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Georgia Public Official Portraits
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University of Georgia. School of Law |
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1990s |
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This collection is comprised of eleven 8x10" triptych color portraits in 10 ½ x12 ½" gold frames of University of Georgia
School of Law alumni who have served prominent roles in modern Georgia politics such as: Richard B. Russell, Jr., Herman Talmadge,
S. Ernest Vandiver, and Carl E. Sanders.
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RBRL084GPOP |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr. Oral History Collection
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Henderson, Harold Paulk (Hal), Sr. |
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1981-1994 |
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Hal Henderson is a retired professor of political science from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in Tifton, Ga.
His main research field is mid-twentieth century Georgia politics. The oral history interviews in this collection are the
result of research Henderson conducted for two books, one on Ellis Arnall and the other on Ernest Vandiver. This collection
also contains eight VHS recordings from a symposium on Georgia governors directed by Hal Henderson and Gary Roberts that was
held at ABAC in 1985.
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RBRL096HPH |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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John Leonard Pilcher Papers, Series IX: Scrapbooks
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Pilcher, John Leonard, 1898-1981. |
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1941, 1953-1964, 1970, 1973-1976 |
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The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings that chronicle Pilcher's state senate and congressional careers. The
news clippings contain information about Pilcher's speeches, public appearances, campaigns, platform, and appointments to
military academies. The scrapbooks also contain speeches, letters, certificates and photographs.
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RBRL131JLP_IX |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Janet B. Scarborough Merritt Papers
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Merritt, Janet B. Scarborough, 1909-2000. |
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1900-2011 |
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Janet B. Scarborough Merritt was elected to represent the Sumter County (at the time, the 68th district) in the Georgia State
House in 1964. The only woman in the Georgia State House of Representatives when she was elected, and the first to represent
Sumter County, Merritt called herself a "full-time" representative. The topic of the role of women in government is thoroughly
documented throughout Merritt's speeches and writings. She served four terms in that position: she was elected again in 1966,
in 1968 (after reapportionment combined Sumter with Macon and Schley counties into the new 46th district), and in 1970. In
1972, after a second reapportionment, Merritt was defeated for re-election by her former colleague in the House, Oliver Oxford,
in a run-off. Merritt ran against Oxford a second time in the 1974 election, but was again narrowly defeated in a run-off.
The collection documents Merritt's campaigns, her time in the state legislature and her community activities including heavy
involvement in the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) Of particular note are materials documenting Merritt's ongoing
battle to change Georgia's state flag. In 1969, Merritt sponsored a bill to change the Georgia flag adopted in 1955, shortly
after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, back to the 1879 version, which did not include the Confederate
battle flag. Included in the collection are speeches, notes, journals, correspondence, clippings, photographs, artifacts,
and audiovisual material.
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RBRL121JSM |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Title: |
Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary Collection
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Dates: |
1986 - ongoing |
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Oral history collection consisting of 42 interviews conducted for the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and
Studies from 2003-2019.
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RBRL175OHD |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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William H. (Bill) Burson Papers
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Burson, William H. (Bill), 1928-1997. |
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Dates: |
1933-1997 |
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This collection documents the life of William H. (Bill) Burson (1928-1997) and the various positions he held under Senator
Herman Talmadge; Governors Carl Sanders, Lester Maddox, and Jimmy Carter; and Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller. Burson graduated
from the University of Georgia with a BA in Journalism in 1948 and served as a war correspondent in the Korean War. After
the war, Burson served as an aide to Senator Herman Talmadge and later to Governor Carl Sanders. In 1967, the newly elected
governor, Lester Maddox, appointed him to be director of the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services. Over the
next three years Burson fought a "War on Hunger" attempting to create food stamps programs across Georgia. Burson was elected
as State Treasurer in 1970 and campaigned for the U.S. Senate in 1972. After losing the senatorial campaign, Burson worked
as a lobbyist for business interests in the Southeast. In 1975, he became Zell Miller's administrative and special assistant,
a position he held until his retirement in 1991. The collection is comprised primarily of twenty-five scrapbooks that detail
Burson's life and career from 1933 to 1991. Also included are photographs, editorial cartoons, books, certificates, and plaques.
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RBRL206WHB |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Title: |
New York Times Research Materials
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Creator: |
New York Times Atlanta News Bureau |
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Dates: |
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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