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21 Title:   Thomas Howard Ruger papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Ruger, Thomas Howard, 1833-1907  
  Dates:   1866-1869  
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The collection consists of correspondence, telegrams, reports, and printed material. Most of the correspondence is with General Meade, Assistant Adjutant General Richard Drum, and the Bank of the Republic in New York. The letters by Ruger are drafts with numerous corrections and describe his attempts as Governor to carry out the orders of General Meade. There is a letter of parole from Jones on January 29, 1968 after his arrest and a letter from Jenkins on February 7, 1868 mentioning his possible arrest. After leaving office on July 4, 1868, Ruger sent reports to Governor Bullock and Richard Drum detailing his time as Governor and the problems he encountered. There is also a report each from the Georgia Penitentiary and the Georgia School for the Deaf stating some needs and expenses. The printed material includes a "Report of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia" (1866), "Constitution of the State of Georgia as passed by the Constitutional Convention" (1868), and order from headquarters of the Third Military District.
  
  Identifier:   ms3729  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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22 Title:   Walter McElreath papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   McElreath, Walter, 1867-1951  
  Dates:   1910-1949  
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The collection consists of papers of Walter McElreath from 1910-1949. The papers contain writings and speeches of McElreath. The majority of the writings deal with the Georgia Constitution and Georgia history. The speeches, given before bar associations, historical groups, and while he was in the legislature, deal with Georgia government and politics, law, the Georgia constitution, and Georgia history.
  
  Identifier:   ms43  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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23 Title:   Ku Klux Klan- Athens Klan #5 records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.)  
  Dates:   1921-1930  
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The collection consists of records of the Athens (Ga.) Klan #5 of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) from 1921-1930. The records include correspondence, newsletters, minutes, quarterly reports, membership cards, dues records, recommendation cards, receipts, and forms for robe requisitions relating to the activities of the Athens KKK #5. The correspondence (1921-1929) contains letters to the Klan asking for financial assistance, thank-yous for assistance rendered, as well as official correspondence, some from national KKK headquarters on membership standings, meetings, induction ceremonies, and recruitment. The correspondence also discusses Georgia politics, especially the 1926 gubernatorial election. The minutes (1925-1926) document Klan meetings and contain information on dues paid, elections, social events or official ceremonies, help for the needy, and investigations of new or current members.
  
  Identifier:   ms712  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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24 Title:   Georgia Historical Records Survey collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Tate, Susan Frances Barrow, 1908-  
  Dates:   circa 1941  
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This collection consists of a group of various colonial, state and municipal legal documents from the 1600s-1900s, copied by the Historical Records Survey of Georgia in 1941 as part of the Works Progress Administration. The documents focus on Georgia state and colonial laws as municipal government in various parts of the state. There is also a listing of some vital statistics which consist of a list of books, not the actual vital statistic.
  
  Identifier:   ms933  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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25 Title:   Joseph Mackey Brown papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Brown, Julius L., 1848-1910  
  Dates:   1865-1930  
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The collection consists of the papers of John Mackey Brown from 1865-1930. Consists mostly of correspondence regarding the publication of his book on the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; official correspondence relating to his service on the Railroad Commission of Georgia; correspondence regarding the gubernatorial races of 1908 and 1911; and letters and documents relating to family lawsuits over the estate of his father, Joseph Emerson Brown. The collection also contains two letter books (1894-1895, 1908-1910) of Julius Lewis Brown pertaining to personal and business matters.
  
  Identifier:   ms27  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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26 Title:   Brown family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Brown family  
  Dates:   1837-1930  
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The collection consists of papers of the Brown family from 1837-1930 including the Joseph E. Brown papers (1843-1883), the Joseph M. Brown papers (1860-1930), and the Julius L. Brown papers. The collection also includes miscellaneous materials mainly relating to Cora Brown and Joseph Grisham and an autograph collection apparently collected by Julius L. Brown which he either collected or selected from the Brown family papers. In some cases, a particular person is represented by a single item, while there are fourteen letters of Alexander H. Stephens to Joseph E. Brown discussing Reconstruction politics.
  
  Identifier:   ms785  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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27 Title:   Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia Records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia  
  Dates:   1943-1945  
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In March of 1943, the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution sponsored by Governor Ellis Arnall, for a commission of twenty-three members to revise the state's constitution. The new constitution was submitted to the Georgia General Assembly in January of 1945 and approved by the people of Georgia in a special election on 7 August 1945. This collection consists of records of the Georgia State Commission to revise the Constitution from 1943 to 1945. Included are typescript proceedings that illustrate revisions of the 1877 Georgia Constitution. These were edited by Dr. Albert Berry Saye, a professor at the University of Georgia and a leading authority on state and federal constitutional law. Also included are brief biographical sketches of the twenty-three members of the commission.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL018CRCG  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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28 Title:   George D. Bennett Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Bennett, George D.  
  Dates:   1896-1923  
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The collection is comprised of papers related to George D. Bennett, farmer and politician from Jackson County, Georgia. Bennett was an active particiant in local politics and he held several positions in Clarke County, Jackson County, and Oglethorpe County. The papers in this collection document his role as a local politician and farmer. Papers include correspondence from various citizens encouraging Bennett to run for State Legislature, letters from members of the Love Lodge Masons, and printed material including a speech made by Hoke Smith in 1906 and the Child Labor Bill.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL076GDB  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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29 Title:   John C. Reese Collection of Joseph M. Brown Materials  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Reese, John C.  
  Dates:   1913-1914  
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This is a collection of materials relating to Joseph M. Brown that were collected by John C. Reese from 1913 to 1914. It includes a handwritten commentary on Georgia politics, from 1914, by Georgia Governor Joseph M. Brown to his friend John C. Reese. The collection also includes several newspaper clippings concerning Governor Brown and a handwritten press release relating to Brown's candidacy against Senator Hoke Smith.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL128JCR  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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30 Title:   Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series IV: Legislative  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hardman, Lamartine Griffin, 1856-1937  
  Dates:   1898, 1902-1910  
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Hardman was very active during his tenure in the Georgia House of Representatives and the State Senate. Co-authoring Georgia's Prohibition bill and sponsoring the Conner Act, which established the Georgia College of Agriculture, are among as his primary accomplishments. However, Hardman also introduced or sponsored other important legislative measures. He sponsored legislation creating the State Board of Health, petitioned Congress to authorize a federal commission to conduct a drainage survey of Georgia farmlands, and introduced a bill making rudimentary civic and agricultural education mandatory in Georgia public schools. The files in this series contain correspondence relating to these and other legislative matters from Hardman's terms in the House (1902-1906; 1909-1910) and State Senate (1907-1908). Papers from his last term in the House are not included. The series is comprised of four subseries: correspondence, bills, speeches, and general information. Arrangement is chronological.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL137LGH_IV  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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31 Title:   Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series V: Governor  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hardman, Lamartine Griffin, 1856-1937  
  Dates:   1926-1933  
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Lamartine G. Hardman was elected governor of Georgia in 1926 and again in 1928 (term 1927-1931). The Governor series consists of correspondence and material pertaining to political appointments, bills, speeches, and miscellaneous information used by Governor Hardman. In these files researchers can locate information relating to the initial phase of reorganizing the state government (a process completed under Hardman's successor, Richard B. Russell, Jr.), health care issues, education, and Governor Hardman's interest in fingerprinting and phrenology. For additional information on Hardman's gubernatorial years, the researcher should also review Emma G. Hardman's diaries (Series VII. Family) and Scrapbooks (Series IX.).
  
  Identifier:   RBRL137LGH_V  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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32 Title:   Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series VIII: General  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hardman, Lamartine Griffin, 1856-1937  
  Dates:   1890-1944  
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Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series VIII: General series consists of five subseries. World War I activities includes papers concerning Hardman's role as U.S. Fuel Administrator for the state of Georgia from 1916 to 1919. Personal Correspondence contains a wide range of material from the 1890s to 1926, including a folder of courtship letters from Rosa Taylor, correspondence concerning the unveiling of the memorial to Dr. Crawford Long, contracts, and speeches. Personal Interests contains miscellaneous publications, agricultural brochures, maps and church-related documents. Vault Papers consists of bank deposit books and financial statements. Publications includes information on public schools, speeches by others, and miscellaneous pamphlets. The 25 May 1944 issue of the Commerce News contains a feature on the 50th anniversary of Harmony Grove Mills. There are papers on prohibition, agriculture and education mixed throughout the series. Further documentation on these subjects can be found in Series IV. Legislative and Series V. Governor.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL137LGH_VIII  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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33 Title:   Thomas W. Hardwick Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hardwick, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1872-1944.  
  Dates:   1908-1992  
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The collection consists of legal files and personal papers of Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia. The papers include correspondence, speeches, personal manuscripts, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and photographs reflecting Hardwick's political interests and his legal career. The collection includes information pertaining to Hardwick's representation of a negligence suit against the Savannah & Atlanta Railway. Unfortunately, the papers are fragmentary, but in these fragments, Hardwick's philosophy and political beliefs are evident. Correspondence includes Georgia political figures from the 1920's until the 1940s.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL198TH  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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34 Title:   M. E. Thompson Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Thompson, M. E. (Melvin Ernest), 1903-1980.  
  Dates:   circa 1890s-1990s  
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These papers document the personal life of Melvin Ernest (M. E.) Thompson, Georgia's first lieutenant governor and participant in the famed "Three Governors Controversy." The collection consists of personal correspondence, certificates and diplomas, history regarding the Thompson and Edenfield families, clippings, campaign speeches and announcements, and Sunday school sermons delivered by M. E. Thompson. Two hundred and nineteen, primarily black-and-white, photographs depict the Thompson family; the dedication of the Little White House at Warm Springs in 1947; Thompson's campaigns; members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate (1947-1948); and the unveiling of Thompson's portrait at the State Capitol. Of particular interest are the six television campaign advertisements featuring Thompson's views about the county unit system, automobile tags, taxation, the state highway system and toll roads, and the integration of Georgia's public schools.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL234MET  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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35 Title:   Abit Nix Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Nix, H. Abit (Hosea Abit), 1888-1959  
  Dates:   1907-1984  
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The collection consists of papers of Hosea Abit Nix, a Georgia attorney (1888-1959), from 1907 to 1984 with the bulk from 1940 to 1956. Includes correspondence, clippings, written notes, and printed materials, the bulk of which document Nix's 1940 gubernatorial campaign against Eugene Talmadge.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL105HAN  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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36 Title:   Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series XII: Related Materials, 2. Audiovisual  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002  
  Dates:   1940-1986  
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The Herman E. Talmadge Collection Audiovisual materials document Herman Talmadge's career as governor of Georgia and later in the U.S. Senate, including his involvement in the Three Governors Controversy (1946-48), the Southern Caucus and segregation, and his final campaign for United States Senate (1980). The wire recordings in this collection document Talmadge's successful campaign against M.E. Thompson for the Georgia governorship in 1948, immediately following the Three Governor's Controversy.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL102HET_C_XII_2  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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37 Title:   Butler family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Barrow family  
  Dates:   1820-1950  
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The collection consists of papers of the Butler family of Madison, Morgan County, Georgia from ca. 1820-1950. Contains correspondence to various members of the Butler family including Col. D.E. Butler, Peter Walton Butler, and Bessie Butler. Correspondents of Bessie Butler include Benjamin W. Hunt of Eatonton, Joseph Jacobs of Atlanta, and J. Quinn West of Thomaston, Georgia, all which discuss family matters and Georgia politics. The collection also contains medical notes from college (1820s); an autograph album of Ginnie T. Walton (1849-1850); glass plate negatives of Thurlston, the Butler home in Madison (1880s); and a diary of Baptist minister Jesse Mercer describing a journey (March-June 1820) to Philadelphia to attend a Baptist convention.
  
  Identifier:   ms1639  
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38 Title:   Edwin King Lumpkin papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Dudley, J. T.  
  Dates:   1881-1921  
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The collection consists of papers of Edwin King Lumpkin from 1881-1921. The majority of the collection pertains to Lumpkin's Athens (Ga.) law firm, Lumpkin & Burnett and includes mainly correspondence relating to law cases of Lumpkin and his partner Wiley B. Burnett. The collection contains personal correspondence to family and friends, including his brother Joseph H. Lumpkin, and his wife and children. The personal correspondence pertains to his law practice, social life in Athens (Ga.), Lumpkin's interest in national and state politics, and in particular the campaigns of kinsman Hoke Smith. The J.T. Dudley papers (1906-1912) contain correspondence dealing with buying and selling land throughout the South. The papers of Edwin K. Lumpkin, Jr. (1910-1915) consist mainly of correspondence relating to his legal practice. The papers of Lumpkin's law partner, Wiley B. Burnett contain mainly bills and receipts, with a few letters relating to the law firm.
  
  Identifier:   ms1748  
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39 Title:   James William Lassiter papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lassiter, James William, 1920-  
  Dates:   1938-1945  
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The collection consists of correspondence written by Lassiter while serving as a supply officer with the 25th Air Depot Group from his assignments in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Guam. Written to his parents, Elwood G. and Georgia Salter Lassiter of Covington. The collection also contains correspondence to Lassiter from his parents and brother Luke, both during the war and while Lassiter was a student at the University of Georgia.
  
  Identifier:   ms2703  
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40 Title:   Henry Carlton Tuck papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Tuck, Henry Carlton, 1864-1939  
  Dates:   1882-1939  
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The collection consists of the papers of Henry Carlton Tuck of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, from 1882-1939. Early materials (1882-1889) pertain to Tuck's legislative activities, politics, and a few references to his law practice. The majority of the materials (1927-1939) concern Tuck's activities as adjutant of the Georgia Division of the United Confederate Veterans.
  
  Identifier:   ms30  
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