Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Art Installation by Local Sculptor Examines the Politics of Thanksgiving

2018-09-11T12:06:00.000-04:00

The Russell Library will cover new territory this October when the installation "WE: American Thanksgiving Conflict and Communion" opens on Monday, October 29, 2018, in the Harrison Feature Gallery of the Richard B. Russell Special Collection Library. Created by local sculptor and potter Micaela Hobbs, in collaboration with painter Jennifer Niswonger, the exhibit examines the history

Remembering Powell A. Moore—Russell Foundation Trustee, Washington Insider, and Georgia Original

2018-08-27T10:43:00.001-04:00

Speaking to Bob Short in 2010, Powell Moore said of his hometown, “I’m proud of the fact that I’m from Milledgeville, Georgia. Some people say it’s a small town in Middle Georgia. I think it’s a lot more than that.” Moore and Short would go on conjuring the names of several individuals of considerable import who had called Milledgeville home over the years. Powell Allen Moore, who died on

New Collection Open for Research

2018-08-06T15:03:00.000-04:00

Plat of the East End Subdivision on St. Simons Island ca. 1928 The Russell Library staff is pleased to announce the Alton H. Hopkins Collection of St. Simons Island Beach Case Records is now processed and opened. Researchers and others interested in civil litigation, property ownership, and private development along the Georgia coast will find this collection particularly useful.

Abit Nix: The Classic City Candidate for Governor

2018-08-03T08:30:00.000-04:00

Abit Nix in retirement Last Tuesday, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp scored a come-from-behind victory over Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle in the Republican gubernatorial primary runoff. As Charles Bullock, the University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Chair of Political Science, has recently observed, Kemp’s margin of victory represented a swing of 43.9 percent from the primary to

Moore's Ford: The Nation's Last Mass Lynching

2018-07-25T15:13:00.000-04:00

Moore's Ford Lynching historical marker The slayings of George and Mae Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Malcolm by a white lynch mob occurred on July 25, 1946 near the Moore’s Ford Bridge on the Appalachee River between the Walton and Oconee counties. The brutal killings seized national headlines and triggered a federal response. Compelled to act, President Harry S. Truman dispatched

Remembering Tom Crawford

2018-07-20T13:08:00.000-04:00

Tom Crawford giving an oral history interview at the Russell Library in August 2017 I met Tom Crawford on the third-floor landing of the Hull Street Parking Deck early one morning late last August. We had arrived almost simultaneously for our scheduled interview, and Tom had paused at the landing to knot his burgundy, patterned necktie. We walked together up the slope to Russell Special

Build Civic Knowledge On Your Lunch Break!

2018-04-10T08:00:00.000-04:00

This April the Richard B. Russell Library invites attendees to consider the powers and function of the U.S. Congress through an event series titled Civic Knowledge, Civic Power. This weekly program hosted from 12:30-1:30 p.m. looks to increase civic knowledge on campus and in the community with short lectures and informal discussion from speakers in UGA’s Department of Political Science.&

Lecture to Spotlight Ongoing Ethics Debate in Congress

2018-04-04T14:30:00.000-04:00

Can the American Congress be ethical in an age of intense partisan warfare? Princeton University professor and CNN political analyst Julian E. Zelizer will take up the topic of ethics in Congress on Thursday, April 5 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Titled, “Ethics in the Age of Partisan Warfare,” Zelizer’s talk will explore past

Recap: 4th Annual School Lunch Challenge

2018-03-29T13:07:00.002-04:00

This Year's Winners... Each year we give out two awards at the School Lunch Challenge -- our overall champion, determined by our panel of student judges (students in grades 2-12 drawn from schools in the Clarke County School District) and our crowd favorite, voted on by all attendees at the event. This year for the first time in our competition's history, the same team won both awards!

The Peanut Gallery

2018-02-28T12:06:00.000-05:00

Rep. Lindsay Thomas poses with Georgia Peanut Princess, ca. 1980s. Robert Lindsay Thomas Papers What do the U.S. Navy, the National School Lunch Program, and the former Soviet Union have in common? Why, peanuts of course! The new installation inside our History Lives Gallery explores Georgia's second largest cash crop through the lenses of our six key collecting areas: politics, public

Campus and Community Partners Host 4th Annual School Lunch Competition

2018-01-29T13:55:00.005-05:00

Local chefs will once again take on the School Lunch Challenge March 24, creating tasty dishes that meet USDA requirements for the National School Lunch Program. Attendees will have a chance to sample the creations at the cooking competition from 12-1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Whitehead Road Elementary School. Building on increased interest in the National School Lunch Program, and

UGA Special Collections Libraries Recruiting for Volunteer Tour Guide Program

2018-01-03T10:18:00.002-05:00

The University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries is now accepting applications for participants in its docent program. The Docent Corps is made up of a group of volunteers who provide tours of the exhibit galleries to visitors, ranging from second graders to senior citizens. Docents are trained to highlight permanent and rotating exhibitions

Wrestling Temptation Examines Georgia’s History with Alcohol

2017-10-25T13:40:00.000-04:00

Cartoon, "The New Recruit," Atlanta Constitution, 1908. Say the word prohibition to most people and they think immediately of flappers and gangsters, jazz music and speakeasies -- cultural hallmarks of the 1920s. The 18th amendment to the Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the United States and national Prohibition (with a capital P) lasted from

Nationally Touring Exhibit Visits Russell Library

2017-08-25T08:00:00.000-04:00

ATHENS, Ga -- During the era of Prohibition Americans could no longer manufacture, sell, or transport intoxicating beverages. Spirited: Prohibition in America, a new exhibition opening Sept. 1 at the UGA Special Collections Libraries explores this tumultuous time in American history, when flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and legends, such as Al Capone and Carrie

Lunch and Learn Series to Explore How Congress Works (or Should Work!)

2017-03-27T09:55:00.000-04:00

A new program series hosted by the Richard B. Russell Library this April invites attendees to consider the powers and function of the U.S. Congress. Titled Civic Knowledge = Civic Power, the weekly program hosted from 12:30-1:30 p.m. looks to increase civic knowledge on campus and in the community with short lectures and informal discussion with speakers from UGA’s Department of Political

New Disability History Collections Open for Research

2017-03-21T11:00:00.000-04:00

Since 2013 the Russell Library has been a partner in the Georgia Disability History Alliance, a group of activists, advocates organizational leaders, archivists, and others united to document and preserve the state’s disability history. Over the past year, through partial support from UGA’s Center for Social Justice, Human & Civil Rights, Russell Library staff has completed processing over a

From Dog Tags to Car Tags: Tommy T. Irvin and the GDA

2017-03-02T13:00:00.000-05:00

Former Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) Commissioner Tommy T. Irvin spent most of his life serving the state of Georgia. Through his 42 years as commissioner (1969-2011), Irvin promoted locally grown food, created monthly statewide educational programming, supported marginalized farmers, helped monitor horses in competition at the 1996 Olympics, and attended countless agriculture events.

Campus and Community Partners to Host 3rd Annual School Lunch Challenge!

2017-02-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

Local chefs will take on the School Lunch Challenge March 18, creating tasty dishes that meet USDA requirements for the National School Lunch Program. Attendees will have a chance to sample the creations at the cooking competition from 12-1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Whitehead Road Elementary School. Building on increased public interest in the National School Lunch Program, and

The Many Roles of the Georgia Department of Agriculture

2017-02-16T13:00:00.000-05:00

The Russell Library recently opened the Tommy Irvin Papers for research. To date, Irvin is the longest-serving Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, helming the Department of Agriculture from 1969 until 2011. The papers of the previous commissioner, J. Phil Campbell (1954-1969) also reside at the Russell Library, giving researchers access to nearly 60 years of history of this critical Georgia

ACLU of Georgia: Disability Rights

2017-02-09T11:53:00.000-05:00

This is the sixth and final post in a series of posts about the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Records, which were processed in 2015 and are now open for research. These records document the ACLU of Georgia's litigation, lobbying, and public education efforts to protect civil liberties for all Georgians. Their work, which began in 1963, involves issues such as freedom of speech and

Beyond the Page: Reusing Data about DeKalb County Schools

2017-01-31T11:37:00.001-05:00

In the Fall of 2016 the Russell Library opened the DeKalb County School Desegregation Case Files for research. These files document litigation from 1968 to 1997 to desegregate the schools. In the course of this work, the lawyers collected data on students, staff, and the school system. All of the data includes race-based demographics, but much more information was gathered. For students, there

ACLU of Georgia: Juvenile Rights

2017-01-12T11:41:00.000-05:00

This is the fifth post in a series about the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Records, which were processed in 2015 and are now open for research. These records document the ACLU of Georgia's litigation, lobbying, and public education efforts to protect civil liberties for all Georgians. Their work, which began in 1963, involves issues such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of

Campus and Community Partners to Host 3rd Annual School Lunch Challenge!

2017-01-05T15:34:00.000-05:00

Local chefs will take on the School Lunch Challenge March 18, creating tasty dishes that meet USDA requirements for the National School Lunch Program. Attendees will have a chance to sample

ACLU of Georgia: Religious Freedom

2016-12-08T11:30:00.000-05:00

This is the fourth post in a series about the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Records, which were processed in 2015 and are now open for research. These records document the ACLU of Georgia's litigation, lobbying, and public education efforts to protect civil liberties for all Georgians. Their work, which began in 1963, involves issues such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of

ACLU of Georgia: Voting Rights

2016-11-14T11:12:00.002-05:00

This is the third in a series of posts about the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Records, which were processed in 2015 and are now open for research. These records document the ACLU of Georgia's litigation, lobbying, and public education efforts to protect civil liberties for all Georgians. Their work, which began in 1963, involves issues such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom