A. Category Files, 1962, 1967-1970, 1972
- Extent:
- 162 box(es) and (81 linear feet)
- Scope and content:
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These files include correspondence between Georgia constituents and Senator Talmadge with some newsclippings and printed materials also included. The Administration office was responsible for answering constituent mail until 1970, when it became the responsibility of the Press office. Items of interest are letters concerning the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962; the civil action suit between Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor of Atlanta, and Rev. Robert Hunter, leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1967; Vietnam; reaction to the Gulf of Tonkin and Mansfield Resolutions in 1967; the Pueblo incident; and the Whitten Amendment of 1969 which proposed the freedom of choice as an acceptable desegregation plan. For a more accurate understanding of this subseries, the researcher should review the constituent correspondence in the Press Office Series. These files are arranged alphabetically by subject within each year.
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Access and use restrictions
- Parent restrictions:
- Case mail restricted.
- Parent terms of access:
- Before material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.