Peter Zack Geer, Jr. papers, 1923-1967.

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Peter Zack Geer, Jr. papers, 1923-1967.

The collection consists of papers of Peter Zack Geer from 1923-1967. The papers include records relating to Geer's law practice, his service as Executive Secretary to Governor S. Ernest Vandiver (1958-1961), and as Georgia Lt. Governor under Governor Carl Sanders (1963-1967). The subject files contain information regarding the civil rights movement, race relations in Georgia, Julian Bond, Herman Talmadge, and Jeannette Rankin. The papers also contain the law files of his father Peter Zack Geer.

64 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403559

Georgia Southern University

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Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940. Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902. She subsequently attended the New York School of Philanthropy (later the New York, then the Columbia, School of Social Work) before embarking on a care...

Geer, Peter Zack

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Peter Zack Geer (1927- ), lawyer and politician, Executive Secretary to Governor S. Ernest Vandiver (1959-1961), Lt. Governor of Georgia (1963-1967). From the description of Peter Zack Geer, Jr. papers, 1923-1967. (Georgia Southern University). WorldCat record id: 38476724 ...

Bond, Horace Julian, 1940-2015

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Civil rights activist, state representative, and state senator Julian Bond was born on January 14, 1940 in Nashville, Tennessee. He and his family moved to Pennsylvania, where his father, Horace Mann Bond, was appointed president of Lincoln University.In 1957, Julian Bond graduated from the George School, a Quaker school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and entered Morehouse College. In 1960, Julian Bond was one of several hundred students who helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commit...

Geer, Peter Zack

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Peter Zack Geer (1927- ), lawyer and politician, Executive Secretary to Governor S. Ernest Vandiver (1959-1961), Lt. Governor of Georgia (1963-1967). From the description of Peter Zack Geer, Jr. papers, 1923-1967. (Georgia Southern University). WorldCat record id: 38476724 ...

Georgia. Office of Lieutenant Governor

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The Georgia Constitution, approved 1945, August 7 included a provision creating the Office of Lieutenant Governor and stipulated that he shall serve as President of the Senate. The Lieutenant Governor would also serve as Acting Governor in the event the Governor died, resigned or became disabled until the next general election for members of the General Assembly. From the description of General correspondence, 1948-[ongoing]. (Georgia Department of Archives and History Library). Worl...

Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002

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Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and U.S. Senator (1956-1980), born near McRae, Georgia. From the description of Herman E. Talmadge senatorial papers, 1945-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477028 Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and United States Senator (1956-1980) born near McRae, Georgia. T. Rogers Wade served as administrative assistant, fund raiser, and chairman of the 1980 U.S. senatorial campaign for Senator Talm...

Georgia. Governor(1959-1963 : Vandiver)

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Georgia. Governor (1963-1967 : Sanders)

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