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Virginia B. Parks Letter from Richard B Russell, Jr.
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Parks, Virginia B. |
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Dates: |
1967 |
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One folder containing a 1967 personal letter from Senator Richard B. Russell to Virginia B. Parks, thanking her for her concern
during a period of illness.
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Identifier: |
RBRL201VBP |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Bill Westmoreland Letter from Richard B. Russell
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Creator: |
Westmoreland, Bill. |
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Dates: |
1965 |
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The collection contains one letter from Senator Richard B. Russell to Bill Westmoreland, dated August 13, 1965, stating that
rumors indicating he is in poor health are false, and expressing his intention to run for U.S. Senate re-election. Also contains
a photocopy of a clipping, showing Senator Russell with wounded soldiers from Georgia at a U.S. hospital.
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Identifier: |
RBRL258BW |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Lorena Weeks Files related to Weeks v. Southern Bell
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Creator: |
Weeks, Lorena, 1929- |
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Dates: |
1966-2009 |
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The collection contains materials pertaining to Lorena Weeks's sex discrimination case against Southern Bell Telephone Company.
The materials date from 1966 to 2009 and detail her fight to be promoted from operator to switchman, a job Southern Bell claimed
to be reserved only for men, despite such practices being declared unacceptable by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Identifier: |
RBRL263LWSB |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Jessie Anderson Branyon collection of the Long and Swain families papers
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1808-1934 |
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Collection includes twenty letters from the Long and Swain families discussing family affairs and everyday life. Also included
are documents tracking the genealogical history of these familes, as well as a newspaper clipping, photograph, bank certificate,
proof of burial plot purchase, radio scripts, loose envelopes and Winterville, Georgia hand signs.
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Identifier: |
ms4364 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Violet Jackson papers
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Creator: |
Jackson, Violet, 1925-2008 |
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Dates: |
1946-1955 |
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Collection includes letters from George D. Tidwell, an Air Force training officer at the Arctic Survival School, to his first
wife Air Force nurse Lt. Violet Jackson. Tidwell's letters describe life at the school, his varying duties, his frustrations
with those in command, and his affections towards Jackson. In addition are three photograph albums containing a total of six-hundred
and twenty photographs. The first two albums belong to Lt. Jackson and document her service in the 3700th Station Medical
Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas as well as her tour in Europe and her time at the Macon Hospital School of Nursing
in Georgia. The last photo album belongs to Lt. Jackson's second husband Clay Kemp. Kemp's album details his time at the USNAB
Agana on Guam where he worked as a Navy surgical assistant. Also included two U.S. Air Force telegrams, Lt. Jackson's U.S.
Army Medical Field Service course certificate, an Air Force Reserve inventory questionnaire, Air Force Reserve qualification
paperwork, and Stephen Tidwell Baptism certification.
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Identifier: |
ms4443 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Charles L. Bowden Papers
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Creator: |
Bowden , Charles L., 1892-1952 |
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Dates: |
1883-1983 |
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Contents: |
The collection documents the growth and development of the City of Macon primarily during the administration of Mayor Charles
L. Bowden (1938-1947). Included are City of Macon financial statements (1928, 1937-1938); Macon Hospital Commission files
(1945-1952); correspondence and photographs documenting the commission of USS Macon (1945) and the Macon premiere of God is
my Co-pilot (1945); copies of Bowden's speeches and radio announcements; and general correspondence. Of note is the correspondence
with Carl Vinson, especially in relation to the commissioning of the USS Macon. Correspondence between Bowden, his wife, Urney
Fields Bowden, and their children, Charlotte and Patsy, illustrate family life in Macon in the 1930s and 1940s. The Bowden
and Fields families are documented through genealogical research files and correspondence (1883-1889) between Urney Bowden's
grandparents, W. G. Fields and Emma Massey (-1902). The papers include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, financial
reports, speeches and announcements, publications and clippings, and memorabilia.
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Identifier: |
RBRL315CLB |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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