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Erwin C. Surrency Collection of Political Materials
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| Title: Erwin C. Surrency Collection of Political Materials | |
| Creator: Surrency, Erwin C., 1924- | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1946-1964, 1984 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 5 box(es) (2.25 linear feet) | |
| Collection Number: RBRL068ESPC | |
| Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies | |
| Abstract: The Erwin C. Surrency Collection of Political Materials consists of political campaign materials collected by Surrency over the course of his career as law librarian and professor at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, later at the University of Georgia. It covers the years 1946-1964 and includes printed materials, handbooks, press releases, news clippings, bumper stickers, buttons, and pamphlets. Materials document Democratic and Republican Party campaigns at the national level and the Pennsylvania state or local level including Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidential campaign and the 1964 "Republicans for Johnson" presidential campaign. Georgia national and state materials mainly pertain to Mrs. Jesse W. Jenkins' 1950 gubernatorial campaign. Also includes AFL-CIO political education materials (1950-1954, 1964). | |
Collection Description
Biographical Note
Erwin Campbell Surrency was born in Jesup, Georgia on May 11, 1924 to H.W. and Mary (Campbell) Surrency. In September of 1945 he married Ida E. Winn. They had two children, Robert Erwin and Ellen Gwinn.
Surrency attended North Georgia College from 1940 to 1941, received his A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1947, his LL. B in 1948, and M.A. in 1949. In 1950 he was awarded his Masters in Library Science from George Peabody University. From 1950 to 1978 Surrency was the Law librarian at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also was professor of law at Temple University from 1951 to 1972. In 1972 he was appointed assistant dean and law librarian at Temple and held this position until 1978. In 1979, he moved to Athens, Georgia to take the post of law librarian and professor of law at the University of Georgia. Surrency retired in 1995.
Surrency was visiting professor at Queen's University at the University of Belfast in Northern Ireland from 1963 to 1964, was library consultant for the American Bar Foundation from 1953 to 1954, and acted as a consultant for the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies from 1975 to 1976. Surrency is author of The Marshall Reader (with Carrol C. Moreland) published in 1955, Research in Pennsylvania Law, two editions published in 1953 and 1965, and A History of Federal Courts published in 1987. He was the editor of the 1989 edition of the History of American Legal Literature and editor of the American Journal of Legal History, 1957.
Scope and Content
The Erwin Surrency Collection consists of political campaign materials collected by Surrency over the course of his career as law librarian and professor at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, later at the University of Georgia. The years represented by these items are 1946 to 1964. Most of the information consists of Democratic and Republican Party campaign materials for national, state, and local political campaigns. Much of the literature at the local and state level is from Pennsylvania, with a smattering of material from Georgia. The types of material included in this collection of political propaganda are voting handbooks, candidate information, party platforms, campaign memorabilia, letters, clippings, campaign speeches, press releases, campaign essays, and photographs.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection encompasses one series, Political, which is divided into three subseries: A. General File, B. Georgia, and C. Photographs. The types of material included in this collection of political campaign materials are voting handbooks, candidate information, party platforms, campaign memorabilia, letters, clippings, campaign speeches, press releases, and campaign essays. The original order of the collection has been maintained.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Erwin C. Surrency Collection of Political Materials, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
Processing Notes
Clippings have been copied onto bond paper for preservation of content.
User Restrictions
Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.
Copyright Information
Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.
Before 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 permission. 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 Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2008.
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