Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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The Russell Library pursues alliances and opportunities for collaboration with individuals and organizations that advance its mission. The Library is a founding member of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress and a primary partner and official repository for the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies, a collaborative project dedicated to documenting and chronicling the activity and perceptions of lesser known participants in the civil rights movement in Georgia. The Russell Library is also dedicated to developing and presenting public programming and educational materials that facilitate and encourage research, raise public awareness of the Library and its collections and services, and provide learning opportunities for the communities it serves.
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Collections in the Russell Library include:- Athens League of Women VotersLeague of Women VotersThe League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote...
- Clifford Baldowski Editorial Cartoons, 1948-1982
- Gene Basset Editorial Cartoons, 1984-1992
- Marcus Wayland BeckMarcus Wayland BeckMarcus Wayland Beck was a Supreme Court Justice of Georgia from 1905-1937.-Life and career:Beck was born in Harris County, Georgia, on April 28, 1860 to parents James and Margaret Beck...
Diaries, 1899-1934 - William Tapley Bennett, Jr. Papers, 1944-1990
- Ben Blackburn Congressional Papers, 1969-1974
- Iris F. Blitch Papers, 1954-1985 (bulk 1954-1962)
- Clifford Hodges Brewton Collection of Lester G. Maddox Speech/Press Records, 1964-1976
- D.W. Brooks Oral History Collection
- Jimmy CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
Editorial Cartoon Collection, 1976-1980 - Howard H. Callaway Collection, 1965-1976
- Albert Sidney CampAlbert Sidney CampAlbert Sidney Camp was an American politician, educator and lawyer.-Biography:Camp was born in Moreland, Georgia. The Camp family was a colonial family with ancestors arriving in the American colonies during the seventeenth century...
Collection, 1892-1954 - Bryant T. Castellow Papers, 1932-1967 (bulk 1932-1936)
- Clarke County (Ga.)Clarke County, GeorgiaClarke County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 101,489. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 114,063...
McCarthy for President Collection, 1967-1969 - Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia Records, 1943-1945
- Rodney Mims Cook Collection, 1951-1978
- John William DavisJohn William Davis (Georgia politician)John William Davis was an American politician and lawyer.-Early life and education:Davis was born near Rome, Georgia, attended the University of Georgia in Athens and graduated in 1937 with an A.B. and from the UGA School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws in 1939...
Collection, 1941-1974 - Braswell Deen, Jr. Papers, 1925-1997
- Braswell Deen, Sr. Papers, 1917-1984
- E.L. Forrester Collection, 1920-1971
- Ed Friend Visual Materials Collection
- Walter F. GeorgeWalter F. GeorgeWalter Franklin George was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a long-time United States Senator and was President pro tempore. He was a Democrat.-Early years:...
Letters, 1950 - Georgia Republican PartyGeorgia Republican PartyThe Georgia Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party .-Current structure:...
Campaign Collection, 1956-1964 - Georgia Republican Party Central Committee Campaign Collection, 1948
- Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee Records, 1940-1954
- Maxine S. Goldstein Papers, 1975-
- Governor's Commission for Efficiency and Improvement in Government, 1955-1973
- Charles L. Gowen Collection, 1954-1958
- Guthrie vs. Evans: Georgia State Prison Reform Records, 1972-1983
- Dr. Lamartine Hardman Collection, 1849-1953
- Thomas W. HardwickThomas W. HardwickThomas William Hardwick was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.Hardwick was born in Thomasville, Georgia. He graduated from Mercer University with a bachelor of arts degree in 1892 and received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia in 1893...
Letters, 1922 - Thomas W. Hardwick Papers, 1908-1944
- Nathaniel E. Harris Collection, 1957
- Roy V. Harris Papers, 1931-1983
- William Julius Harris Papers, 1905-1916
- Charles F. HatcherCharles Floyd HatcherCharles Floyd Hatcher is an American politician and lawyer. He served in Congress as a Democrat.-Biography:Hatcher was born in Doerun, Georgia and served in the United States Air Force from 1958 until 1962. After his military service, he attended Georgia Southern College in Statesboro in 1965 and...
Collection, 1981-1992 - Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr. Oral History Collection
- Dudley M. Hughes Collection, 1806-1927
- Henderson L. Lanham Papers, 1946-1957
- The Walter A. Lundy Files, Red and Black (Fall 1953) Integration Issue Papers,1953-1954
- Sidney J. MarcusSidney MarcusSidney J. Marcus was a Georgia legislator from Atlanta's 26th district, now the 106th district, who served in the Georgia General Assembly from 1968 until his death in 1983. He served on several committees: Health and Ecology, on which he was chairman; Ways and Means; and Rules. For several...
Papers, 1968-1983 - Mack F. Mattingly Collection, 1964-1997
- Chappelle Matthews Papers, 1951-1977
- Josephine Mellichamp Research Papers, 1963-1988
- Erwin Mitchell Papers, 1958-1960
- Governor Zell MillerZell MillerZell Bryan Miller is an American politician from the US state of Georgia. A Democrat, Miller served as Lieutenant Governor from 1975 to 1991, 79th Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as United States Senator from 2000 to 2005....
- Lewis R. Morgan Papers, 1961-1995
- John B. Morris Papers, 1966-1970
- J. Frank Myers Papers, 1945-1976
- New York Times Research Materials, 1960s-1990s
- Hosea Abit Nix Papers, 1907-1984 (bulk 1940-1956)
- Maston O'Neal Collection, 1963-1970
- Stephen PaceStephen PaceOlin Stephen Pace was an American politician and lawyer.Pace was born near Dawson, Georgia. He attended the Georgia School of Technology and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens in 1914 with a Bachelor of Laws degree...
Post Office Papers, 1936-1951 - John Leonard Pilcher Papers, 1941-1976
- Prince H. Preston, Jr. Papers, 1946-1961
- John C. Reese Collection of Joseph M. Brown Materials, 1913-1914
- Dean RuskDean RuskDavid Dean Rusk was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is the second-longest serving U.S...
Personal Papers, 1937-1995 - Dean Rusk Collection, Thomas Schoenbaum Files, 1961-1969
- Dean Rusk Oral History Collection, 1984-1989
- Parks Rusk Collection of Dean Rusk Papers, 1891-1985
- Ina Dillard Russell Papers, 1891-1950
- Richard B. Russell, Sr. Collection, 1888-1938
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, 1840-1978
- Robert L. Russell, Sr.
- Bill Shipp Papers, 1980-
- George L. Smith II Papers, 1956-1974
- Hoke Smith Papers, 1879-1931
- William Armstrong Smith Papers, 1966-1978
- Ina Russell Stacey Papers, 1888-1985
- Willliamson S. Stuckey Collection, 1966-1977
- Erwin C. Surrency Political Campaign Collection, 1946-1964
- Herman E. Talmadge Collection, 1945-1987
- Herman E. Talmadge Collection, T. Rogers Wade Files, 1978-1980
- Joseph M. TerrellJoseph M. TerrellJoseph Meriwether Terrell was a United States Senator and the 57th Governor of Georgia. Born in Greenville, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, commencing practice in Greenville....
Papers, 1882-1912 - Augustus Turnbull Collection of Carl SandersCarl SandersCarl Edward Sanders Sr. is an American politician who served as the 74th Governor of the state of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.Sanders was born in Augusta, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia on a football scholarship...
Speech/Press Records, 1963-1967 - S. Ernest Vandiver Collection, 1954-1998
- Ruby Webb Collection of Governor E.D. RiversEurith D. RiversEurith Dickenson Rivers was an American politician from Lanier County, Georgia. He was the 68th Governor of Georgia from 1937 to 1941.-Life and career:Rivers obtained a degree through La Salle Extension University...
Materials, 1936-1941 - Melba Williams 1951-1977
- Robert L. Williford Files on Russell Dam and Lake, 1962-1991
- Robert M. Willingham Democratic Party of Georgia Files, 1974-1976
- WSB-TVWSB-TVWSB-TV, virtual channel 2.1 , is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship television station of Cox Enterprises and its Cox Media Group subsidiary...
, Georgia Giant Documentary files, 1952-1974