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21 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIX: Case Mail  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1931-1935  
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIX: Case Mail is case-like correspondence with constituents concerning confidential matters or disclosing information of a confidential nature in pursuit usually for redress from the federal government or for appointment or employment. Case Mail is closed for seventy-five years from the date of a file's creation. File headings include Army-Navy (all military branches), immigration, social security, veterans, pardon and parole, selective service, unemployment compensation, jobs, labor, and military academies.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XIX  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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22 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XVII: Raesly File  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1957-1973  
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XVII: Raesly File consists of miscellaneous items acquired, used, and maintained by Ms. Raesly during her tenure as personal secretary. Included are three secretarial notebooks, two of which were used by Raesly; the third was used by Jane McMullan as assistant personal secretary in the mid 1960s. The notebooks contain subject paragraphs dictated by Russell or approved staff for composing letters of reply. Other items include correspondence, press releases, memoranda, and dictation copies, which were maintained by Raesly for safe-keeping and ready reference.Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XVII  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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23 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XVIII: Exhibit B  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1930-1971  
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XVIII. Exhibit B, under the terms of the original conveyance of the Russell Collection, was not to be made available until May 8, 1973. The primary intent of the executors was to avoid injuring or embarrassing any living person by the the dissemination of information contained in these documents. Exhibit B is currently available to researchers; however, this series must be reviewed by Russell Library staff prior to patron use. Family correspondence, excluding correspondence with Ina Dillard Russell and Richard B. Russell, Sr., is restricted. With the exception of family correspondence and some incoming correspondence, the documents were created primarily by Russell and his office staff. The general subject matter includes such topics as national defense, foreign policy, Vietnam, federal judgeships, the Warren Commission, office matters, legislation, and family affairs.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XVIII  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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24 Title:   Aubrey R. Morris Collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. Materials  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Morris, Aubrey R., 1922-2010.  
  Dates:   1969  
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The collection consists of three photographs of Richard B. Russell, Jr. and one of Aubrey R. Morris in addition to an article from the Atlanta Journal concerning Senator Russell's battle with lung cancer.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL006ARM  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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25 Title:   David Gambrell U.S. Senate Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-  
  Dates:   1929-2015  
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David H. Gambrell was appointed to the US Senate in 1971 following the death of Richard B. Russell, Jr. He served until 1972, when he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Sam Nunn. This collection holds the records of Gambrell's two years in the Senate, including a large amount of constituent correspondence, voting records, sponsored bills, and committee work.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL052DG  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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26 Title:   John A. Sibley Speech  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Sibley, John Adams, 1888-1986.  
  Dates:   1932  
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The collection consists of one transcript of a speech made by John A. Sibley on WSB radio (Atlanta, Ga.) on September 12, 1932. The speech was in support of Richard B. Russell, Jr.'s senatorial campaign.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL125JAS  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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27 Title:   Joel Carpenter Collection on Richard B. Russell's 1955 Trip to the USSR  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Carpenter, Joel.  
  Dates:   1955  
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The folder contains one nine-page Air Intelligence Information Report and six photo slides. The report details the Senator's observations during the trip, including the sighting of a pair of unidentified flying objects ("flying saucers") by Senator Russell and two others; descriptions of Dnieperpetrovsk airfield, passenger and military aircraft, and radar receivers near Moscow; observations on Russian trains, railroad mechanisms and procedures; and hand-drawn diagrams of a Russian jet bomber and a railroad gauge switching operation. Slides depict Senator Russell with companions at a war memorial in Baku, beside a train carriage, at the Intourist Hotel, and in Tbilisi or Sochi; and passengers standing by the train between Baku and Tbilisi.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL251JC  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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28 Title:   USS Richard B. Russell (SSN 687) Memorabilia  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Department of the Navy  
  Dates:   1971-1994  
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USS Richard B. Russell (SSN 687), the thirty-seventh and final Sturgeon class nuclear attack submarine to be built, had its keel laid at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia on October 19, 1971. The ship was christened Richard B. Russell (SSN 687) on January 12, 1974 by Elizabeth Talmadge and Herman Talmadge was the speaker at the launching ceremony. During its eighteen years of service USS Richard B. Russell was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, seven Navy Unit Commendations, and seven Battle Efficiency "E" awards. On June 24, 1994 the ship was decommissioned. This collection includes several flags, one model of the USS Russell, a scrapbook, stickers and patches, and inactivation ceremony programs.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL271USS  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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29 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup B: Georgia Gubernatorial Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1930-1933  
  Contents:  
Although a small series, the Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup B. Georgia Gubernatorial Papers are an important source of information on the 1930 gubernatorial campaign, the Robert E. Burns extradition case, and the Georgia state budget for 1932 to 1933.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_B  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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30 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series VII: Political Patronage  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1932-1971  
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection Subgroup C, Series VII: Political Patronage documents the many individuals from Georgia and elsewhere who sought Senator Russell's assistance in winning federal appointments or jobs, and materials here reflect his role in the process. Requests are for presidential appointments, federal judgeships, federal attorneys and assistant attorneys, federal marshals and deputy marshals, federal jobs, Georgia-based postmasters, and out-of-state judgeships. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_VII  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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31 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XI: Rivers and Harbors  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1937-1970  
  Contents:  
The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XI. Rivers and Harbors contains correspondence, printed materials and publications relating to federal river and harbor projects. Files are subdivided into General, Corps of Engineers, Individual Projects, and Flood Control Projects. The individual projects were relevant to the constituents of the state of Georgia and its neighbors. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XI  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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32 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIII: Kennedy Assassinations  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1963-1970  
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIII. Kennedy Assassinations concerns both the homicides of John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert F. Kennedy. The majority of the documents, however, relate to the president's assassination and the subsequent findings of the Warren Commission. The files of this series include information prompted by the investigation, correspondence, reports, testimony transcripts, book manuscript drafts and proofs, memoranda, evidential material, manuscript drafts and proofs of the final commission report and clippings pertaining to the assassinations, the commission reports, and other related topics. Other material related to this series is in the Dictation series and in the Intra-Office Communications series of the Winder Papers. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XIII  
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33 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIV: Military Installations  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1945-1970  
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIV: Military Installations contains correspondence and printed materials on military bases primarily in Georgia. This series is subdivided into general correspondence, arranged chronologically, and individual installations, arranged alphabetically and chronologically. The general correspondence concerns the location of military bases and contains some material related to government installations that were not military. Individual installations consist of correspondence and printed materials associated with military bases located in Georgia. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XIV  
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34 Title:   Clara Smith Collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. Materials  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smith, Clara E., 1897-1989.  
  Dates:   1926-1977  
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Excluding a brief autobiographical sketch of Smith, the focus of the collection is U. S. Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. News clippings and mementos such as the announcement and platform for Governor of Georgia in 1930 and ballots for that election document the early years of Russell's career. News clippings begin in 1930 and extend to 1970. There are also programs of events memorializing the Senator after his death, as well as a few items concerning the Richard B. Russell Memorial Library. A copy of Senator Russell's will is included. Smith's record of mailed contributions to Russell's campaign fund is also part of the collection. The collection also contains photographs of various United States government officials (Robert McNamara, Herman Talmadge, Frank Carlson, Robert G. Stephens, Jr.), including former presidents (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson). Other miscellaneous photographs include images of the Biltmore House in Ashville, North Carolina and a group of high school students from Athens, Georgia visiting Washington, D.C.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL049CS  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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35 Title:   Frank O. Walsh III Collection of Massie Family Georgia Political Letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Walsh, Frank O., III  
  Dates:   1961-1971  
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Ten typed, signed letters to constituent, Mrs. Gerald T. (Elizabeth) Massie of Tucker, Georgia, from Georgia politicians: Senator Richard B. Russell, Senator Herman E. Talmadge, and Governor Carl Sanders. Content of the letters includes several topics, such as: desegregation, the 1964 Presidential Election, and the "Great Society."
  
  Identifier:   RBRL073FOW  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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36 Title:   Truitt and Billings Family Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Truitt, S. D. (Selvia Devanie), 1894-1975.  
  Dates:   1920-2008  
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The collection comprises the papers of S. D. Truitt (1894-1975) and family, and Ray Henry Billings (1922-1979) and family. It includes materials relating to S. D. Truitt's career as county extension agent from 1917 to 1966, his acceptance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Superior Service Award in 1959 (including slides of the 1959 trip to Washington D.C. to accept the award) and items relating to the family's friendships with several prominent Georgia politicians. Also included is material relating to Ray Henry Billings' career as a communications engineer for the Atlanta Police Department. The collection includes awards, clippings, photographs, correspondence, color slides, and a scrapbook.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL187TBF  
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37 Title:   William H. Jordan, Jr. Collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jordan, William H., 1929-  
  Dates:   1963-1978  
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The William H. Jordan, Jr. Collection consists primarily of articles, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. and other associates of Jordan. William Jordan served as Executive Secretary on the staff of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. from 1955 to 1968 and is one of the original members of the Richard B. Russell Foundation, Inc.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL207WHJ  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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38 Title:   WSB-TV, Georgia Giant Documentary Files  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   WSB-TV (Television station: Atlanta, GA)  
  Dates:   1952-1974  
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The collection consists of records relating to the creation and production of Richard Russell, Georgia Giant, a documentary produced by WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) in 1970. WSB-TV is the first and largest of Georgia's radio and television stations and is now owned by Cox Enterprises, formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL212WSB  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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39 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XII: MacArthur Hearings  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1951-1953  
  Contents:  
The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XII: MacArthur Hearings documents the work of the Joint Senate Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations from Russell's perspective. The four subseries are correspondence file, subject file, hearings materials, and committee prints. This series includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, briefs, newspaper clippings, speeches, press statements, and printed materials. The hearings materials consist of an accordion folder and a black notebook, which was carried by Senator Russell to the hearings. Both contain notes written by Russell during the hearings, speeches and statements by Russell, analyses of testimony for purposes of strategy, hearing summaries, and printed reports.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_C_XII  
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40 Title:   Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series III: Scrapbooks  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971  
  Dates:   1930-1971  
  Contents:  
Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series III: Scrapbooks document Senator Russell's 1930 campaign for governor of Georgia; the thirty-eight years of his Senate career, 1933-1971; and posthumous stories. There is also an almost complete record of the entire Russell family, from weddings to deaths and even clips of nieces' and nephews' school honors. The scrapbooks were maintained by the office staff (several were compiled by family members) and include clippings from newspapers and magazines, including news and feature items, editorials, cartoons, photographs, and mementos. See also scrapbooks in the papers of Senator Russell's mother, Ina Dillard Russell, and his aunt, Addie Day Russell.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL001RBR_E_III  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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