935 to journalist and publisher Hodding Carter II and Betty Werlein. He grew up in Greenville, Miss., and graduated from Princeton University in 1957. Carter served in the United States Marine Corps after college and then began working at the Delta Democrat-Times as a reporter, then managing editor, and finally associate publisher. Carter was co-chair of the delegation that ousted Mississippi's white regular Democratic Party delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. He worked in Lyndon Johnson’s presidential campaign in Washington in 1964 and Jimmy Carter’s campaign in Atlanta in 1976. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Department spokesman during the Jimmy Carter administration.
In l980, Carter began working in television. He served as host, anchor, panelist, correspondent, and reporter for public affairs television shows on PBS, ABC, CBS, BBC, and CNN. From 1981 to 1994, he was a regular panelist on This Week with David Brinkley . He also was an op-ed columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers across the country.
From 1995 to 1997, Carter held the post of Knight Professor of Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1998, he was named president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In January 2006, Carter became University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Carter married Patricia M. Derian in 1978. Derian was Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights under President Jimmy Carter. Carter and Derian's family includes seven children and twelve grandchildren.
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Scope and Content
Papers of Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Jimmy Carter administration, journalist, and university professor Hodding Carter primarily contain Carter's personal and professional correspondence. There are materials relating to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and materials relating to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as well as datebooks, clippings, and other items. Topics include human rights, civil rights, race relations, politics, the Democratic Party, community activism, and other issues.
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Series 1. Papers, 1950s-2000s.
Processing Note: Please note that dates listed in the container list below are approximate.
| Box 1 |
Correspondence, 1950sInscription on box: "HC's School Letters" |
| Box 2 |
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party materials, 1967-1974: Correspondence, clippings, campaign materials, printed items |
Box 3-4
Box 3Box 4 |
Correspondence, 1960s-1990sInscription on box: "Old Correspondence" |
| Box 5 |
Correspondence and other materials, 1960s |
Box 6-7
Box 6Box 7 |
Correspondence, 1979 |
Box 8-9
Box 8Box 9 |
Clippings, small amount of correspondence, 1979-1980 |
| Box 10 |
Correspondence, 1980-1991 |
| Box 11 |
Correspondence, 1981-1982 |
| Box 12 |
Correspondence, 1980sInscription on box: "Ear Poem" and "50th birthday" |
Box 13-15
Box 13Box 14Box 15 |
Correspondence, 1980s |
| Box 16 |
Correspondence, 1990s |
| Box 17 |
Correspondence, 1998-2003Inscription on box: "Personal correspondence and congratulatory" |
| Box 18 |
Knight Foundation materials |
| Box 19 |
Datebooks, notes, drafts, and other papers |
Box 20-21
Box 20Box 21 |
Newspaper columns, photocopies |
Box 22-24
Box 22Box 23Box 24 |
Newspapers, brochures |
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Series 1A. Papers, 1908-2008 (Addition of May 2023)
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Correspondence, writing, 1908-1927Includes postcards, letters, articles, clippings, and photocopies of diary entries. Also includes the original and copies of Bett Werlein's writing. |
Writings, articles, 1931-1933Includes correspondence and poetry books featuring Betty Werlein's writings. |
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Correspondence, notes, articles, 1934-1939Includes copies of various articles written by Hodding Carter III. |
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Articles, personal correspondence, newspapers, 1940-1943Contains a report on concentration camps in Poland, 1940. |
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Articles, correspondence, clippings, 1944-1949 |
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Correspondence, articles, poems, cards, 1950-1954Includes "Report on South African Trip". |
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Correspondence, articles, clippings, 1955-1959Includes a Marines Corps yearbook, 1957. |
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| Box 26 |
Correspondence, articles, programs, press, 1960-1964 |
Publications, newspapers, correspondence, notes, 1965Includes a transcript of a speech concerning racial tension in Mississippi, 1965. |
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Correspondence, newspaper, notes, clippings, 1966.Includes various newspaper clippings concerning race in the South, 1966. |
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Articles, clippings, speech transcripts, 1967Includes a publication on the topic of race, a transcript of a speech on the topic of religion, and political materials. |
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Correspondence, clippings, notes, articles, 1968Includes a transcript of an interview with Hodding Carter III and materials about race, religion, and politics. |
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Correspondence, notes, publications, 1969 |
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Correspondence, clippings, notes, 1970Contains family correspondence and notes and clippings concerning race and the South. |
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Correspondence, newspapers, speech transcripts, 1971 |
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Correspondence, clippings, speech transcripts, 1972Includes transcripts, notes, and articles concerning race, religion, politics, and memorials for Hodding Carter II. Also includes a transcript of the nomination speech for Howard Lee, the first black mayor of Chapel Hill, given by Hodding Carter III. |
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Condolence correspondence, 1972Includes correspondence offering condolences to the Carter family about the death of Hodding Carter II. |
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Campaign, 1972Includes correspondence, newspapers, notes, and ephemera for the 1972 presidential campaign. |
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| Box 27 |
Correspondence, newspapers, speech transcript, 1973Includes correspondence, notes, and photographs from various years. |
Newspapers, correspondence, photographs, speech transcripts, 1974Includes newspapers, correspondence, and speech transcripts concerning education, family, and politics. Also includes photographs, postcards, reports, and maps about Norumbega. |
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Correspondence, photographs, clippings, 1975Includes court reports on the Fifth Circuit Opinion as well as memos, maps, and projector sheets on Mississippi voting patterns. |
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Memos, clippings, correspondences, articles, speech transcripts, 1976 |
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Correspondence, memos, newspapers, photographs, 1977Includes media passes and negative correspondence. |
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Memos, correspondence, speech transcripts, notes, 1978Includes a script for the opera, "Catfoot", an interview transcript with Joe Biden as senator, and a letter from the Japanese Importers Association about the rubber chicken Hodding Carter III threw at newsmen. chicken incident? |
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Correspondence, publications, events, 1979Includes programs and invitations for foreign policy events, negatives correpsondence, and State Department ephemera. |
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Clippings, correspondence, notes, 1980Includes clippings and correspondence for Hodding Carter II's biography, a curriculum vitae for Betty W. Carter, and Hodding Carter III's final press briefing for the State Department. |
Speech transcripts, clippings, correspondence, clippings, 1981Includes a family tree, Playboy magazine featuring Hodding Carter III, and issues of Foward Day by Day, a religious publication featuring Hodding Carter III. |
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Clippings, correspondence, notes, articles , 1982 |
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Commencement programs, clippings, notes, miscellaneous correspondence, 1983 |
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Postcards, correspondence, newspapers, clippings, 1984 |
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Clippings, articles, speech transcripts, 1985 |
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Articles, correspondence, publications, miscellaneous, 1986Includes sheet music, travel guides, a seminar program, and brochures on foreign affairs. |
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Correspondence, speech transcripts, events, newspapers, 1987Includes a funeral program for Bill Sharpless and a church service license. |
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Correspondence, publications, events, clippings, 1988Includes correspondence, clippings, and a book review of The Reagan Years. |
Correspondence, memos, articles, miscellaneous, 1989Includes correspondence from Betty W. Carter, sheet music, and materials related to the Book Project. |
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Correspondence, articles, clippings, miscellaneous, 1990Includes reports on the Book Project and a letter from John Lewis. |
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Correspondence, notes, speech transcripts, events, 1991 |
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Correspondence, clippings, speech transcripts, 1992Includes drafts for a book, US Census Bureau voting reports, DNC press pass, and an article from Princeton Alumni Weekly. |
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| Box 30 |
Correspondence, events, speech transcripts, notes, 1993Includes correspondence concerning the Book Project and a book review of Hodding Carter: Reconstruction of a Racist. |
Correspondence, speeches, articles, events, 1994 |
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Correspondence, articles, photographs, notes, 1995Includes a strategic plan for the Knight Foundation. |
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Transcripts, clippings, correspondence, miscellaneous, 1996Includes event programs, invitations, and a State of the Union program sign by Bill Clinton. |
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Correspondence, speech transcripts, newspapers, 1997Includes University magazine, invitations to presidential events, and programs for the Marshall Plan 50th anniversary event. |
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Correspondence, speech transcripts, articles, notes, 1998 |
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Clippings, notes, correspondence, speech transcripts, 1999Includes the President's report for the Knight Foundation. |
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| Box 31 |
Correspondence, speech transcripts, articles, notes, 2000 |
Clippings, speech transcripts, correspondence, reports, 2001Includes materials related to Betty W. Carter's death. |
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Clippings, speeches, events, articles, 2002 |
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Clippings, correspondence, speech transcripts, publications, 2003 |
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Correspondence, reports, speech transcripts, 2004Includes the Foundation of the Mid-South State House resolution. |
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Correspondence, clippings, transcripts, miscellaneous, 2005Includes a 2005 calendar and Florida Senate resolution recognizing Hodding Carter III's work for the Knight Foundation |
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| Box 32 |
Correspondence, events, clippings, speech transcripts, 2006 |
Correspondence, articles, speech transcripts, 2006 |
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Correspondence, speech transcripts, essays, 2006 |
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Correspondence, speech transcripts, miscellaneous, 2007Includes a resume, housing application, and a funeral program. |
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Correspondence, articles, speech transcripts, events, 2007Includes events and correspondence concerning University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. |
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Correspondence, publications, speech transcripts, events, 2008 |