I. General, 1947-1957

Extent:
27 box(es) and (13.5 linear feet)
Scope and content:

The General files contain correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, printed materials and reports. These files pertain to subjects of local and national interest to Lanham's constituency. Topics include Cobb County, the Allatoona Dam, the Rural Electrification Administration, segregation and communism. Arrangement is alphabetical.

Other descriptive data:

The inventory of this collection uses terms that might be considered racist, ablelist, or otherwise offensive. These descriptors reflect the intent of the records' creators, not intervention on the part of the archivists or the Russell Library. This language has been retained in order to illustrate the historical context in which the records were created.

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