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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
In looking forward to our move to the new special collections building, I’ve been thinking a bit about how the Russell Library got its start. I had a notion to look through some of our photograph files that document the library’s early days and found some real gems to ...
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Friday, November 12th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
Frustrated by the lack of civility in public conversation?
Feel like a spectator rather than a participant in politics?
What has gone wrong? What should we do about it?
RUSSELL FORUM FOR CIVIC LIFE IN GEORGIA presents...
Democracy's Challenge: How can we reclaim our public role?
When: November 19, 2010, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Where: Russell Library Auditorium, ...
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
RUSSELL FORUM FOR CIVIC LIFE IN GEORGIA presents...
Friday Informal Community Forum
Topic: Who is College for?
Date: October 22, 2010
Time: 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Location: Russell Library Auditorium, West Entrance, Main Library, UGA campus
Free! Exercise for your Civic Muscle!
Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia (www.libs.uga.edu/russell/rfclg), a civic engagement program of the Russell Library hosts ...
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Friday, August 27th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
Just a reminder! August's informal forum event will take place TODAY Friday, August 27th from 3-5PM at the Russell Library. This month’s discussion takes up the challenging issue of sprawl in American communities. (Sprawl is the term used to describe dispersed development outside of compact urban and village centers along ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
The Russell Library is pleased to announce that Senator Richard B. Russell’s case mail (1931-1935) is now open to the public for research.
People write to their elected officials for any number of reasons, but often they write to ask for help – for their senator or congressman to step in ...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
We were saddened to learn today of the passing of George T. Smith, accurately described by Jim Galloway as "the most versatile man in all of Georgia politics."
George Thornewell Smith was born in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia on October 15, 1916. He attended Middle Georgia College and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural ...
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies is pleased to announce that the Zell Miller Papers are now open for research. Miller acted as Georgia’s longest-serving Lieutenant Governor from 1974 to 1990 before becoming Governor in 1990. After two terms as the state's chief executive, Miller served ...
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
Topic: Creating Communities, Fighting Sprawl
Date: August 27, 2010, 3-5PM
Location: Russell Library Auditorium, west entrance to Main Library building, North Campus
Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia, a civic engagement program of the Russell Library hosts public forums on a monthly basis to explore challenging public issues in a deliberative, civil ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
The Russell Library is proud to announce the opening of An Artist in South Vietnam: Works by Jon Nielsen, a new exhibit showcasing the original sketches and photography of the Christopher Fleming Collection of Jon Nielsen Visual Materials.
Jon Nielsen (1912-1986) was a Danish-American portraitist and illustrator of children’s books, whose ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010 - Richard B. Russell Library
The Russell Library is proud to announce that several small collections are now open for research. The newly-opened collections are as follows:
George J. Berry Collection of Photographs
Joel Carpenter Collection on Richard B. Russell’s 1955 Trip to the USSR
David Coughlin File of Herman Talmadge Speech at Buford Dam
Aubrey Evans Collection on ...
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