Reid Harris Papers related to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act, 1967-1972, 2008-2009

Summary

Creator:

Harris, Reid Walker, 1930-

Date:

1967-1972, 2008-2009

Extent:

1 box(es) (1 linear foot), including 5 photographs

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Reid Harris Papers related to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act , Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of scrapbooks, publications, press releases, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and draft legislation related to Reid Harris' involvement in the passing of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act of 1970. Also included is a publication by Harris titled, "And the Coastlands Wait" (2008) and his acceptance speech for the 2009 Rock Howard Award given by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Biographical / historical:

Reid Walker Harris was born July 6, 1930 in Brunswick, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1952, graduated from the U.S. Army Russian Language School at the Presidio, and earned his law degree from Emory University in 1958. Harris was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1964 and served for six years. During this time he was the principal author of several laws concerning conservation of the coastlands, including the Georgia Surface Mining Act and the Coastal Marshland Protection Act. Harris served as head of the environmental section of Governor Jimmy Carter's Goals for Georgia program and later as chairman of the governor's State Environmental Council. Reid Harris is retired and lives on St. Simons Island.

Arrangement:

Files in original order.

Related

Related material:

Williamson S. Stuckey PapersLindsay Thomas PapersCharles F. Hatcher CollectionJ. Roy Rowland PapersReflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 103 Ried Harris

Separated material:

James E. Kundell Papers, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscript LibraryGeorgia Conservancy Collection, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscript LibraryAndrew Sparks Papers, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscript LibraryOdum Papers, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscript LibraryEnvironmental Protection Division - Water Quality Control Board - Coastal Marshland Files, 1970-1973, Georgia Department of Archives and History

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Environmental policy -- Georgia.
Wetland conservation -- Georgia.

Names:

Harris, Reid Walker, 1930-

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Reid Harris Papers related to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act , Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.