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1 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series I: Rockefeller Foundation  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1952-1961  
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The Rockefeller Foundation series consists of Rusk's office files while he was president. These files contain correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, transcripts and press releases. There is correspondence between Rusk and then Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, former President Harry Truman, Henry Kissinger, Rockefeller Foundation Director of Special Studies, and Rockefeller family members Nelson, Laurance, David and John D. Most of the files deal with the foundation's work in the area of foreign relations, as well as Rusk's confirmation hearings when he became Secretary of State.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_I  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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2 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series IX: Audiovisual  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1945-1996  
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Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series IX: Audiovisual, contains audio and video recordings documenting the career of Dean Rusk. The audio recordings range from Rusk's 1961 swearing-in as secretary of state to a 1995 memorial service for Rusk held at Davidson College. Many recordings are audio tracks of interviews conducted with Rusk for television, including a 1971 interview with Bill Moyers, a 1971 "Today" interview, appearances on all of the major networks discussing the impending 1972 presidential election, a 1973 interview with Rusk on the death of Lyndon B. Johnson, and a 1974 interview with William F. Buckley. Additional recordings include audio tracks for television programs on which Rusk did not appear but which held interest for him: a 1971 news segment on Nikita Khrushchev, a 1972 interview with Johnson by Walter Cronkite for CBS, a 1972 interview with David Halberstam on "Today," a 1972 interview with Walt and Eugene Rostow conducted by William F. Buckley, and several NBC and ABC specials concerning Vietnam. Other audio recordings include speeches delivered by Rusk including a 1972 address concerning President Richard Nixon's trip to China, Rusk's 1973 eulogy for Johnson, a 1974 graduation address to the 55th class of the Armed Forces Staff College, and a 1983 lecture entitled "The Constitution: Comity or Confrontation." The videotapes in the collection cover a broad range of subjects, but the bulk of the tapes date from 1983 to 1989 and roughly coincide with Rusk's retirement from teaching at the University of Georgia. The videotapes range in date from a copy of a March 1962 profile of Dean Rusk by WBTV-TV in Charlotte , North Carolina to the 1996 dedication of the University of Georgia 's Dean Rusk Hall. Included among the videotapes is a copy of the CBS News coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Rusk's 1984 deposition in the Westmoreland v. CBS libel case, a fourteen-tape unedited interview with Dean Rusk conducted in 1985 by Edwin Newman, a thirty-minute documentary on Rusk produced by the University of Georgia in 1988 called "Conversations with Great Georgians: Dean Rusk," a multi-part series entitled "The United Nations: Issues of Peace and Conflict" that covers the 1989 Report of the Former Ambassadors to the United Nations, a three-part interview with Rusk conducted by Kenneth Harris for a BBC series entitled "The Twentieth Century Remembered," as well as several other television appearances and interviews that reflect back on Rusk's tenure as secretary of state during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and that touch on the topics of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and the Cold War. Also included in the collection is a silent 16mm home movie from 1945 depicting then Colonel Rusk playing tennis at the palace of the viceroy (now the residence of the President of India) with friends Colonel Currie, Captain Swain, Lieutenant Plager, and other unidentified persons.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_IX  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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3 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series VIII: Artifacts  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1939-1995  
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Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series VIII: Artifacts includes plaques, certificates, awards, and memorabilia documenting Rusk's career.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_VIII  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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4 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series IV: General Office Files  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1952-1995  
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Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series IV: General Office Files include correspondence, journal and magazine articles, newspaper clippings, oral histories, reports, press releases, and transcripts of interviews, speeches, and testimonies. Under general correspondence filed alphabetically, Rusk received letters from regular citizens and prominent politicians, giving and asking for opinions on subjects ranging from the Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy's assassination, and Vietnam veterans, to the age of nuclear war, the Iran-Contra affair and Desert Storm. The chronological files are parallel to the general correspondence and contain only Rusk's replies to correspondence. There are a number of files related to the General Westmoreland vs. CBS, Inc. case that includes Dean Rusk's and Robert McNamara's depositions. There are also files related to litigation on Agent Orange under Vietnam.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_IV  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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5 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series VII: Photographs  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1885-1994  
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This images in this series range from family photographs to functions within the White House under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, such as testifying before Congress on Vietnam, staff meetings, trips - official, greeting foreign dignitaries, and White House social functions. Other subjects of in this series include Rusk's early life, his family, Virginia Rusk, and his retirement years.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_VII  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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6 Title:   Prince H. Preston, Jr. Papers, Series V. Audiovisual Materials  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Preston, Prince H., Jr., 1908-1961.  
  Dates:   1946-1961  
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Prince H. Preston, Jr. Papers, Series V. Audiovisual Materials includes 16mm films and quarter-inch open reel tapes, documenting press appearances and campaign activities and featuring Operation Ivy, a film of the first hydrogen bomb test, introduced by Preston.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL170PP_V  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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7 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series V: Speeches/Publications  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1951-1995  
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Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series V: Speeches/Publications includes addresses, articles, book reviews, interviews, speeches and speech notes either written or presented by Dean Rusk during his tenure as president of the Rockefeller Foundation, as Secretary of State, and as a faculty member at the University of Georgia School of Law. Of interest to researchers are his speech note files, which include comments from the 1950s on U.S. actions in the Far East and Southeast Asia, the Japanese Peace Treaty, Korea, concepts of Cold War strategy, parliamentary democracy, and U.S. policy toward Europe's non-NATO commitments. In 1981-1982 the British Broadcasting Corporation did a series on the "Twentieth Century Remembered" for which Dean Rusk was interviewed. Other interviews include Rusk's reflections on issues of foreign policy and the future of international relations. The working files of Richard Rusk for As I Saw It, the autobiography/biography he wrote for his father, Dean Rusk, include research materials, drafts, and reviews. There are also files of various articles on foreign relations, policy and international law.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_V  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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8 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series VI: Administrative  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1939-1994  
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The Administrative series includes requests for Rusk's appearance at various events or meetings, his schedule of meetings and appointments (1970-1994), and personal files. The personal files consist of correspondence, clippings, articles, programs and publications. There is also a section of Virginia Rusk's personal papers which includes personal letters she received while living in Washington, D.C.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_VI  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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9 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series II: U.S. Secretary Of State, Department Of State  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1939-1995  
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Dean Rusk Personal Papers, Series II: U.S. Secretary Of State, Department Of State includes transcripts of addresses, interviews, statements, press releases, and speeches that Dean Rusk gave during his tenure as Secretary of State. Researchers may be interested in statements by Rusk on the deaths of various famous figures in the world of politics and foreign affairs including President Herbert Hoover, King Mohamed V of Morocco, Adlai E. Stevenson, Sir Winston Churchill and Robert F. Kennedy. Opening and closing remarks on numerous foreign relations events, such as the meetings of the US-Japan Committee on Economics and Trade, and the SEATO [Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty] conference in 1961, the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1962, and meetings over the Dominican Republic Crisis with the OAS [Organization of American States] in 1965, can also be found here. There are several copies of congressional testimonies by Dean Rusk given between 1949 and 1979. Also, a small group of files consisting of articles that Dean Rusk designated for his "personal papers" upon leaving the office of Secretary of State. Topics covered in these files include Vietnam, the effect of student activism on international relations, the Berlin Crisis of 1961-1964, the role of analogy in law, Rusk's success over nuclear nonhappening, foreign travel by the Secretary of State, and the National Academy of Sciences. Certain records relating to the Palestine question were maintained in the offices of Dean Rusk and Robert McClintock, these records exist on microfilm.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR_II  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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10 Title:   Ed L. Jenkins Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jenkins, Edgar Lanier, 1933-  
  Dates:   1974-1992  
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The Ed. L Jenkins Papers documents the political career of Congressman Ed Jenkins who represented Georgia's Ninth District (Northwest Georgia) from 1977 to 1992. Prior to being elected to the House of Representatives, Jenkins worked as a trial lawyer in Jasper, Georgia. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, Jenkins served on several committees including: the Ways and Means Committee where he was involved with the Trade Subcommittee, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the Budget Committee, the Steering and Policy Committee, and the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions during the Iran-Contra Hearings. Jenkins was an advocate of the textile industry in Georgia. He served on both the Textile and Congressional Rural Caucus to represent the needs of the industry and his constituents. Legislation of particular interest in this collection includes the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and Ronald Reagan's Balanced-Budget Amendment. Other topics of interest in this collection includes files on the Chattahoochee National Forest Preservation, lake and water resources, agriculture, textiles, domestic trade, taxation, and the Iran-Contra Hearings.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL065ELJ  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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11 Title:   Prince H. Preston, Jr. Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Preston, Prince H., Jr., 1908-1961.  
  Dates:   1946-1961  
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The Prince Preston Papers span the dates of 1946-1961, covering his seven terms as the representative from the First District (Bryan, Burke, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, and Wheeler Counties) in the United States House of Representatives.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL170PP  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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12 Title:   Dean Rusk Personal Papers: Collection Summary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994  
  Dates:   1885-1996  
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Dean Rusk was U.S. Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969. He also served in the Department of State (1947-1952), was president of the Rockefeller Foundation (1952-1960), and was a professor of international law at the University of Georgia's School of Law. Rusk's papers document his career in these areas and his role as a U.S. foreign policy expert and include correspondence, speeches and testimony, press files, and subject files.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL055DR  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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13 Title:   Gilbert C. Fite Collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. Research Files  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Fite, Gilbert Courtland, 1918-  
  Dates:   1971-1984  
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The collection consists of oral histories and notes Dr. Gilbert C. Fite used in conducting research for the biography, Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia.
  
  Identifier:   RBRL089GF  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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