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Doug Hatch Papers
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Hatch, Doug |
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1970s-2000s |
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Douglas Richard Hatch is a retired math teacher and disability rights advocate. He was selected to carry the Olympic torch
through Athens, GA in the lead-up to the 1996 Atlanta Games. He was also an organizer for the 1996 Paralympic Games torch
relay and was part of the Paralympics Speaker's Bureau. This collection documents his disability work at UGA and his work
with the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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RBRL/393 |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Homer Cooper Papers
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Cooper, Homer Chassell, 1923-2014 |
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1945-2005 |
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Homer Cooper was a professor of sociology, a veteran of World War II, and an active member of the Democratic Party. His papers
document his involvement in the China-Burma-India Veterans Association and University of Georgia governance issues.
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RBRL/262/HC |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Philip H. Alston, Jr. Papers
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Howard, Buckner, III |
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1961-1988 |
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Philip H. Alston was a supporter of Jimmy Carter during two gubernatorial campaigns and Carter's 1976 presidential campaign.
He later served as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 1977-1979 and the U.S. Ambassador to Nauru from 1979-1981. This collection
documents his political and diplomatic career.
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RBRL/402 |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Iêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda Papers
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Library of Congress |
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1911-2018 |
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Iêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Florida. She is a scholar of
Latin American and Brazillian relations as well as women's health in Latin American. In 2006 became the Luso-Brazil Specialist
in the Hispanic Division at the lIbrary of Congress. Her late husband, Howard, was the founding head of the Department of
International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Her collection consists of publications and research on her native Brazil
and Latin America in general, as well as an oral history documenting her own research.
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RBRL/456 |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Foot Soldier for Equal Justice: Horace T. Ward and the Desegregation of the University of Georgia Collection
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Daniels, Maurice |
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1940s-2001 |
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Horace T. Ward: Desegregation of the University of Georgia, Civil Rights Advocacy, and Jurisprudence documents Horace Ward,
the first African American to sue for admission to an all-white college or university in Georgia. The papers are mainly photocopies
of transcripts from court cases, clippings, and correspondence from former University of Georgia law professor James J. Lenoir
and Red and Black student editor Walter Lundy, both of whom resigned positions at the university due to the school's resistance
to desegregation. Specific court cases documented include Ward v. Regents of the University System of Georgia and Holmes v.
Danner.
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RBRL/072/FSEJ |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Martin J. Hillenbrand Papers, Series VIII: Audiovisual
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Hillenbrand, Martin Joseph, 1915-2005. |
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1975-1993 |
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Martin J. Hillenbrand Papers, Series VIII: Audiovisual, includes 35 VHS videocassettes, two betacam videocassettes, and one
quarter-inch open reel tape. The audiovisual resources are primarily copies of programs produced by the Southern Center for
International Studies.
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RBRL/155/MJH_VIII |
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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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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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RBRL/206/WHB |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Martin J. Hillenbrand Papers
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Hillenbrand, Martin Joseph, 1915-2005. |
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1910s-2005 |
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Ambassador Martin J. Hillenbrand served for thirty-five years as a professional United States Foreign Service Officer, including
service in Burma, India, Mozambique, Hungary, France, and Germany. He was appointed as the first U.S. Ambassador to Hungary
(1967-1969), Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (1969-1972) and Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
(1972-1976). The collection consists of Hillenbrand's personal papers and provides an overview of his life and career in diplomatic
service. The papers also document his academic career at The University of Georgia (1982-1997) and involvement in international
diplomatic organizations. Of particular interest are his personal, hand-written journals and notebooks which begin with adolescence
and extend through retirement. Included in the collection are published and unpublished articles, drafts, speeches, notes,
journals, correspondence, clippings, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual material.
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RBRL/155/MJH |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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