Overview
The Russell Library is committed to providing public online access to its materials where appropriate and when resources become available. Currently, the Russell Library provides two online collections (Clifford H. "Baldy" Baldowski Editorial Cartoons and Legends of the Dead-Ball Era: Vintage Baseball Cards from the Collection of Senator Richard B. Russell).
The original items are available in the Russell Library, and patrons can view the originals by visiting the Russell Library and completing a researcher application.
Information for requesting reproductions and permission to publish is addressed within each individual database site.
Databases Available Online
- Clifford H. "Baldy" Baldowski Editorial Cartoons
The digital database opens with approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pseudonym "Baldy," depicted the local, national, and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political issues in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate.
- Legends of the Dead-Ball Era: Vintage Baseball Cards from the Collection of Senator Richard B. Russell
Among the largest private collections of turn-of-the-century tobacco cards held by a public institution in the United States, Senator Richard B. Russell's boyhood baseball card collection is one of the hidden treasures of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia. The Russell collection contains over one thousand baseball cards produced by the American Tobacco Company from 1909 to 1911.
