National History Day Research Resources
Reference Services Department
Topic:
The Iran Hostage Crisis: Defining the
Leadership of a Presidency
Print Resources
Available through Denver Public Library
Crisis : the last year of the Carter presidency, Jordan, Hamilton. (1982)
973.926 Jordan (Reference copy only, see Prospector for more copies)
http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&cn=126
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Guests of the Ayatollah : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam,
Bowden, Mark, (2006)
955.0542 BOWDEN
http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&cn=620
665
Working in the world : Jimmy Carter and the making of American foreign
policy, Strong, Robert A. (2000)
973.926 C245zstron
http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&cn=406
978
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Crisis : the last year of the Carter presidency, Jordan, Hamilton. (1982)
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Jimmy Carter, American moralist, Morris, Kenneth E. (1996)
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Keywords for Catalog and Database Searching
Carter AND hostage AND iran
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For Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982:
Carter AND Iranian Seizure
Primary Sources
“The Hostage Crisis in Iran”, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/documents/hostages.phtml
“The Presidential Timeline: Jimmy Carter”, The U.S. National Archives and
Records Administration”
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/#/timeline/39
“Two White Houses: The Iran Hostage Crisis”, Jimmy Carter Presidential
Library and Museum
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/education/pt/Unit11.pdf
Government Documents
U.S. Actions Against Iran, President Carter (April 7, 1980)
S 1.71/4:157
Hostage rescue attempt in Iran, President Carter (Apr 25, 1980)
S 1.71/4:170
“Issues and Answers” Interview, Secretary Muskie (Nov. 2, 1980)
S 1.71/4:244
Internet Resources
“Jimmy Carter and the Iranian Hostage Crisis”, The White House Historical
Association
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_classroom/classroom_9-12transitions-carter.html
“American Experience : Jimmy Carter”, PBS
General Article: The Iran Hostage Crisis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/generalarticle/carter-hostage-crisis/
General Article: Reactions to the Hostage Crisis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/generalarticle/carter-444-text/
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Purdue University Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL)
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Annotated Bibliography
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
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