NATIONAL ARCHIVES SELECTS FORMER ATLANTAN

TO HEAD CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

President and Mrs. Carter with Dr.
Meredith Evans, the new Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential
Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo courtesy The Carter
Center

Washington, DC. . . Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero
today announced the appointment of Dr. Meredith Evans as the new
Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta,
Georgia, effective November 29.

In making the announcement, the Archivist said, “Dr. Evans’s
extensive experience in archives and special collections, especially in
the areas of access and digitization, will be of tremendous value to the
National Archives.”

Dr. Evans comes to the Carter Presidential Library from Washington
University in St. Louis, where she oversaw the Department of Special
Collections. Dr. Evans also has held senior leadership positions at
George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte. In these roles, she has helped obtain important photograph
and document collections for the institutions, and has promoted
digitization projects to make materials more easily available to
researchers. As curator of printed materials at Atlanta University
Center’s library, Dr. Evans participated on an Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation–funded project to process and digitize the papers and books
of Martin Luther King, Jr. She also has led fundraising campaigns that
have strengthened and expanded library collections and staffing.  

Dr. Evans taught library science courses at several universities,
including Clark Atlanta University, and recently published Modern
Special Collections: Embracing the Future While Taking Care of the
Past, in which she discusses the strategic thinking needed to ensure
the history and cultural memory reflected in collections.

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum is one of 13 libraries
in the Presidential Library system administered by the National Archives
and Records Administration. The Presidential Libraries and Museums house
the records of Presidents Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush and
preserve and provide access to historical materials, support research,
and create interactive programs and exhibits that educate and inspire.

For press information contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff
at 202-357-5300, or Tony Clark (Carter Presidential Library) at
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