The Archives and Special Collections of Lincoln Memorial University are located in the Carnegie-Vincent Library, on the 2nd Floor. Please contact the archivist, Rachel Motes, at 423-869.6537 or email Rachel.Motes@LMUnet.edu.
The Mission of the University Archives and Special Collection is to identify, preserve, and make available the records of Lincoln Memorial University as well as the bibliographic, photographic and manuscript collections of enduring cultural and historic value which document the legacy of Lincoln Memorial University. The University Archives serves to preserve, conserve, catalog, digitize, provide collection development, grant access to, provide support for academic departments, and the promotion of the resources contained within its holdings. The unit promotes public awareness of and appreciation of LMU's historical legacy relating to the University and regional Appalachian history.
A list of all of the collections held in the University Archives. Collections with a finding aid or catalog record are hyperlinked.
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Graduating from LMU in 1941, Ross Carter joined the paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Infantry. Serving with this unit across Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Western Europe, Ross Carter was an eyewitness to the dark days of World War II. A skillful writer, Ross Carter composed his memoirs of his overseas service in the autumn of 1945, but died of cancer shortly thereafter. His brother, Boyd G. Carter, posthumously published Ross Carter's memoirs entitled Those Devils in Baggy Pants in 1951. The book was an instant best-seller and remains one the finest first-hand accounts of front-line service during the Second World War.
