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Hugh Peterson, Sr. Papers
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Peterson, Hugh, 1898-1961. |
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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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RBRL107HPS |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Rebecca Latimer Felton papers
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Felton, William H. (William Harrell), 1823-1909 |
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1851-1930 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Rebecca Latimer Felton, from 1851 to 1930. The papers include correspondence, speeches,
articles, and scrapbooks; all reflecting her lengthy public career as author, newspaper columnist, lecturer, as she actively
pursued her interests in politics, religious issues, penal and temperance reform and women's political rights. The papers
reflect her involvement in the World's Columbian Exposition (1890-1894), the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta (1895), and
as a delegate to the Progressive Republican Convention in Chicago (1912). Correspondents include readers of her articles and
letters and those involved in Exposition matters. Other correspondents include General John B. Gordon, Alexander Hamilton
Stephens, James Longstreet, William H. Hidell, Bertha Honore Palmer, Lafayette McLaws, Florence Williams Olmstead, President
Rutherford B. Hayes, Georgia Governors A. H. Colquitt, Joseph Emerson Brown and William Yates Atkinson and family members,
husband William H. Felton, son Howard Erwin Felton, and Charles and Eleanor Swift Latimer.
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ms81 |
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Hargrett Library |
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New York Times Research Materials
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New York Times Atlanta News Bureau |
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circa 1960s-1990s |
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The New York Times Research Materials documents the political and social climate of Georgia, the South and, to a lesser extent,
the nation as a whole from the early 1960s to the 1990s, with particular attention given to former President and Georgia Governor
Jimmy Carter.
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RBRL164NYTR |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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