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Mississippi Agriculture Oral History Collection
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Williams, Brian |
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2016 |
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The Mississippi Agriculture Oral History Collection is comprised of interviews whose research focus is on the environmental,
social, and technological aspects of agricultural change in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. Interviews were conducted with a
variety of subjects, including large-scale and small-scale farmers, former agricultural workers, civil rights activists, extension
agents, and agro-industrial sector workers, documenting their experience of the agricultural industrialization process during
the mid to late twentieth century.
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RBRL/420/MA |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Iris F. Blitch Papers
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Blitch, Iris Faircloth, 1912-1993. |
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1954-1985 |
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The Iris F. Blitch Papers document her two terms representing Georgia's Eighth District in the United States Congress from
1955 to 1963, and, to a lesser extent her campaigns and personal life. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence,
newspaper clippings, legislative bills, research and campaign materials, scrapbooks and photographs. Well-documented throughout
the entire collection, particularly in the Legislative and Subject Series, are the issues that were important to Blitch and
to the twenty counties that composed the Eighth District, including agriculture and environmental issues. Bills sponsored
or supported by Blitch include: Okefenokee Conservation Bill (secured funding for water conservation and fire protection in
and around the swamp); Small-Watershed Bill (allowed the building of small watershed projects with government grants and loans
to conserve water for farmers, municipalities, industry, recreation and the conservation of fish and wildlife); Water Pollution
Bill; forestry development; anti-subversive activities; improved drug laws; livestock sales; and benefits to beekeepers, among
others. Additionally, the papers provide insight into the political climate for women in the second half of the 1950s and
the early 1960s as well as into social mores regarding their participation. Blitch's personal beliefs and opinions regarding
women's roles and responsibilities in government and politics are evident in the speeches and interviews she gave throughout
her career. To a lesser extent, and primarily through correspondence found in the Personal Series, is information relating
to her immediate and extended family as well as her fragile health, which ultimately forced her retirement in 1963. Correspondents
include the following prominent Georgians: D. W. Brooks, Phil Campbell, John Flynt, Jr., E. L. Forrester, Ed Friend, Henderson
Lanham, Herman Talmadge, John Pilcher, Prince Preston, and Richard B. Russell, Jr.
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RBRL/012/IFB |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers, Series II: Meigs Office
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Pilcher, John Leonard, 1898-1981. |
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Dates: |
1960-1964 |
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This series consists of correspondence (primarily with constituents), notes, and printed material sent to or handled by Pilcher's
office in his hometown of Meigs, Georgia . Included in this series are such topics as Agriculture, the Democratic National
Convention, and the 1960 Kennedy-Johnson Presidential Campaign and Election. Items of interest contained within the files
include: Letters from John W. McCormack (Speaker of the House of Representatives), J. Edgar Hoover (Director, Federal Bureau
of Investigation), Harry Truman (U.S. President, 1945-1953), and Robert Kennedy (Attorney General and brother of President
John F. Kennedy); transcripts of the Kennedy vs. Nixon Broadcasts, 1960; Foreign Affairs Committee notes; correspondence on
impending legislation; and information pertaining to the Flint River channelization, urban renewal, housing development, military
schools and service, veterans administration, and Internal Revenue Service data processing in Georgia.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/131/JLP_II |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Robert Lindsay Thomas Papers: Collection Summary
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Thomas, Robert Lindsay, 1943- |
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Dates: |
1975-1996 |
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Robert Lindsay Thomas served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1938 to 1992, where he served on the Agriculture Committee,
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and Appropriations Committee, and gained a reputation for supporting environmental
causes. His papers document his career in Congress and include constituent correspondence, committee and legislative files,
press files, and subject files.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/179/RLT |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Tommy Irvin Papers
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Irvin, Thomas T. (Tommy), 1929- |
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Dates: |
1945-2011 |
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Tommy Irvin served as Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture from 1969 to 2011. His papers document his service as commissioner,
including promoting Georgia agriculture products and protecting Georgia farmers and Georgia consumers. The papers include
correspondence, department publications and news releases, subject files, photographs, audiovisual materials, and digital
files.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/272/TI |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers: Collection Summary
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Pilcher, John Leonard, 1898-1981. |
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Dates: |
1940-1976 |
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John Leonard Pilcher was a farmer, businessman, and politician, serving in multiple capacities in Meigs, Georgia, in the Georgia
State Senate (1940-1943), and the U.S. House of Representatives (1953-1965). The papers primarily document his career in the
U.S. House of Representatives and include constituent correspondence, legislative files, published materials, and campaign
materials.
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Identifier: |
RBRl/131/JLP |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers, Series I: Legislative
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Pilcher, John Leonard, 1898-1981. |
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Dates: |
1941-1976 |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers, I. Legislative series contains correspondence, bills, memoranda, news releases, reports, telegrams,
and other printed material pertaining to legislation sponsored by Pilcher and other congressmen. There is some overlap with
similar topics in the various subseries. There is also legislative correspondence filed by constituent name in the Miscellaneous
series, which acts as a partial name cross-reference file to this and other series (for a more detailed explanation of this
cross-referencing, see the description of III. Miscellaneous File). Topics include farming and small business practices, social
security, postal rates, education, and taxation. There is also documentation of Pilchers activities as a member of the Subcommittee
on Foreign Economic Policy and Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/131/JLP_I |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers, Series III: Miscellaneous File
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Pilcher, John Leonard, 1898-1981. |
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Dates: |
1953-1964 |
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The Miscellaneous File acts as a partial name cross-reference file for Series I. Legislative, IV. Personal, V. Political,
and VI. Post Office. It is a partial cross-reference file because not everything that is in the Miscellaneous File is in the
series it cross-references, and vice versa. The Miscellaneous File may only have a copy of Pilcher's reply to a letter, the
letter but no reply, or both the letter and its reply together. Individuals may be found under their own names or under the
organization they represent. The files in the series reflect constituent opinions on the topics of the day, their requests
for information and assistance, various projects for the benefit of the Second District that Pilcher undertook, and Pilcher's
relationship with both federal and state agencies. Items of special interest include letters to and from U.S. and state legislators
such as Richard B. Russell, Herman Talmadge, Carl Vinson, E. L. Forrester, Iris Blitch, and J. Willis Conger (State Senator,
8th District); material from Pilcher's Executive Assistant, John W. Ellis; a 1958 letter from Pilcher to the National Historical
Wax Museum in Washington, D.C., detailing an anecdote about Carl Vinson; the Griffin Bell file, concerning his appointment
to the 5th Circuit judgeship--he later became Attorney General (1977-1979) under President Jimmy Carter; and material about
the Atlantic Union, a plan to create a commonwealth including North America and Western Europe in which Pilcher was interested,
and about one of its most ardent advocates, Mrs. Chase S. Osborne.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/131/JLP_III |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Robert Lindsay Thomas Papers, Series V: Constituent Services
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Thomas, Robert Lindsay, 1943- |
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Dates: |
1978-1992 |
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Robert Lindsay Thomas represented the First Congressional District of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983
to 1992. Series V: Constituent Services is composed of correspondence between Thomas and his constituents.
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RBRL/179/RLT_V |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers, Series IX: Scrapbooks
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Creator: |
Pilcher, John Leonard, 1898-1981. |
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Dates: |
1941, 1953-1964, 1970, 1973-1976 |
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The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings that chronicle Pilcher's state senate and congressional careers. The
news clippings contain information about Pilcher's speeches, public appearances, campaigns, platform, and appointments to
military academies. The scrapbooks also contain speeches, letters, certificates and photographs.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/131/JLP_IX |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series I: Early Senate Office
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1987 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series I: Early Senate Office includes clippings, reports, printed materials, press
releases, speeches and Talmadge's personal notes on various subjects. There is material relating to the federal budget, communism,
the county unit system, education, the Eisenhower administration, farm legislation, foreign affairs, Georgia history, Marvin
Griffin, Rule XXII, Melvin Thompson and the two governor controversy in Georgia, the Truman administration, and the United
Nations.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/102/HET_C_I |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Max Cleland Papers, Series II. Legislative Files
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Cleland, Max, 1942- |
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Dates: |
1990-2003 |
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Cleland represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate (1997-2002), with previous service as a Georgia state senator, head of the
Veterans Administration, and Georgia Secretary of State. Series II. Legislative Files documents Cleland's committee service,
staff research on legislation, and voting record.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/157/MC_II |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series V: Administration
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1980 |
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From 1957 until 1971, the Administration and Press offices shared the same secretary and files. After 1971, the two offices
were separated, as were their filing systems. Therefore some of the subseries are identical to those in the Press Office files
series. This series consists of those activities that are not directly associated with "legislating" or providing constituent
services but are nevertheless part of the routine of every officeholder. Also included are visitor cards, guest books, the
Senator's appointment books, telephone records, and White House tour requests. Topics include 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.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/102/HET_C_V |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection: Collection Summary
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1940-1987 |
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Herman E. Talmadge was Governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955 and a U.S. Senator from 1957 to 1980. His papers primarily document
his service in the U.S. Senate and include constituent correspondence, press files, legislative files, campaign files, and
files related to Watergate. Also included are files related to his father's newspaper, The Statesman, and to his service as
governor.
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RBRL/102/HET |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series II: Press Office
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1987 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series II: Press Office files include constituent correspondence, grant information,
speeches, working files, legislative files, radio and television scripts, news releases, newsletters mailed to Georgia constituents,
columns written by Talmadge, and clippings. The majority of the materials date from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Topics
include the Vietnam Conflict, the Watergate investigation, ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty, civil rights, rural development,
Lockheed C-5A, development of Lake Lanier Islands, forced school busing, the textile trade, the poultry industry, and works
incentive program.
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Identifier: |
RBRL/102/HET_C_II |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series VIII: Legislation
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1980 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series VIII: Legislation subject matter pertain to legislation being considered
by Congress. The researcher will find overlap between the Legislative and Press Office series in related subject matter. For
more detailed information on the Watergate affair, the researcher should review Series II (Press Office) and Series IV (Watergate).
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Identifier: |
RBRL/102/HET_C_VIII |
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