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Janet B. Scarborough Merritt Papers
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Merritt, Janet B. Scarborough, 1909-2000. |
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1900-2011 |
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Janet B. Scarborough Merritt was elected to represent the Sumter County (at the time, the 68th district) in the Georgia State
House in 1964. The only woman in the Georgia State House of Representatives when she was elected, and the first to represent
Sumter County, Merritt called herself a "full-time" representative. The topic of the role of women in government is thoroughly
documented throughout Merritt's speeches and writings. She served four terms in that position: she was elected again in 1966,
in 1968 (after reapportionment combined Sumter with Macon and Schley counties into the new 46th district), and in 1970. In
1972, after a second reapportionment, Merritt was defeated for re-election by her former colleague in the House, Oliver Oxford,
in a run-off. Merritt ran against Oxford a second time in the 1974 election, but was again narrowly defeated in a run-off.
The collection documents Merritt's campaigns, her time in the state legislature and her community activities including heavy
involvement in the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) Of particular note are materials documenting Merritt's ongoing
battle to change Georgia's state flag. In 1969, Merritt sponsored a bill to change the Georgia flag adopted in 1955, shortly
after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, back to the 1879 version, which did not include the Confederate
battle flag. Included in the collection are speeches, notes, journals, correspondence, clippings, photographs, artifacts,
and audiovisual material.
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RBRL121JSM |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Lillian Eugenia Smith papers
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Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966 |
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circa 1910-2001 |
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The collection consists of papers of Lillian Smith from circa 1920-1980. The papers contain personal correspondence, manuscripts
of her works, writings by and about her, files on various organizations she was interested in or involved with (many dealing
with human rights), audiotapes containing interviews with and readings by Smith, speeches, financial records, photographs,
and printed material. Part of the collection contains records relating to her involvement with the Laurel Falls Camp for Girls
including correspondence, applications for admission, printed material, and scrapbooks. The collection also has correspondence,
photographs, and papers of her partner, Paula Snelling; her sister, Esther Smith; and the Barnett family.
The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.
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ms1283a |
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Hargrett Library |
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American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Records
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American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia |
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1938-2014 |
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1963 that is focused on protecting
civil liberties in the state of Georgia. The records document their litigation and lobbying work, the subjects that they are
concerned with, and their daily operations and include correspondence, case files, research files, and publications. Common
subjects include the criminal justice system, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and assembly, LGBT rights, open government,
racial discrimination, and student and juvenile rights.
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RBRL025ACLU |
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Gilbert C. Fite Collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. Research Files
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Fite, Gilbert Courtland, 1918- |
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1971-1984 |
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The collection consists of oral histories and notes Dr. Gilbert C. Fite used in conducting research for the biography, Richard
B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia.
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RBRL089GF |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series I: Dictation
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1944-1970 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection comprehensively documents Russell's activities as a United States senator representing
the state of Georgia. The Dictation Series is composed of letters and memoranda entirely or partially dictated by Senator
Russell. The series is an integration of the copies for the Winder and Washington offices. Most of the dictated correspondence
or memos contain Russell's views on upcoming legislation, political appointments, support of or opposition to bills and amendments
as well as his positions on such issues as defense, the Vietnam war, agriculture issues, the investigation of the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy, and civil rights and other national issues. Senator Russell rarely expressed his opinions regarding
local and state politics in writing or in any public forum.
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RBRL001RBR_C_I |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series II: Intra-Office Communications
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1943-1971 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, series II. Intra-Office Communications comprehensively reveals Richard
Russell's daily activities as a United States Senator representing the state of Georgia. Materials in this series are divided
into four categories: Memoranda, Appointment Books, Guest Registers, and Mail Desk Diaries. Not many files survived from Russell's
first eleven years in office; the main series for this time period are Early Office, Political, Political Patronage, Personal,
and a few files in General.
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RBRL001RBR_C_II |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series III: Speech/Media
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1933-1971 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection Subgroup C, Series III. Speech/Media comprehensively reveals Richard Russell's activities
as a United States senator representing the state of Georgia. The Speech/Media series consists of manuscripts, typescripts,
printed copies, and transcripts of Senator Russell's speeches, articles, interviews, press releases, and related materials;
daily copies of the Congressional Record; and speeches, articles, and press releases by other colleagues of the senator. Not
many files survived from Russell's first eleven years in office; the main series for this time period are Early Office, Political,
Political Patronage, Personal, and a few files in General.
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RBRL001RBR_C_III |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series IX: Legislative
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1933-1971 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series IX. Legislative is primarily constituent mail, but includes legislative
drafts, memoranda, hearing transcripts, and correspondence with congressional colleagues. Although official senate committee
records remain with each committee and, when retired by the committee, they are transferred to the Center for Legislative
Archives, National Archives and Records Administration, in Washington, D.C., as part of the permanent records of Congress,
Senator Russell retained copies of some materials related to these committees. Any additional non-textual materials originally
filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual
items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
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RBRL001RBR_C_IX |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series V: Personal
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1928-1971 |
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Subgroup C, Series V. Personal contains correspondence and material of a personal nature including invitations, greetings,
announcements, commendations, gifts, family material, etc. With the exception of some correspondence with his mother, all
family correspondence was removed to Exhibit B and restricted by donor agreement. Especially noteworthy are the materials
related to History, Miscellaneous, and Trips. While History generally has materials relating to Russell's interest in the
subject, specifically the Civil War, Russell occasionally designated certain items to be placed here. For example, at his
direction, research and strategy files from the 1960 civil rights debates are located here. Miscellaneous has a significant
amount of correspondence from personal friends. Trips contains correspondence and material on all of Senator Russell's trips
including those made in his capacity as a member or chairman of a senate committee. For example, correspondence and material
from Russell's 1943 global tour of the war front as chairman of a special senate committee to investigate overseas military
bases demonstrate the senator's work on such assignments. During many of these overseas trips prior to 1950, Russell had very
revealing correspondence with his mother, which is included. Trips are filed under year in which they were made. If more than
one trip was made within a year, the trips were filed alphabetically by country within the year.
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RBRL001RBR_C_V |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series VI: Political
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1932-1971 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series VI. Political not only spans the entire senate career of Russell
but also carries over the gubernatorial office with the 1932 senatorial campaign and the early senate office procedures through
Russell's office filing reorganization circa 1943. The Political series is a rich source of documentation for studying political
campaigns in the mid-twentieth century. The campaign files cover Senator Russell's campaigns of 1932, 1936, 1942, 1948, 1954,
1960, and 1966. In addition to the senatorial campaign files, the series contains files documenting Russell's unsuccessful
1952 race for United States president. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for
preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files,
memorabilia, and books. The Special Name files contain information at a particular point in time on individuals whom Senator
Russell considered of enough interest to warrant an individual folder. Such individuals include Lyndon B. Johnson, Eugene
Talmadge, Charles Crisp, Herman E. Talmadge, Ralph McGill, Strom Thurmond, Orval Faubus, and Barry Goldwater, among others.
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RBRL001RBR_C_VI |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XV: General
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1935-1971 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XV: General is composed mainly of correspondence and printed materials
relating to federal agencies and departments. Arrangement is chronological by latest date, and within each year date, file
headings are by agency or by subject and arranged alphabetically. Because of the close relationship between the passage of
legislation by the Congress and its implementation by the federal government, there is significant overlap between the General
series and the Legislative series. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation
purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia,
and books.
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RBRL001RBR_C_XV |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup D: Winder Papers
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1897-1971 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection Subgroup D: Winder Papers were gathered at the request of the Russell Estate executors
in the early 1980s, Russell Library staff appraised materials at the Russell family home place in Winder, Georgia, for the
purpose of identifying those items which should be added to the collection at the Library. Staff members had full access to
search the house and property to locate materials. This addendum to the original conveyance of the Senator's collection documents
his personal life and early career and fills gaps in documentation provided by materials already at the Library. The Winder
Materials are divided into five series: Early Years, School Years, Georgia Legislative and Pre-Gubernatorial Years, Georgia
Gubernatorial Years, and United States Senatorial Years. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers
were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks,
vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
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RBRL001RBR_D |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series I: Photographs
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1840-1970 |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series I. Photographs consists of over 4,500 unique photographs illustrating
the life and career of Senator Russell. Early photographs include images of family members and scenes from Russell's childhood
and span his life through 1 October 1970, when he made a military inspection tour at Key West, Florida. Of particular interest
are the photos documenting the Senate Military Affairs Committee touring the European Theatre of Operation in 1945.
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RBRL001RBR_E_I |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series II: Audiovisual Materials
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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 |
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1931-1978 |
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection contains 465 pieces of audiovisual material. Although Russell was not known for extensive
media appearances, early on he did make use of radio. These appearances, which began on radio in 1930, include not only campaign
related activities but also many talk shows, award presentations, Senate Recording Studio releases (view playlist of digitized
Senate Recording Studio films), news conferences, and turning points in Russell's career. In addition, Russell was often sent
material of interest in audiovisual form by constituents and political associates. The most comprehensive of these materials,
WSB-TV's "Richard B. Russell: Georgia Giant," contains numerous hours of interviews (edited and unedited) with Russell and
several historical background films that went into the making of the 3-hour documentary. Digitized audiovisual materials from
this collection are available for viewing on the Russell Library Audiovisual account on YouTube.
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RBRL001RBR_E_II |
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