Papers arranged in five major series: Public Papers, Personal Papers, Speeches, Audio-Visual Material and Clippings. Public Papers document Russell's service at the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, and as Assistant Secretary of State, Governor of South Carolina and U.S. Senator. The bulk of the public materials regard his Senate service and demonstrate Russell's commitment to constituent service as well as significant work on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee and the Agriculture and Forestry Committee. Personal Papers document Russell's interests in business, finance, charity, education and foreign service. Russell's personal activities rival his public work in importance to the state; he worked particularly diligently to promote education and the welfare of children and the disabled. Public Papers: Topical Files relate to issues and legislation before the Senate, many relating to Russell's committees: Agriculture and Forestry; Post Office and Civil Service; and Labor and Public Welfare. Agriculture files chiefly concern cotton, dairy farming, tobacco and special legislation like the "Food for Freedom" Bill, the Rural Electrification Act, and the Special Milk-School Lunch Program. Public Papers: Civil Service files relate to issues such as the Federal Pay Bill and Retirement Benefits. Labor files chiefly relate to legislation regulating the compensation of workers and restriction of protest rights, and Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, regarding compulsory union membership. Materials relating to federal postal employees are located in the Postal Affairs files. Postal Affairs materials chiefly concern proposed parcel post rate increases, size and weight standards, and local postal appointments. Personal Papers: Campaign files, 1947 to 1966, chiefly relate to Russell's 1962 gubernatorial campaign against Burnet R. Maybank Jr. (arranged by county), and some material documenting his 1966 Senate race. Personal Papers: Topical Foreign affairs remained a Russell interest after he left the Roosevelt administration. Russell served on the Council of Foreign Relations, 1957 to 1958, the Federal Task Force on Intellectual Activities, 1954 to 1956, and the Secretary of State's Public Committee on Personnel (the Hoover Commission), 1952 to 1958. Audio-Visual Material consists of artwork, audio recordings, films, photographs and slides. Two pencil drawings of Mrs. Virginia Russell and Donald Russell, Jr. are included. Two audio recordings contain some of Russell's gubernatorial speeches and his opponent's stump meeting in the 1962 primary campaign. Two films record Russell's 1963 inauguration. Photographs are arranged topically and include portraits, and family and group shots.
