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Jackson EMC Records
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Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (Jefferson, Ga.) |
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1939-2004 |
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Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative chartered in 1938 to
serve electricity to the then-rural areas of northeast Georgia. The records document the work of the cooperative to provide
and promote electricity throughout its service area and includes photographs, publications, financial reports, histories and
scrapbooks. Also included as part of this collection are four Rural Electrification Administration (REA) films, dating from
between 1956 to 1968. The films can be watched from on the Jackson EMC playlist on the Russell Library Audiovisual YouTube
account.
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RBRL/113/JEMCO |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Truitt and Billings Family Papers
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Truitt, S. D. (Selvia Devanie), 1894-1975. |
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1920-2008 |
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The collection comprises the papers of S. D. Truitt (1894-1975) and family, and Ray Henry Billings (1922-1979) and family.
It includes materials relating to S. D. Truitt's career as county extension agent from 1917 to 1966, his acceptance of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Superior Service Award in 1959 (including slides of the 1959 trip to Washington D.C. to accept
the award) and items relating to the family's friendships with several prominent Georgia politicians. Also included is material
relating to Ray Henry Billings' career as a communications engineer for the Atlanta Police Department. The collection includes
awards, clippings, photographs, correspondence, color slides, and a scrapbook.
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RBRL/187/TBF |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Aubrey Morris papers
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Morris, Aubrey R., 1922-2010 |
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1944-2008 |
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The Aubrey Morris papers includes drafts, researched and written by Morris, of several WSB Radio productions including editorials
(1981-1989), Dateline America (1975-1976), and Georgia Crossroads (1983). The collection includes certificates, photographs,
plaques, scrapbooks, correspondence, news wire reports, internal memoranda, and audiovisual material related to Morris' career.
There are audio recordings of Dateline America, The World Today (1983-1984), and Georgia Crossroads (1983) and several films
including Ernest Vandiver in Milledgeville, Georgia.
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ms3766 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Athens Oral History Project
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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2014-2016 |
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century
to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African
American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.
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RBRL/361/AOHP |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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E. L. (Tic) Forrester Papers
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Forrester, Elijah Lewis (Tic), 1896-1970. |
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Dates: |
1918-1970 |
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The collection consists of personal and political papers of E. L. Forrester from 1920 to 1970. Includes law practice client
case files (1920-1969); House of Representative subject files containing information on the Dawson Peanut Laboratory, civil
rights, and the House Judiciary Committee (1950-1964); personal files containing correspondence, military, civic, and religious
activities, and Civil War research (1918-1970); speech files containing notes, outlines, and drafts (1926-1970); and political
files containing election campaign materials. Of particular interest are records relating to his involvement as prosecuting
attorney in a 1949 civil rights case involving Rosa Lee Ingram.
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RBRL/062/ELF |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Mark Johnson Papers
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Johnson, Mark |
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1965-2016 |
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Mark Johnson is the Director of Advocacy at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta and has been an advocate and leader in the disability
rights movement for over thirty years. His papers contain subject and chronological files, artifacts, t-shirts, and audiovisual
materials related to his work as a disability rights advocate, community organizer, and professional.
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RBRL/349 |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Joan Titus collection
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Titus, Joan |
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1890-2016 |
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This collection includes clippings, correspondence, genealogical files, articles, notes, interviews, transcripts, photographs,
and writings, gathered by Joan Titus, relating to Lillian Smith's life and legacy. The correspondence relates to Laural Falls
Camp, South Today, Lillian Smith's publications and events, and letters received by Joan Titus regarding Smith. There are
several folders of audience reaction cards from screenings of Miss Smith of Georgia from 1964 and 1966.
Also included in this collection are interviews conducted by Joan Titus in March 1962 with Atlanta civic and political leaders,
including Ivan Allan, William Hartsfield, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lorimer Douglas Milton, and Reverend Williams Holmes Borders,
regarding African American business leaders. Also in March 1962, Titus interviewed Dr. Robert Coles, a child psychiatrist,
about the effect of school desegregation on children. Excerpts of the Coles interview were used in Time-Life's radio program
"The Children Should be Heard".
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ms3757 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Melba R. Williams Papers
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Williams, Melba R. |
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1954-1994 |
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The Melba Williams Papers span the dates 1954-1994, with the bulk of the papers representing personal documents generated
through Williams' work in the Democratic Party at the local, state and national level, and during her tenure as a member of
the State Elections Board.
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RBRL/159/MW |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Hugh Peterson, Sr. Papers
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Peterson, Hugh, 1898-1961. |
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Dates: |
1814-1961 |
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Hugh Peterson (1898-1961), of Ailey, Georgia, served as a representative to the Georgia legislature from 1923 to 1931, a state
senator from 1931 to 1932, and a United States Representative from Georgia's First Congressional District from 1934 to 1946.
His wife, Patience Elizabeth Russell Peterson (1902-2002), was the daughter of Judge Richard B. Russell, Sr. and sister of
Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. Peterson was heavily involved in creating the Georgia State Government Reorganization Bill
of 1931 and, as a U.S. Representative, was active in sponsoring farm legislation. His congressional work included service
on the Transportation, Territories, Rivers and Harbors, Public Lands, and Elections committees. After losing the 1946 election
to Prince Preston of Statesboro, Peterson worked with General Lucius Clay in Germany in 1947 as a consultant. After his return,
he devoted his time to practicing law in Ailey and serving as a lobbyist in Washington, D. C., for various businesses with
interests in Georgia. The collection includes political, business and personal papers as well as campaign memorabilia, photographs,
artifacts, maps, and books, all generated and collected by Hugh Peterson, Sr. The collection documents Hugh Peterson, Sr.,
Patience Russell Peterson (wife), Hugh Peterson, Jr. (son), their extended family (the Petersons and the Russells), and persons
active in Georgia politics as well as members of Congress, other politicians and various business people active in Washington,
D.C. during the 1920s through the 1960s.
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RBRL/107/HPS |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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