C. Donald (Don) Johnson Papers, Record Group E: Photographs

Descriptive Summary
Title: C. Donald (Don) Johnson Papers, Record Group E: Photographs
Creator: Johnson, Clete Donald (Don), Jr., 1948-
Inclusive Dates: 1987-2000
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 box(es) (.75 linear feet)
Collection Number: RBRL038CDJ_E
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Abstract: C. Donald (Don) Johnson Papers, Record Group E: Photographs document Johnson's service in the Georgia State Senate as well as his work in the United States House of Representatives. Pictures include Johnson with other politicians and civic groups. A small document his work on committees as a U.S. Congressman as well as an ambassador in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

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Collection Description

Biographical Note

C. Donald (Don) Johnson, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 30, 1948. He earned a BA degree in history in 1970 and a Juris Doctorate in 1973 from the University of Georgia. Johnson served in the United States Air Force from 1973-1977 and was stationed in California, Colorado, and the Republic of Turkey as a member of the Office of the Judge Advocate General. He was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal and was discharged with the rank of Captain. In 1978, he received a Master of Law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.

Prior to returning to Royston as a partner in the law firm of Johnson and Vandiver, Johnson held a variety of positions. He served an aide to the late Congressman Phil Landrum as well as legislative council for the U. S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee. He also acted as corporate counsel for the Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago and was a member of the Atlanta law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy.

Johnson was elected to the State Senate from the 47th District in 1987 to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Parks Brown. The 47th District includes Bank, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, and portions of Jackson and Madison counties. Johnson, a Democrat, served on the Judiciary, Reapportionment, Agriculture, Transportation, Finance, Public Utilities, and Rules committees and was chair of the Appropriations Committee from 1990 to 1992. He was a member of the Senate Democratic Party Caucus Policy Committee and served as Governor Joe Frank Harris' assistant administration floor leader in the senate from 1989 until 1992.

During his five years as State Senator, Johnson major legislative accomplishments included: author of toll free county-wide calls legislation which expanded local telephone service area in 129 counties at no additional cost to consumers; principle sponsor of Governor Joe Frank Harris' anti-drug legislation package which gave Georgia the toughest anti-drug laws in the United States; author of civil restitution laws providing business and property owners an easier means of recovering losses from shoplifters and vandals and strengthening bad check laws; author of State Hobbs Act and constitutional amendment for circuit wide grand jury to combat political corruption and misuse of public office for personal gain; and author of reporter shield law which protects against unnecessary infringement upon confidential sources of information.

In addition to his standing committee posts, Johnson was chairman of the Georgia Senate Export Expansion Study Committee, which considered ways the state could encourage the export of Georgia products to overseas markets and boost the state's economy. He also served on several other interim study committees including the Senate Study Committee on Rural Economic Development, the Senate Transportation Study Committee, and the Senate Fraudulent Check Study Committee.

In 1992, Johnson successfully ran for the United States Congress as a Democrat representing Georgia's 10th District, succeeding Doug Barnard, Jr. of Augusta. While in office, Johnson served on the Armed Services Committee and Science Space and Technology Committee. He acted as a delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly (NATO's legislative advisory body) in Berlin and Copenhagen and monitored Russia's first parliamentary (Duma) election in Moscow in December 1993.

After an unsuccessful bid for a second term, Johnson spent a number of years in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in international trade and investment policy, national security and foreign policy. He was vice-president for government relations and public policy with Fleishman-Hillard Government Relations, Inc. In 1998, President Bill Clinton appointed him ambassador and he served for two and a half years as chief textile negotiator and principal advisor to both the president and the United States Trade Representative on all textile and apparel trade matters.

Johnson then became a partner in the law firm Patton Boggs until he accepted an appointment in 2004 as the director of the University of Georgia School of Law's Dean Rusk Center. specializing in global legal and policy issues. Currently, Johnson resides in Royston with his wife Suzanne Spratlin.

Scope and Content

Record Group E: Photographs document Johnson's service in the Georgia State Senate as well as his work in the United States House of Representatives. Pictures include Johnson with other politicians and civic groups. A small document his work on committees as a U.S. Congressman as well as an ambassador in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

Organization and Arrangement

The photographs are arranged in chronological order.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

C. Donald (Don) Johnson Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

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Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2011.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Doug Barnard Collection

Joe Frank Harris Collection

Clete D. Johnson Collection

Linton Johnson Collection

Zell Miller Collection

Charles W. Norwood Collection

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Record Group E: Photographs

2 box(es)

The photographs in the collection document Johnson's service in the Georgia State Senate as well as his work in the United States House of Representatives. Pictures include Johnson with other politicians and civic groups. A small document his work on committees as a U.S. Congressman as well as an ambassador in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

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CDJPF001

Johnson and Zell Miller with Reverend Doug and Susan [Beadiam] and their son Doug, who is a page for the Georgia Senate, 1988 February 5. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF002

Senator and Suzanne Johnson with Michael William, President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, 1988 May. ((3.5x5") color)

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CDJPF003

Johnson and Senator Thomas F. Allgood, circa 1988. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF004

The Johnson family, circa 1988. (4 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF005

Johnson formal portrait, 1988. ((3.5x5") b/w)

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CDJPF006

Johnson speaking in Georgia Senate, 1988. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF007

Johnson and Georgia School Superintendent Werner Rogers discuss education spending, 1989 January 11. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF008

Johnson takes oath as Georgia Senator from Chief Justice John Marshall, 1989 January 17. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF009

Johnson and Miller with Franklin County High School Academic Bowl Team, 1989 February 2. ((8x10") color, 3 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF010

Johnson and Miller with three Georgia Senate pages from Danielsville, 1989 February 6. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF011

Johnson and GA Senator Joe Kennedy with two Georgia Senate pages from Elberton, 1989 February 8. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF012

Johnson and Miller with two Georgia Senate pages from Royston, 1989 February 10. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF013

Johnson and Zell Miller with Reverend Danny Barton, 1989 February 10. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF014

Georgia Senate passes Johnson's Ethics Bill, 1989 February 17. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF015

Johnson and Zell Miller with William Wesley Chandler of Georgia Young Farmers Association, Ila, GA, 1989 February 21. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF016

Johnson and Zell Miller with two Jefferson High School students who are members of Future Farmers of America (FFA), 1989 February 21. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF017

Johnson and Zell Miller with Reverend and Mrs. Jack Exum, Chaplain of the Day, 1989 February 22. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF018

Johnson and Zell Miller with Charles E. Bradshaw, 1989 March 1. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF019

Johnson and Zell Miller with two Georgia Senate pages from Banko County Middle School, 1989 March 2. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF020

Johnson and Zell Miller with Georgia House of Representatives' pages, 1989 March 6. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF021

Johnson and Zell Miller with John Bevilagna, 1989 March 13. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF022

Johnson and Dean Rusk, 1989 April. (3 (3.5x5") color)

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CDJPF023

Johnson at the Joint Evidence Study Committee at the University of Georgia Law School, 1989 September. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF024

Johnson and Zell Miller Georgia House page who is a 4-H student, 1989 early. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF025

Johnson speaking during the Georgia General Assembly Session, circa 1989. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF026

Johnson and Pierre Howard, circa 1989. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF027

Johnson speaking to Senators Joe Burton, Frank Albert, and Ed Perry, circa 1989. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF028

Johnson and Governor Harns with Charles E. Bradshaw, 1989. (3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF029

Johnson and Miller with 4-H constituent, 1989. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF030

Johnson and Joe Frank Harris, 1989. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF031

Johnson and Hal Rives of the Department of Transportation, 1989. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF032

Johnson taking oath of office, 1989. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF033

Johnson with a group of young boys, circa 1989. ((5x7") color)

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CDJPF034

Johnson speaking at Dedication of Jackson County Probation Detention Center, 1990 January 5. ((3.5x5") color, (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF035

Johnson as part of Delegation to notify the Governor that the Georgia Senate is in session, 1990 January 8. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF036

Johnson with U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler, 1990 January 22. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF037

Johnson and Zell Miller with the Hart County Girls Basketball Team, 1994 January 24. (2 (5x7") b/w, 3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF038

Johnson with heavy weight boxer Evander Holyfield and wife, 1990 January 24. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF039

Johnson and Coach Erik Russell, 1990 January 30. (3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF040

Johnson with the Hart County Delegation, 1990 January. (3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF041

Johnson and Zell Miller with Georgia Senate pages from Lula and Alto, Georgia, 1990 February 7. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF042

Johnson and Atlanta Falcons Coach Jerry Glanville, 1990 February 12. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF043

Johnson and Zell Miller with Reverend Danny Barton, Chaplain of the Day, 1990 February 15. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF044

Johnson and Senator Joe Kennedy with State Officers of the Future Farmers of America (FFA), 1990 February 20. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF045

Johnson and Zell Miller with Georgia Senate pages from Danielsville, 1990 February 22. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF046

Johnson and Zell Miller with Representative Louie Clark and others, 1990 February 22. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF047

Johnson and Hovie Lester, Gospel singer and Assistant Doorkeeper of Georgia Senate, 1990 February 28. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF048

Johnson and Joe Frank Harris with Franklin County Junior High Challenge Class, 1990 March 6. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF049

Johnson, Zell Miller, Joe Frank Harris with Georgia Senate pages and their coach, 1990 March 7. (3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF050

Johnson Family, 1990 March 7. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF051

Johnson with the Franklin County Special Education Group, 1990 March 9. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF052

Johnson and Senator Baldwin with their secretary, Betty Bellows, 1990 March 9. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF053

Joe Frank Harris with Senate and House floor leaders, 1990 March 9. (3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF054

Johnson with Representative Beck and Watson after a compromise was reached on Phone Bill (SB 524), 1990 March 9. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF055

Johnson with Representative Clark and Hal Rives of Department of Transportation (DOT), circa 1990. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF056

Johnson at Joe Frank Harris' signing of Penny Stock Bill and Government Restrictions Bill, 1990 April 12. (4 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF057

Johnson qualifying for third term as Georgia Senator, 1990 April 23. (6 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF058

Johnson receives Legislative Service Award from Association County Commissioner of Georgia (ACCG) Executive Director Jerry Griffin, 1990 June. ((4x6") color)

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CDJPF059

Johnson as part of the Ad Hoc Exports Committee, 1990 December 3. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF060

Johnson playing in Georgia Senate vs. House Basketball Game to benefit mental health charity, 1990 December 12. (3 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF061

The Georgia Senate 1990 Session, 1990. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF062

Johnson explaining Budget process to newly elected Senators, Athens, 1991 January 4. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF063

Johnson with two of his children, 1991 January 14. (6 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF064

Johnson and his family at his desk, 1991 January 14. (7 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF065

Johnson with Pierre Howard and unknown family, 1991 January 18. (5 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF066

Johnson with his family, 1991 January 18. (6 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF067

Johnson and his family with Garrison and Pierre Howard, 1991 January 18. (6 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF068

Senator and Suzanne Johnson, Pierre Howard, and three women photographed on "Arts Day", 1991 January 29. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF069

Johnson and Howard with Georgia Senate page Bradley Easterlin from Americus, GA, 1991 January 30. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF070

Johnson and Pierre Howard with 4-H students and Larry Pierce of Danielsville, 1991 January 31. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF071

Johnson and Pierre Howard with John Clark of Elberton, 1991 January 31. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF072

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Georgia Senate page Alicia Schneider from Hall, GA, 1991 February 4. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF073

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Reverend Mac Brantley of Elberton, 1991 February 6. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF074

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Georgia Senate page Christy Case, 1991 February 7. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF075

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Georgia Senate page and father, 1991 February 13. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF076

Johnson and Pierre Howard with two Georgia Senate pages, daughters of George Elrod, 1991 February 19. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF077

Johnson and Pierre Howard with two Georgia Senate pages from Alto, GA, 1991 February 21. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF078

Johnson and Pierre Howard and Assistant Doorkeeper of Georgia Senate, 1994 February 22. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF079

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Royston Baptist Church Senior Citizens, 1991 February 26. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF080

Johnson and Howard with Karen Fulbright, 1991 February 26. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF081

Johnson with Senator Nathan Deal and four Georgia Senate pages from Carlton, Danielsville, and Comer, 1991 March 5. (3 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF082

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Janice Freeman, 1991 March 6. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF083

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Georgia Senate page "Bo" Powell and father Alan Powell, 1991 March 6. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF084

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Georgia Senate page Ashley Purrington of Atlanta, 1991 March 7. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF085

Johnson and Pierre Howard with Georgia Senate page Kathryn Copeland of Atlanta, 1991 March 7. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF086

Johnson and Pierre Howard with two Georgia Senate pages from Lawrenceville, 1991 March 8. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF087

Johnson with Pierre Howard and Charles W. Walker, signed by Walker, 1991 March 15. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF088

Johnson and Charles W. Walker, signed by Walker, 1991 March 15. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF089

Johnson and other Georgia senators with Syrupmakers representative, signed by Harold Ragan, 1991 March 15. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF090

Johnson with Pierre Howard, Wayne Garner, Steve Thompson, Nathan Deal, Lewis Massey, 1991 March 15. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF091

Johnson with Pierre Howard, Georgia Senate staff and others, 1991 March 15. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF092

Johnson with Nathan Deal, Wayne Garner, Robert Hobbs, 1991 March 15. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF093

Johnson with Pierre Howard, 1991 March 15. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF094

Johnson with Pierre Howard and Mayor of Homer, GA, 1991 March 31. (2 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF095

Johnson and family with Pierre Howard, 1991 August 21. (3 (5x7") color)

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CDJPF096

Johnson and Pierre Howard with two young men, Special Session, 1991 August 21. ((5x7") color)

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CDJPF097

Johnson speaking at 1991 Special Session, seated next to Terrell Starr, 1991 August 22. (6 (5x7") color)

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CDJPF098

Johnson, Majority Leader Gamer, and Speaker Tom Murphy at Budget Conference, 1991. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF099

Johnson with Senator Wyche Fowler, 1991. ((5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF100

Johnson with Senator Terrell Starr, 1991. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF101

Johnson with Attorney General Mike Bowes, 1991. (2 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF102

Johnson at 1992 Session, 1992 January 17. (3 (5x7") color)

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CDJPF103

Johnson with Falling Creek Elementary Students, 1992 January 17. ((5x7") color)

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CDJPF104

Johnson and Howard with Gina Mastrodicasa, 1992 March 31. ((5x7") color)

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CDJPF105

Johnson portrait, circa 1992. ((5x7") b/w, negative)

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CDJPF106

Various Georgia politicians holding Ty Cobb: The Georgia Peach soda bottles. Includes Johnson, Joe Frank Harris, Zell Miller, Louie Clark, Tom Murphy, circa 1987-1991. (6 (8x10") color)

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CDJPF107

Johnson shakes the hand of unknown man, possibly Culver Kidd [?], circa 1987-1991. ((8x10") b/w)

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CDJPF108

Employees of Gip's Manufacturing Company (Hartwell, GA) holding "NAFTA-NO!!!" and "Save Our Jobs!" signs, circa 1987-1992. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF109

Formal portraits of Don Johnson, possibly for Georgia Congressional Directory, circa 1987-1991. (2 (3.5x4.25") b/w, 5 (3.5x5") b/w, 3 (5x7") b/w, contact sheet, 2 negatives)

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CDJPF110

Johnson in the Georgia Senate Chamber, 1988 March. (12 slides color)

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CDJPF111

Johnson, wearing a Hart Co. Bulldogs hat, stands beside unknown man at unknown event, circa 1988. ((3.5x5") color, 35mm film)

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CDJPF112

Johnson with Henry Turner, Dorothy Hunger [?], Rep. Charlie Williams at Super Bowl XXV in Tampa, Florida, 1991 January 27. ((4x6") color)

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CDJPF113

Close-up shots of Johnson in and around Georgia Capitol, possibly for campaigning media, circa 1992. (47 (4x5") color, 35mm film)

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CDJPF114

Johnson at Armed Services Committee, 1993 Spring. ((8x10") color)

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CDJPF115

Johnson testifying for the Augusta Canal, 1994. (3 (5x7") b/w)

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CDJPF116

Johnson attends the swearing-in of H. Martin Lancaster as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) in the Pentagon, 1996 March. ((5x7") color)

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CDJPF117

Johnson in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for Signing Ceremony of Cambodia-US Trade Textile Agreement in Cambodia Ministry of Commerce. Includes Chau Paonidh [?], Troy Cribb (DAS Commerce), Ambassador Kenneth Quincy, Bill Heidt, Secretary of State for Commerce Rally, Coss Johnson ATMI, various government officials and industry representatives, 1999 January 20. (7 (5x7") color)

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CDJPF118

Dedication of Robert G. Stephens Federal Building in Athens, GA. Includes Don Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Stephens, 2000 August 12. (23 (4x6") color)