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Athens League of Women Voters Records
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Athens League of Women Voters |
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1940-2006 |
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The Athens League of Women Voters (ALWV) Records consist of meeting minutes, agendas, correspondence, clippings, photographs,
scrapbooks, and membership information documenting league activities from 1940 to 2006. Other files in this collection include
publications such as annual political directories listing public officials and municipal services in the Athens-Clarke County
area. The collection also has materials studied by the league regarding local, state, and national issues, including action
studies, political studies, documents related to pending legislation, as well ass voter education information and candidate
questionnaires. Also included are files from the League of Women Voters of Georgia, the National League, and other regional
leagues.
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RBRL028ALWV |
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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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283 |
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E. L. (Tic) Forrester Papers
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Forrester, Elijah Lewis (Tic), 1896-1970. |
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1918-1970 |
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The collection consists of personal and political papers of E. L. Forrester from 1920 to 1970. Includes law practice client
case files (1920-1969); House of Representative subject files containing information on the Dawson Peanut Laboratory, civil
rights, and the House Judiciary Committee (1950-1964); personal files containing correspondence, military, civic, and religious
activities, and Civil War research (1918-1970); speech files containing notes, outlines, and drafts (1926-1970); and political
files containing election campaign materials. Of particular interest are records relating to his involvement as prosecuting
attorney in a 1949 civil rights case involving Rosa Lee Ingram.
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RBRL062ELF |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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284 |
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Erwin Mitchell Papers
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Mitchell, Harlan Erwin, 1924- |
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1958-1960 |
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Papers document Mitchell's single congressional term and include subject files, correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings,
reports, receipts and releases reflecting Mitchell's work on the U.S. House of Representatives' Science and Astronautics and
Veteran Affairs committees.
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RBRL067HEM |
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285 |
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George L. Smith II Papers
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Smith, George Leon, 1912-1973. |
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1943-1974 |
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The George L. Smith II Papers span the dates 1943 to 1974, covering most of his twenty-nine year term as the representative
from Emanuel County in the Georgia House of Representatives. The bulk of the papers represent Smith's second tenure as Speaker
of the House of Representatives (1967-1973).
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RBRL078GLS |
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286 |
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Thomas M. Hayes Collection of Georgia Republican Party Campaign Photographs
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Hayes, Thomas M. |
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1956-1964 |
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The collection consists of photographs collected by Thomas M. Hayes depicting Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon
and his campaign activities in Georgia in 1964. It includes photographs of Richard and Pat Nixon's visit to Atlanta.
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RBRL083TMH |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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287 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series XII: Related Materials, 1. Photographs
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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1957-1987 |
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The Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series XII: Related Materials, 1. Photographs consists of over 2,600 unique
photographs illustrates the life and career of Senator Talmadge and includes personal photographs as well as those released
in public service. Early photographs include images of Talmadge's father, Eugene Talmadge, as a young man in 1910 and span
his father's and Herman's political careers.
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RBRL102HET_C_XII_1 |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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288 |
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James L. Gillis, Sr. Papers
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Gillis, James L., 1892-1975. |
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1923-1982 |
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The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper and magazine articles, and ephemera. Gillis served as the Director
of the State Highway Board for much of the 1950s and 1960s, helping to create the state's modern road system. He was also
the manager of Ernest Vandiver's successful 1958 gubernatorial campaign, the chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee
in 1939-1941, and a major figure in the early history of Treutlen County. The collection is of interest to those studying
highways and Georgia politics, especially in the late 1930s and during the Herman Talmadge administration (1948-1955), as
well as the Vandiver campaign and disputes over highway construction in the late 1960s.
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RBRL119JLG |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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289 |
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Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series X: Photographs
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Hardman, Lamartine Griffin, 1856-1937 |
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1860-1953 |
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The Lamartine G. Hardman photograph collection consists of 624 images. The images date from the mid-1800s to 1953. The collection
begins with early images of his wife's family--the Griffins, from Valdosta, GA--and ends with photos taken during a world
trip by Mrs. Hardman in 1953. Subjects of the photos include the Griffin immediate and extended family, Griffin family vacations,
and Hardman and Emma Griffin's courtship. The collection also includes photographs of Hardman's immediate and extended family,
Hardman and Griffin family residences and property, and Hardman family vacations. Included are formal portraits of Governor
Hardman and informal photographs of Hardman engaged in medical, agricultural and leisure pursuits. Of particular interest
are photographs of Hardman with New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Calvin Coolidge, and aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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RBRL137LGH_X |
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290 |
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M. Louise McBee Papers
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McBee, Mary Louise, 1924-2021 |
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1940-2010 |
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The M. Louise McBee Papers documents the political activities of Louise McBee who served as a democratic legislator in the
House of Representatives from 1991 until 2004. Prior to serving as a legislator for Athens-Clarke County, McBee was an educator
and held administrative positions at the University of Georgia from 1963 until 1988. At UGA, Dr. McBee held positions as:
the Dean of Women, the Dean of Students, the Assistant Vice President for Instruction, and the Vice President of Academic
Affairs. This collection includes records of McBee's activities as a legislator. Records include correspondence and research
files as well as files relating to different legislative committees McBee served on. Topics covered in this collection includes:
the HOPE scholarship, higher education, Teachers' Retirement System, Gay Marriage Amendment, Georgia World Congress Center,
transportation, and issues relating to Athens-Clarke County. This collection also includes some personal files, photographs,
and artifacts.
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RBRL146LM |
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291 |
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Sidney J. Marcus Papers
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Marcus, Sidney J., 1928-1983. |
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1968-1983 |
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The collection consists of the legislative papers of Sidney J. Marcus from 1968 to 1983. It includes correspondence, bills,
speeches, appointment books, printed material, and photographs. The collection primarily pertains to his legislative career,
but also includes material relating to his 1981 campaign for Atlanta mayor against Andrew Young, and some personal papers.
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RBRL191SJM |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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292 |
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WSB-TV, Georgia Giant Documentary Files, Series VI: Audiovisual Materials
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WSB-TV (Television station: Atlanta, GA) |
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1969-1970 |
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WSB-TV, Georgia Giant Documentary Files, Series VI. Audiovisual Materials consists of 139 16mm films that were created in
the production of Richard Russell: A Georgia Giant, in 1970. The reels include negative, internegative, magnetic sound, optical
sound, answer print, and composite print reels. Additionally, one 2-inch videotape contains an introduction to the documentary
by Herman Talmadge, aired on WSB-TV when the documentary was shown. Five Umatic videotapes and 11 VHS videotapes, containing
copies of the final production, were made by the Russell Library in the 1980s and 1990s, and integrated into the collection
in 2011. The full-length Georgia Giant runs two hours and 48 minutes, while the shorter classroom version is 34 minutes long.
User copies are available only for the finished productions.
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RBRL212WSB_VI |
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293 |
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Eva C. Galambos Files on the City of Sandy Springs
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Galambos, Eva Cohn. |
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1974-2007 |
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The Eva C. Galambos Files on the City of Sandy Springs document the history and eventual incorporation of the City of Sandy
Springs in 2005. Debate over the incorporation began in the 1970s when the city of Atlanta attempted to use a state law to
force annexation of Sandy Springs. In response, the Committee for Sandy Springs was formed in 1975. Eva Galambos was president
of Committee for Sandy Springs (1975-2005) leading the effort to incorporate Sandy Springs. She is a co-founder and former
secretary of Sandy Springs Revitalization; founder of Sandy Springs Clean and Beautiful; chairwoman of services committee
for the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods; and founder of Sandy Springs Civic Roundtable. Galambos was elected the first
mayor of Sandy Springs in 2005. The files include clippings, correspondence, memoranda, announcements and flyers, meeting
minutes, articles of incorporation, subject files, and publications related to the incorporation of Sandy Springs.
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RBRL219ECG |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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294 |
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Charles L. Bowden Papers
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Bowden , Charles L., 1892-1952 |
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1883-1983 |
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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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RBRL315CLB |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Mary Frances Early Papers
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Early, Mary Frances, 1936- |
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1953-2012 |
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This collection documents Mary Frances Early, the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia. Ms. Early's
transcripts, grades, financial aid documents, photographs, diaries, and notebooks illustrate her student life. After graduating
from the University of Georgia in 1962, with her master's in music education, she worked for the Atlanta Public Schools and
was involved in local, state and national educational organizations. Ms. Early's involvement with organizations such as Georgia
Music Educators Association, National Endowment for the Arts, and Music Educators National Conference is illustrated by correspondence,
photographs, and speeches. Also included are materials regarding her education at Clark Atlanta University (1957) and honors
received from the University of Georgia Alumni Association and College of Education. The collection contains correspondence,
photographs, programs and event files, official documents from the University of Georgia, diaries, and notebooks.
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RBRL316MFE |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Mary Ethel Creswell papers
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Creswell, Mary E. (Mary Ethel), 1878-1960 |
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1890-1960 |
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The Mary Ethel Creswell papers consist of documents relating to her life before and after becoming the first woman to receive
an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and the first dean of the School of Home Economics. The collection
includes correspondence, photographs, speeches, clippings, certificates, and printed material. Additionally, some material
pertains to Mary's sister, Edith Vaughn Creswell.
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UA0014 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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William Holman Sorrells papers
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Sorrells, William Holman |
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1911-2008 |
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The majority of the collection dates from Sorrells' time at UGA. These items include 10 original debates prepared and presented
by Sorrells as well as photographs and other artifacts. In addition to materials from his school years, the collection contains
such items as a 50th class reunion badge and correspondence with Benjamin E. Mays in regards to Mays' 1968 eulogy at Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s funeral. Sorrells wife, Lola Ruth (McLeroy) Sorrells, is also represented in the 'The William Holman Sorrells
Papers". Mrs. Sorrells' Normal School diploma and a CD containing scans of her early 20th century "Memory Book" are found
in this collection.
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UA0085 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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William Gray Potter papers
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Potter, William Gray |
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1964-2014 |
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This collection consists of material dating from 1964 through 2014 with the majority from Dr. Potter's tenure (1989-2014)
as Director of the UGA Libraries. The materials include budgets, strategic plans, library assessments and self studies, building
space studies and information about various endowments and library faculty. There also are large numbers of materials documenting
technological changes pertaining to UGA and other research and academic libraries.
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UA0138 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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Centennial History of Forestry collection
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Izlar, Robert Lee, 1949- |
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1900-2007 |
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The collection consists of numerous photographs, correspondence and publications that help document the long history of the
Forestry School and its influence on Georgia's Forestry Industry. Included are materials that range from the earliest days
of the Forestry School up through the present day.
Also found in this collection are photographs from 1901 that show Native Americans in traditional ceremonial wear, the original
design sketches for "Woodsy Owl" and a copy of a signed photograph of Robert D. Farris and President Bush.
Many of the documents pertain to the publication of Bob Izlar's book The Centennial History of Forestry in Georgia: A Pictorial
Journey. In fact the originals for most of the graphics found in that book are located within this collection.
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UA06-014 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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Dean William Tate photographs and memorabilia
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Tate, William, 1903-1980 |
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1880-1992 |
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University Archives obtained these materials from Dean Tate's son, Jeff Tate of Athens Georgia. Much of the collection was
removed for preservation from two scrapbooks assembled after Tate's death by his wife, the late Susan Frances Barrow Tate
(1908-2003). Along with photographs documenting Tate and his family there are views of the University and University activities,
materials related to University Chancellor David C. Barrow and Dean Tate's track shoes from his record setting days as a student.
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UA08-046 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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