2 | Descriptive Summary |
284 | Collection Description |
1 | Administrative Information |
5 | Related Materials and Subjects |
Series Descriptions and Folder Listing |
2 | Rusk A, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk circa 1985 |
3 | Rusk B, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk circa 1985 |
3 | Rusk C, Dean Rusk , interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1984 September 11 |
3 | Rusk D, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum circa 1985 |
3 | Rusk E, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum circa 1985 |
3 | Rusk F, Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum circa 1985 |
3 | Rusk G, Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum circa 1985 |
3 | Rusk H, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1984 October 22 |
3 | Rusk I, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum circa 1985 |
2 | Rusk J, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984?] January 24 |
2 | Rusk K, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk M, Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk N, Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk O, Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk P, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Loch Johnson, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk Q, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk R, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1984 December |
2 | Rusk S, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk T, Dean Rusk interviewed by Dennis Farney and David Ignatius 1984 December 19 |
2 | Rusk U, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Loch Johnson 1985 January 3 |
2 | Rusk V, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1985?] |
2 | Rusk W, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Loch Johnson [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk X, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk Y, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Loch Johnson, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk Z, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk AA, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, Martin Hillenbrand, and Loch Johnson, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk BB, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, Martin Hillenbrand, and Loch Johnson, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
Rusk CC, Martin Hillenbrand [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk DD, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Martin Hillenbrand [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk EE, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Ralph Beaird, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk FF, Dean Rusk interviewed by interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Ralph Beaird, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
1 | Rusk GG, Dean Rusk interviewed by interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Ralph Beaird, Part 3 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk HH, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Tom Ganschow [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk II, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Tom Ganschow [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk JJ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Dorinda Dallmeyer [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk KK, Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum and Tom Ganschow [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk LL, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Tapley Bennett, and Louis Sohn [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk MM, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Bundy, Part 1 1985 February |
2 | Rusk NN, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Bundy, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk OO, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Bundy, Part 3 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk PP, Dean Rusk and William Bundy [1984-1989?] |
3 | Rusk QQ, Dean Rusk and William Bundy [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk RR, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk SS, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk TT, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
4 | Rusk UU, Dean Rusk visits Davidson College 1962 |
Rusk VV, Richard Holbrooke 1985 March |
1 | Rusk WW, Benjamin Read 1985 March |
1 | Rusk XX, Clark Clifford 1985 March |
2 | Rusk YY, Harlan and Lois Cleveland [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk ZZ, William Tapley Bennett [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk AAA, Nicholas Katzenbach 1985 March |
Rusk BBB, Nicholas Katzenbach 1980s |
1 | Rusk CCC, McGeorge Bundy, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
1 | Rusk DDD, McGeorge Bundy, Part 2 1980s |
2 | Rusk EEE, U. Alexis Johnson, Part 2 1985 March |
1 | Rusk FFF, U. Alexis Johnson, Part 1 1985 March |
1 | Rusk GGG, Alexander Meigs Haig 1985 March |
2 | Rusk HHH, Lucius D. Battle 1985 |
Rusk III, Douglas Dillon [1984-1989?] |
1 | Rusk KKK, Walt Whitman Rostow, Part 1 |
1 | Rusk JJJ, John J. McCloy 1985 March |
2 | Rusk LLL, Walt Whitman Rostow, Part 2 1985 January |
1 | Rusk MMM, William Bundy 1985 February |
1 | Rusk NNN, Kenneth W. Thompson, Part 1 1985 January |
Rusk OOO, Kenneth W. Thompson, Part 2 1985 January |
Rusk PPP, Theodore C. "Ted" Sorensen 1985 March |
1 | Rusk QQQ, Arthur Goldberg 1985 March |
Rusk RRR, Carl Rowan, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
Rusk SSS, Carl Rowan, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk TTT, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Tom Ganschow 1985 April |
2 | Rusk UUU, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Tom Ganschow 1985 May |
2 | Rusk VVV, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 April |
2 | Rusk WWW, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 1 1985 May |
2 | Rusk XXX, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 2 1985 May |
2 | Rusk YYY, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Bob Clute, Part 1 1985 June |
2 | Rusk ZZZ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Bob Clute, Part 2 1985 June |
2 | Rusk AAAA, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Tapley Bennett, Part 1 1985 June |
2 | Rusk BBBB, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Tapley Bennett, Part 2 1985 June |
Rusk CCCC, William Tapley Bennett, Part 3 1985 June |
2 | Rusk DDDD, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Louis Sohn, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk EEEE, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Louis Sohn, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
1 | Rusk FFFF, John S. Candler, II 1985 June 13 |
2 | Rusk GGGG, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk HHHH, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [June 1985?] |
2 | Rusk IIII, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 June |
2 | Rusk JJJJ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 1 1984 August |
2 | Rusk KKKK, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 2 1984 August |
2 | Rusk LLLL, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 August 16 |
2 | Rusk MMMM, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 August 23 |
1 | Rusk NNNN, Benjamin Read, Part 1 1985 August |
Rusk OOOO, Benjamin Read, Part 2 1985 August |
2 | Rusk PPPP, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk QQQQ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk RRRR, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 August |
2 | Rusk SSSS, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Milner Ball, Part 1 1985 September |
2 | Rusk TTTT, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Milner Ball, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk UUUU, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 September 16 |
2 | Rusk VVVV, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk WWWW, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk XXXX, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 October |
2 | Rusk YYYY, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk ZZZZ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 October |
2 | Rusk AAAAA, Dean Rusk interviewed by Dr. Peter Oliver 1985 October |
2 | Rusk BBBBB, Dean Rusk , interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 October |
2 | Rusk CCCCC, Dean Rusk ; Katherine Sherman and Ruth Gillard; Mary Woods Bennett 1985 October |
2 | Rusk HHHHH, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 1 1985 November 5 |
2 | Rusk IIIII, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 2 1985 November 5 |
2 | Rusk JJJJJ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1985 November 5 |
2 | Rusk LLLLL, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 November 12 |
2 | Rusk MMMMM, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1985 November |
2 | Rusk NNNNN, Dean Rusk interviewed by David Adelman and Sue Ellen Stokes 1985 November 5 |
1 | Rusk OOOOO, William Willard Wirtz 1985 November |
2 | Rusk PPPPP, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1985 November |
2 | Rusk QQQQQ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1985 December |
3 | Rusk RRRRR, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1986 January |
2 | Rusk SSSSS, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Tom Ganschow, Part 1 1986 January 3 |
2 | Rusk TTTTT, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Tom Ganschow, Part 2 1986 January 3 |
2 | Rusk UUUUU, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and John Haag, Part 1 1986 January |
2 | Rusk VVVVV, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and John Haag, Part 2 1986 January |
2 | Rusk WWWWW, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Part 1 1986 January |
2 | Rusk XXXXX, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Part 2 1986 January |
Rusk YYYYY, Richard Holbrooke, Part 1 1986 February |
Rusk ZZZZZ, Richard Holbrooke, Part 2 1986 February |
Rusk AAAAAA, Richard Holbrooke on the Philippines 1986 February 3 |
2 | Rusk BBBBBB, Dean Rusk lecture to Loch Johnson's class 1985 |
2 | Rusk CCCCCC, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1986 February |
2 | Rusk DDDDDD, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk 1986 January |
Rusk EEEEEE, Martin Hillenbrand 1986 February 21 |
Rusk FFFFFF, Richard Holbrooke 1986 February |
Rusk GGGGGG, Ralph Beaird [1984-1989?] |
Rusk HHHHHH, Ralph Beaird [1984-1989?] |
1 | Rusk IIIIII, Frederick Davison 1987 April 29 |
2 | Rusk JJJJJJ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Geary Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 1 1986 April |
2 | Rusk KKKKKK, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 2 1986 April |
Rusk LLLLLL, Andrew Steigman 1986 May 6 |
Rusk MMMMMM, Harry Shlaudeman 1986 May |
Rusk NNNNNN, Emory "Coby" Swank [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk OOOOOO, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1986 May |
Rusk PPPPPP, Virginia Wallace 1986 June |
2 | Rusk QQQQQQ, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 1 1986 June |
2 | Rusk RRRRRR, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum, Part 2 1986 June |
2 | Rusk SSSSSS, Eugene Rostow 1986 May 5 |
Rusk WWWWWW, James L. (Jim) Greenfield 1986 June 25 |
2 | Rusk XXXXXX, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum 1986 July 31 |
Rusk YYYYYY, C. Jane Peleuses and Gus P. Mossellem 1985 March |
Rusk ZZZZZZ, C. Jane Peleuses and Gus P. Mossellem 1985 August |
2 | Rusk 7A, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Uri Ra'anan, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7B, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Uri Ra'anan, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7C, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Uri Ra'anan, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7D, Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Uri Ra'anan, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7I, Dean Rusk speech 1979 July 23 |
2 | Rusk 7J, Dean Rusk [1984-1989?] |
Rusk 7K, BBC Kennedy no. 1 undated |
1 | Rusk 7N, "Cousin Dean " by Thomas T. Hardman 1989 |
15 | Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7O, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 1 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7P, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 2 [1984-1989?] |
3 | Rusk 7Q, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 3 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7R, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 4 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7S, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 5 [1984-1989?] |
2 | Rusk 7T, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 6 [1984-1989?] |
Dean Rusk was born on February 9, 1909 in Cherokee County, Georgia. He attended Lee Street Elementary and Boys' High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Rusk obtained an A.B. degree from Davidson College, North Carolina in 1931, and a B.S. (Rhodes Scholar) and M.A. in 1933 and 1934 from St. John's, Oxford, England. He returned to the United States to become Associate Professor of Government and Dean of Faculty at Mills College, Oakland, California, from 1934 to 1940 and studied law at the University of California, Berkeley, class of 1940.
Rusk served in the United States Army from 1940 to 1946 in the China-Burma-India theater. At first he served with the Third Infantry Division, then later with the Military Intelligence Service. Rusk was released from duty with the rank of colonel.
After his military career ended, Rusk joined the Department of State from 1947 to 1952, as Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs and for Far Eastern Affairs. From 1952 to 1960 he was president of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Rusk to the office of Secretary of State. He remained in this position until 1969, through the administrations of Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Rusk was in office during the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, when East Germany began constructing the Berlin Wall, and as the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was also Secretary of State during the height of the Vietnam Conflict.
In 1970, Rusk came to the University of Georgia's School of Law as the Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law, and he later established the Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law. Rusk served the University of Georgia until his death on December 20, 1994.
Rusk married Virginia Foisle in June, 1937. They had three children together, David Patrick, Richard Geary and Margaret Elizabeth. In 1990, As I Saw It , the book he co-authored with his son, Richard, was published.
Thomas J. Schoenbaum currently serves a Professor of International Studies at the International Christian University in Japan. He has taught at the law schools of the University of North Carolina, Tulane University, and the University of Georgia. At Tulane he served as associate dean and at Georgia he was executive director of the Dean Rusk Center of International and Comparative Law. He has practiced law extensively as special counsel for several law firms and has litigated corporate, environmental, and admiralty cases in the federal courts. Professor Schoenbaum has received six Fulbright awards and has held teaching posts in many countries, including Germany, Belgium, the UK, South Africa, Austria, Russia, and Japan. He has served as visiting fellow at St. John's College, Oxford and as principal fellow of the Lauterpacht Research Centre of International Law at Cambridge. Professor Schoenbaum specializes in international commercial and environmental law. He is the author of many articles and books, including The World Trade Organization: Law, Policy and Practice (2003), Admiralty and Maritime Law (3d ed. 2001), and Environmental Policy Law (2002). He is currently working on new books in the areas of international environmental law and international business transactions. (Courtesy of the George Washington University Law School website, 2007)
Richard Geary Rusk, second oldest son of Dean of Rusk , resides in Oconee county, Georgia where he owns a construction company. He is a writer and serves as director of Moore's Ford Memorial Committee. Richard Rusk coauthored his father's biography, As I Saw It (1990).
The collection consists of 172 oral history interviews with Dean Rusk and his colleagues between 1984-1989. Includes audiotapes and transcriptions documenting Rusk's life from early childhood in the 1910's through his teaching career in the 1980's. The interviews contain information on Rusk's service as U.S. Under Secretary and Secretary of State during the administrations of Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson and his involvement in foreign relations including the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. The interviews also document his position as president of the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1950s.
The interviews in the Dean Rusk Oral History Collection were given interview identifiers "A," "B," "C,"..."AA," "BB," "CC"..."AAA," "BBB," "CCC," and so on. The interviews are roughly in chronological order, as arranged by interview identifier.
The collection is open for research and all intervieews, except those that are closed, have access links for streaming online. Interviews marked [CLOSED] are not open to research at this time.
Dean Rusk Oral History Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to reproduce material for publication. Persons wishing to reproduce materials in the Russell Library collections should consult the Director. Reproduction or quotation of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.
Finding aid prepared on: 2011.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
Dean Rusk Oral Histories, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
Dean Rusk Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Library, National Archives and Records Administration, Boston, Massachusetts
Dean Rusk Papers, Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York
Dean Rusk Files, Department of State, Washington, DC