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Braswell D. Deen, Sr. Papers
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Deen, Braswell D., 1893-1981. |
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1917-1984 |
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The collection consists of materials dating from 1917-1984 of Braswell D. Deen, Sr. (1893-1981), editor and owner of Alma
Times, United States Congressman, and director of the Georgia Department of Public Welfare. The papers include a manuscript
written by his son, Braswell Deen, Jr., correspondence, manuscripts, thoughts, and poems written by Deen, newspaper clippings,
speeches, photographs, and scrapbooks. The materials document Deen's 1932 campaign for U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia's
Eighth District, his career as Director of Public Welfare, his interest in family genealogy, and his writings. There is also
biogrpahical information on Deen.
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RBRL217BDDSR |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Braswell D. Deen, Jr. Papers
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Deen, Braswell D., 1925- |
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1925-1997 |
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The collection consists of papers of Braswell D. Deen, Jr., lawyer, Georgia legislator (1951-1960), and Georgia appellate
court judge (1965-1990). The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, printed material, and speeches.
The materials document Deen's personal interests, his writing career, touch briefly on his tenure on the Georgia Court of
Appeals and his actitivites as Carl Sanders' campaign manager (8th district) during the 1962 gubernatorial election, but mainly
focus on Deen's interest in scientific creationism. The collection also contains correspondence, manuscripts, and poems of
Deen's aunt, Annie Hartman Smith.
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RBRL035BDD |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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