Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary Collection, 2003-2006.

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Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary Collection, 2003-2006.

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Oral history collection consisting of 15 interviews conducted for the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies from 2003-2006. Series I, No other road: 1953 Red and Black editors stand up for equality and free speech documents in a public oral history, the experiences of the editors of the University of Georgia's newspaper, Red and Black, who in 1953 resigned in protest following their defense of Horace Ward's right to attend the University of Georgia Law School. Moderated by Harry Montevideo, the program includes interviewers Dr. Maurice Daniels and Dr. Kent Middleton, with an appreciation by University of Georgia president Michael Adams. Series II, A life of public service: a conversation with Judge Griffin B. Bell, former U.S. Attorney General is an interview with Griffin Bell by William R. "Bill" Shipp, discussing Bell's career and his tenure as U.S. Attorney General. Series III, A conversation with Robert A. "Bobby" Rowan is an interview with former Georgia state senator Bobby Rowan, with interviewers including Sheryl B. Vogt, Frank P. Spence, Greta R. Browning, and Mary Ellen Brooks. Series IV, A life of public service: a conversation with Judge Anthony A. Alaimo documents, in an interview by Charles E. Campbell, Alaimo's imprisonment during World War II, his career as a U.S. District Court Judge, and his role in the Guthrie v. Evans prison case. Series V, Sandy Creek Oral History Project, is a collection of six interviews, conducted by Sarah Duncan, with individuals who worked in building Sandy Creek Park and Nature Center in Athens, GA. Series VI, A conversation with Margaret R. Bennett, is an interview with the widow of foreign service officer and U.S. Ambassador William Tapley Bennett, Jr., by Dr. Ieda Siqueira Wiarda. Series VII, A conversation with Pete Wheeler, is a discussion, with Dr. William Stueck and Dr. James Cobb, of Wheeler's long career as Georgia's Commissioner of Veterans Services. Series VIII, A conversation with Tom Watson Brown, consists of an interview by William R. "Bill" Shipp of Brown, attorney, historian, philanthropist, and conservative thinker. Series IX, A conversation with Carl E. Sanders, is an interview of the former Georgia governor by George W. Justice.

3.5 linear feet : videocassettes, MP3 files, and transcripts.

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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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The Richard B. Russell Library is a political archives and center for the research and study of modern Georgia politics and public policy. It currently maintains approximately 500 manuscript collections and 1000 oral history interviews. It is one of three special collections libraries at the University of Georgia along with the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection....

Wheeler, Peter, 1926-

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Bennett, William Tapley.

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Cobb, James C. 1947-

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Bennett, Margaret Rose Evans, 1925-

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Rowan, Robert A.

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Stueck, William Whitney, 1945-....

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Alaimo, Anthony A.

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University of Georgia. School of Law

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The Lumpkin Law School was incorporated as part of the University of Georgia School in 1859. While the student signed an honor pledge from the earliest days of the school, the students unanimously adopted the school's first written Honor Code in 1930. From the description of University of Georgia School of Law honor code collection, 1945-1989. (University of Georgia, Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 741752766 The University of Georgia School of Law recognizes outstan...

Sandy Creek Park and Nature Center (Athens, Ga.)

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Ward, Horace T. (Horace Taliaferro), 1927-

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Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009

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Griffin B. Bell (1918- ), Judge for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (1961-1976) and U.S. District Attorney General (1977-1979). From the description of Griffin B. Bell oral history interviews, 1990 June 12 and Sept. 19. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477621 Griffin Boyette Bell was born in Americus, Georgia, on 31 October 1918. He served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Major, from 1941 to 1946 and graduated cum laude from Mercer Un...

Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925-

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Carl Sanders (1925- ), Georgia House of Representatives (1954-1962) and Georgia Governor (1963-1967). From the description of Carl Sanders oral history interview, 1976 June 1. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476322 Carl Sanders (1925- ), Georgia House of Representatives (1955-1963) and Georgia Governor (1963-1967). From the description of Carl Edward Sanders oral history interview, 1989 Mar. 28. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38...

University of Georgia. Libraries

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Duncan Burnet was born in 1876 and became the Librarian for the University of Georgia in 1904. He was the first professional librarian hired by the University of Georgia. From the description of University of Georgia Library book hour records, 1936. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 460122148 Miss Charlotte Newton was the Chief of Acquisitions for the University Libraries. From the description of University of Georgia Libraries freshman reading survey,...

Brown, Tom Watson.

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Georgia. State Dept. of Veterans Service.

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