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The New South: Early Twentieth Century


Southern Race Relations within the Household, 1890-1910

- Dudley M. Hughes Collection

Familial Relations in the South at the Turn of the Century

- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- Dudley M. Hughes Collection
- Richard B. Russell Family Papers and Winder Papers

Young Southern Women's Social and Cultural Perceptions in the Early Twentieth Century

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
Dudley M. Hughes Collection

Textile Production in the Early Twenieth Century: Harmony Grove Mills (Commerce, GA), 1902-1947

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
Hoke Smith Papers

Labor Relations in the South, 1890s-1940s

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
Dudley M. Hughes Collection


Vocational Education in the South, 1870-1930

Dudley M. Hughes Collection
Hoke Smith Papers


Development of the Agricultural School at the University of Georgia

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
Dudley M. Hughes Collection



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Prohibition, Politics, and the Roaring Twenties

Tacna - Arica Dispute (A land dispute between Chile and Peru. The two countries agreed to arbitration with U.S. attorneys representing both sides.)

- Hoke Smith Papers


The Resurgent Klan (Georgia was the birthplace and national headquarters of the 2nd Klan.)

- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- Thomas Hardwick Papers
- Hoke Smith Papers
- Richard B. Russell, Sr. Papers

The Women's Vote (Following the passage of the 19th Amendment women in Georgia became a potential voting bloc to court. What role did women voters have in shaping campaign rhetoric, issues, and election outcomes?)

- Richard B. Russell, Sr. Papers
- Russell Family Papers
- Dudley May Hughes Collection
- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection

The Theater of Southern Politics (Compare and contrast campaign practices in the twenties as modern advertising and radio broadcasts take hold in American culture with older and/or newer techniques for attracting voters and running a campaign.)

- Richard B. Russell, Sr. Collection
- Hoke Smith Papers
- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection

My Way or the Highway: The Struggle for Control Over Road Building in Georgia

- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

Think Global, Act Local: The League of Nations resonates in Georgia politics of the 1920s
Internationalism expressed by U.S. participation in the League of Nations and the World Court were major campaign issues in races throughout the twenties in Georgia.

- Richard B. Russell, Sr. Papers
- Hoke Smith Papers
- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- Thomas W. Hardwick Papers

Water, Water Everywhere and not a Drop to Drink!: Progress and Prohibition
Georgia was the first southern state to adopt a statewide prohibition law. Starting in January 1908 Georgia became officially "dry". The federal amendment ushering in prohibition nationally came almost ten years later in 1935.

- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- Thomas W. Hardwick Papers
- Richard B. Russell, Sr. Papers


Political Campaigns: Comparison of a 1926 and 1958 Gubernatorial Race

- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- S. Ernest Vandiver Papers

"The Wild Man From Sugar Creek": Eugene Talmadge, A Brief Biography

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


Reinventing State Government: The Allen Commission on Simplification and Coordination, 1928-1932

- Lamartine G. Hardman Collection
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection


Clash of the Titans: The Hotly Contested and Divisive 1936 Senatorial Race (Eugene Talmadge vs. Richard B. Russell)

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


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World War II - Eisenhower Era

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan: 1945 War Criminal

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

The Surrender of Japan, 1945

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

Tour of War Theaters, 1943

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

Dixiecrat Revolt: The 1948 Democrat National Convention

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Roy V. Harris Papers

Will the Real Governor Please Stand Up? - The Two Governor Controversy of 1948 (Herman Talmadge vs. Ellis Arnall)

- Herman E. Talmage Collection
- Harold P. Henderson, Sr. Oral History Collection: Series I. Ellis Arnall
- Roy V. Harris Papers

Development of the School Lunch Program in a Democratic Congress: What Newt Should Know

- John W. Davis Papers
- Prince H. Preston Papers
- John L. Pilcher Papers
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection

 

Russell's Negro Relocation Bill, 1949-1964

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

 

Employment of African-Americans in Federal Jobs: Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), 1944-1963

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

China: Admission to the United Nations and Development of the Bomb

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

Friend or Foe? : General Douglas MacArthur Dismissal Hearings (1951-1952)

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

A Southerner Runs For President: Richard B. Russell, Jr. and the 1952 Presidential Campaign

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- S. Ernest Vandiver Papers
- Herman E. Talmadge Collection

 

European Vacation! - Richard B. Russell's 1955 Trip to Europe and Russia

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection


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Civil Rights

"Government of the Few, By the Few, For the Few": The County Unit System

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- S. Ernest Vandiver Papers
- Herman E. Talmage Collection

Southern Manifesto: Southern Congressional Bloc's Opposition to the Supreme Court Ruling on "Separate But Equal," 1956

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection


Opposition to Civil Rights Bills, 1957-1964

- John W. Davis Papers
- E. L. Forrester Papers
- Henderson L. Lanham Papers
- Maston O'Neal Papers
- John L. Pilcher Papers
- Prince H. Preston Papers
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


The Little Rock Crisis of 1957: Eruption of the School Integration Issue

- Henderson L. Lanham Papers
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection
- S. Ernest Vandiver Papers

Reaction to School Integration During the Civil Rights' Period

- Maston O'Neal Papers
- Prince H. Preston Papers
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection
- S. Ernest Vandiver Papers

Filibuster: Senate Rule XXII and Cloture, 1947-1966

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection

From Campaign to Administration: Vandiver and Segregation Issues, 1958-1962

- Ernest Vandiver Papers
- Richard B. Russell Jr. Collection


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Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon: 1960's

Two More Stars: The Statehood of Alaska and Hawaii

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection


Alexander Lawrence's Appointment to the Federal Court: A Rift in Relations Between Richard B. Russell and Lyndon B. Johnson

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection


The Warren Commission: John F. Kennedy Assassination Investigation, 1963-64

- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings and Transcripts


The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

- Dean Rusk Research Collection, Oral History Project
- Dean Rusk Research Collection, Thomas J. Schoenbaum Files
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


The Pueblo Incident (Korea): Seizure of a Suspected U.S. Armed Spy Ship and Crew, 1968

- Dean Rusk Research Collection, Oral History Project
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


Public Reaction to the Vietnam Conflict, 1960-1974

- Clifford Hodges Brewton Collection of Lester G. Maddox Speech/Press Research Files
- Howard E. Callaway Papers
- John W. Davis Papers
- John L. Pilcher Papers
- Dean Rusk Research Collection, Oral History Project
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


U.S. "Big Stick" Diplomacy: The Dominican Republic Crisis of 1965

- William Tapley Bennett, Jr. Papers
- Dean Rusk Research Collection, Thomas Schoenbaum Files
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
- Herman E. Talmage Collection


The Kennedy Administration as Viewed by Secretary of State Dean Rusk

- Dean Rusk Research Collection


Progressive Urbanism: Improvement and Development of Atlanta into a Modern Southern City - (1960's City Government)

- Rodney Mims Cook Papers


Dawson Peanut Laboratory: A "Pork Barrel" Project?

- E. L. Forrester Papers



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Modern Georgia Political Topics

The Rise of the Republican Party

- Howard H. Callaway Papers
- Thomas M. Hayes Collection of Georgia Republican Party Campaign Audiovisual Materials
- Georgia Republican Party Central Committee Campaign Files
- Mack F. Mattingly Papers
- Rodney Mims Cook Papers


Campaigns and the Media

- Mack F. Mattingly Papers



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