 Jane Vandiver Kidd Papers
Collection DescriptionBiographical NoteJane Brevard Vandiver Kidd was born on February 12, 1953 in Atlanta Georgia. As the daughter of Georgia Governor S. Ernest Vandiver (1959-1963) and grand-niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., Kidd was involved in politics early, serving as chair of "Youth for Talmadge" during Herman Talmadge's 1968 Senate campaign, and campaigning for her father during his 1972 U.S. Senate campaign. In 1975, she graduated from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and in 1980 she won a seat on the Lavonia, Georgia city council, which she retained for three terms. In 1992, she was Don Johnson's campaign manager during his successful run for Congress and served as Johnson's district director from 1993 to 1995. In 2004, Kidd was elected to represent the 115th District in the Georgia House of Representatives, serving one term before an unsuccessful bid for the Georgia State Senate in 2006. Kidd also served as chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia from 2007 to 2011. In addition to her public service in state and local government, Kidd has also worked at WNEG-AM radio in Toccoa, Georgia and GPTV in Athens in the early 1970s, as Radio-TV Editor, Assistant Director for Special Projects, and then Director of Public Information at Clemson University (1976-1986), Vice President and Regional Office Director for the the public relations firm Gehrung Associates (1987-1990), Director of Development for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia (1996-2002), Director of Alumni Relations for the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (2002-2004), and as president of the public relations firm, The Kidd Group. She has also served on the boards of several organizations including the Athens-Clarke County Clean and Beautiful Commission, Georgia Clean and Beautiful Citizen's Advisory Committee, Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Junior League of Athens, Girl Scouts of Northeast Georgia, and the University of Georgia's National Alumni Association. Scope and ContentThis collection contains legislative files from Jane Kidd's time as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2004 to 2006; files from her campaigns for the Georgia House of Representatives, Georgia State Senate, and the Democratic National Convention Delegation between 2004 and 2012; materials documenting her tenure as chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Georgia from 2007 to 2011 and her role as a superdelegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention; records from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (MIDMAC) project for which she served as a public information consultant; personal files related to her family and local service; political artifacts; and audiovisual recordings ranging in date from 1953 to 2012. Organization and ArrangementThis collection is arranged in seven series: I. Legislative Files, II. Campaign Files, III. Democratic Party of Georgia Files, IV. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (MIDMAC) Files, V. Personal Files, VI. Artifacts, and VII. Audiovisual Recordings. Administrative InformationAccess RestrictionsThis collection is open for research. This collection contains digital files. To access these files, please request the folders you would like through the finding aid using your research account. An archivist will be in contact with you to explain how to access the files. Please note that not all file formats are currently supported by the library for research use. This collection contains audiovisual materials. Reference copies of the audiovisual recordings are available upon request. Research requests will be filled as soon as possible and will be dependent upon the condition of the recordings. Preferred citationJane Vandiver Kidd Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641. Copyright InformationBefore material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original. Finding Aid PublicationFinding Aid prepared by Agozie Onyirimba and Brandon Pieczko, June 2018. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this Repository
Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 108 Jane Kidd Democratic Party of Georgia Records C. Donald (Don) Johnson Papers Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. Papers | ||||||||||||||||||||