Gilbert C. Fite collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. research files, 1971-1984.

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Gilbert C. Fite collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. research files, 1971-1984.

The collection consists of materials Dr. Gilbert Fite gathered while conducting research for the biography, Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia. The collection contains twenty-three interviews, two folders of correspondence and research notes related to Russell's service as a United States Senator from 1933 to 1971.

7 boxes (6.5 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419314

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Fite, Gilbert Courtland, 1918-2010

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Gilbert C. Fite was born in 1918 on a farm in South Dakota. He, along with twelve other students, graduated from the Free Methodist Secondary School in Wessington Springs in 1935. He attended the Free Methodist junior college where both his parents attended and where his mother was a secretary. At the junior college, Fite majored in history for two years before enrolling at Seattle Pacific College, a larger Free Methodist school, in 1937. He then enrolled at the University of South Dakota where ...

Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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Richard B. Russell (1897-1971), lawyer and politician, born in Winder, Georgia. Served as State Representative (1921-1931), Georgia Governor (1931-1933), and U.S. Senator (1933-1971). From the description of Richard B. Russell Jr. MacArthur hearing files, 1951-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477265 Bill Westmoreland was a Clerk in the Superior Court of Gilmer County, Georgia. From the description of Bill Westmoreland letter from Richard B. Russell, 1965. (...