Lynda Lasswell Crist was editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis from 1979 until completion of the project in 2015. Crist has contributed to all the published volumes, and been editor since the fourth volume. She also worked on The Papers of Andrew Johnson. At once a publishing venture (14 volumes, Louisiana State University Press), archive, and research center, the Davis Project is now part of the Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center at Rice University.
(Fall 2015)