Interview with Samuiel E. Vandiver, Governor of Georgia. Topics include Phil Campbell; Civil rights; John Connally; Democratic National Conventions (1936, 1952, 1960); Marvin Griffin; Orval Faubus; Walter F. George; Georgia gubernatorial elections…
Interview with Roy V. Harris, Georgia Representative and Georgia Senator. Topics include M. Neil Andrews; Lawrence Camp; Phil Campbell; Democratic National Conventions (1952, 1960); Walter F. George; Georgia gubernatorial elections (1942, 1946,…
Interview with Modine Thomas, housekeeper for Senator Russell. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Home economics; Ina Russell (Russell's mother).
Interview with Mary Willie Russell Green, oldest child to Ina Dillard and Richard Brevard Russell, sister to Senator Russell. Topics include personal anecdotes of Senator Russell; Atomic Bomb; Civil Rights; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Family history and…
Interview with Gerald R. Ford, United States President (1974-1977). Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower; Joint Military Appropriations Committee; Korean Armistice; Richard M. Nixon; Presidents Election (1952); Russell's contributions to nation and…
Interview with Wyckliffe Austin Knox Jr., student patronage (intern). Topics include Jimmy Carter; Georgia gubernatorial election (1970); John F. Kennedy; Robert Kennedy; Richard B. Russell Foundation; U. S. Senate election (1966).
Interview with Max Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, 1977-1981. Topics include Civil Rights Movement; Russell's faith in American government; Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975; War injuries.
Interview with Jack H. Spain, administrative assistant to Senators Samuel J. Ervin and Clyde Hoey. Topics include Democratic National Conventions (1948 and 1952); U.S. Senate.
Interview with Harold Harrison, owner of Harrison Feed and Poultry Company in Georgia, and friend of Senator Russell. Topics include Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon B. Johnson; Poultry industry; Russell family.
Interview with Helen McDaniel, payroll clerk and bookkeeper, C.A. Rutledge Construction (Winder, Georgia). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell.
Interview with Frank Kempton, publisher and friend of Senator Russell. Topics include Georgia House of Representatives; Bessie Kempton; New Deal, 1933-1939; Carl Sanders; Eugene Talmadge; U.S. Senate election (1936); University of Georgia.
Interview with Chappelle Matthews, Representative, Georgia General Assembly. Topics include Agriculture; Depressions, 1929; Georgia politics and government; Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; New Deal, 1933-1939; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Richard B.…
Interview with Harvey J. Kennedy Jr., military aide to Senate Military Affairs Committee in Europe (1945). Topics include Gordon Military College; Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. Senate election (1936); Senate Committee on Military Affairs.
Interview with Margaret Rutledge Shannon, journalist. Topics include Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963); Presidential election (1952); Press and politics; U.S. Senate election (1966); Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
Interview with Luck Coleman Flanders Gambrell, wife of U.S. Senator David Henry Gambrell (D-Georgia). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; David Gambrell's appointment as U. S. Senator to succeed Russell; Presidents election (1952); She and…
Interview with Harry Dwoskin, personal friend. Topics include personal anecdotes of Senator Russell; Abraham Ribicoff; Atlanta Jewish Community; Madame Chiang Kai-Chek; Friendship with Russell and family; State of Israel; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Lee…
Interview with Otis A.Brumby Jr., Attorney at Law, Newspaper Publisher, Senate Page. Topics include Aircraft Industry--Georgia; Anecdotes of Senator Russell; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Presidents election (1952); U. S. Senate Page program; U. S. Senate…
Interview with Frank A. Hooper, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Harrold Carswell; Civil rights; Georgia House of Representatives; Georgia gubernatorial election (1930); Alexander A. Lawrence;…
Interview with Morris M. Bryan Jr., Board of Trustees, Richard B. Russell Foundation. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Education--Public schools; Georgia politics and government; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Presidents Election (1952); Dean…
Interview with Luke Austin, personal friend and caretaker of Russell Estate in Winder, Georgia. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
Interview John Alan Goldsmith, professional staff member, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. Topics anecdotes of Senator Russell; Civil Rights; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Douglas MacArthur; Presidents Election (1952); Relationship with Russell as a…
Interview with Colonel John T. Carlton, Executive Director of the Reserve Officers Association, 1957-1971. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Judges; Douglas MacArthur; Presidents Election (1952); Franklin Delano…
Interview with Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian, U.S. Senate. Topics include Civil rights; Cloture; Filibustering; Douglas MacArthur; Parliamentary practices; U.S. Senate.
Interview with Felton Johnston, Secretary for the U.S. Senate. Topics include Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard M. Nixon; Parliamentary practices; Presidential elections (1948, 1952); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S.…
Interview with Felton Johnston, Secretary for the U.S. Senate. Topics include Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard M. Nixon; Parliamentary practices; Presidential elections (1948, 1952); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S.…
Interview with Roger H. Mudd, CBS News Correspondent. Topics include Civil rights law and legislation; Everett Dirksen; John F. Kennedy; Presidential election (1952); Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
Interview with Georgia M. Chapman, waitress at the U.S. Senate Dining Room. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Russell's benevolence to Ms. Chapman.
Interview with Robert A. Brenkworth, Comptroller, U.S. Senate (1969-1973). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Battleships--USS New Jersey; U. S. Senate; Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975.
Interview with James P. Wesberry Sr., minister, Morningside Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Religion; Russell family; Herman E. Talmadge.
Interview with United States President Richard Nixon. Topics include Central Intelligence Agency; Civil rights; Cloture; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Lyndon B. Johnson; Labor law and legislation; Presidential election (1952); U.S. Foreign relations; Senate…
Interview with James L. Bentley, Jr., attorney at law and Comptroller General, Georgia 1963-1965. Topics include aircraft industry; Anecdotes of Senator Russell; Civil Rights Amendment of 1964; Georgia Politics and Government; Race relations; Senate…
Interview with Robert Battey Troutman, Sr., attorney and friend of Senator Russell. Topics include Civil rights; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Georgia gubernatorial election (1930); Georgia politics and government; Douglas MacArthur; New Deal,…
Interview with Buddy Darden, Attorney at Law, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Georgia). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Cuban Missile Crisis; Demosthenian Society; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Edward M. Kennedy; Russell correspondence;…
Interview with Christine Till, Assistant Press Secretary to Powell Moore on Senator Russell's staff. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Race relations; U.S. Defense.
Interview with Anne Campbell Prichard, receptionist in Russell's office. Topics include Lyndon B. Johnson; George M. Patton; Robert Russell; U.S. Senate election (1966).
Interview with Ronald "Bo" Ginn, U.S. Representative (D-Georgia). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Federal Welfare Program; Georgia Politics and Government; Georgia Southern College; Russell's character; Dr. Fielding Russell; Russell's…
Interview with Kenneth H. Turner, journalist and administrative assistant to Herman E. Talmadge. Topics include Neil Andrews; Walter F. George; Douglas MacArthur; Presidential election (1952); Press and politics; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Herman E.…
Interview with Marvin Hill Cox, Congressional relations officer, United States Information Agency. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; County unit system--Burke and Bullock Counties, 1930s; Georgia Governor's Election (1930); Georgia…
Interview with Martha tate, legislative mail clerk/receptionist. Topics include Georgia Democratic National Convention (1970); David Gambrell; Office management; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
Interview with Spencer Monroe Grayson, U.S. Magistrate. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Lawrence Camp; Jimmy Carter; Civil Rights; Walter F. George; Georgia Bar Association; Georgia Governor's Election (1930, 1970); Georgia Politics and…
Interview with Lawton Miller Calhoun, Trustee, Richard B. Russell Foundation. Topics include Georgia Governor's Election (1930); Georgia politics and government; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Kennedy family; General Douglas MacArthur; Richard B. Russell…
Interview with Linton McGee Collins, Judge, United States Court of Claims. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Douglas MacArthur; National defense; New Deal, 1933-1939; Political conventions--Democratic (1948,1952); Russell's political…
Interview with Robert Mark Dunahoo, Judge of the Superior Court, Piedmont Circuit. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; James F. Byrnes; Walter F. George; Georgia Governor's Election (1930); Georgia Politics and Government; Douglas MacArthur;…
Interview with Roy Vincent Harris, Georgia Representative and Georgia Senator. Topics include Jimmy Carter; Communism; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Georgia House of Representatives; Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Presidential elections (1952); Franklin…
Interview with Carl E. Sanders, Governor of Georgia. Topics include Democratic National Convention (1960); Lyndon B. Johnson; U.S. National defense; U.S. Senate election (1966).
Interview with Samuel E. Vandiver, Governor of Georgia. Topics include Robert C. Byrd; Jimmy Carter; Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct. 1962; Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Robert Kennedy; Korean War, 1950-1953; Douglas MacArthur; Military bases;…
Interview with Vince Dooley, Head Football Couch at the University of Georgia. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Kennedy Family; Russell's knowledge of sports and football and interest in UGA Bulldogs; Vietnam…
Interview with Frederick C. Davison, President of the University of Georgia. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Agricultural Research Park; Federal Programs; University of Georgia; University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine; Dean…
Interview with Powell A. Moore, Press Secretary to Senator Richard B. Russell (1966-1971). Topics include Jimmy Carter; Barry M. Goldwater; Georgia gubernatorial elections (1966 and 1970); Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard M. Nixon; Presidential elections…
Interview with William "Bill" Horace Darden, Judge, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1968-1974. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Madame Chiang Kai-shek; Cuban Missile Crisis; Georgia Governor's Election (1930); Gulf of Tonkin; Lyndon…
Interview with Quentin N. Burdick, U.S. Senator (D-North Dakota). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Legislators--United States; U. S. Senate.
Interview with Gale W. McGee, U.S. Senator (D-Wyoming). Topics include Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center; Louis Strauss; Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Interview with Hiram Leong Fong, U.S. Senator (R-Hawaii). Topics include personal friendship; Presidents Election (1952); Russell's influence on Senate; Russell's leadership; Senate Appropriations Committee.
Interview with Peter H. Dominick, U.S. Senator (R-Colorado). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Richard M. Nixon; Russell's influence on U. S. Senate; Russell's service on committees; Senate Armed Services Committee; Soviet Union.
Interview with Samuel J. Ervin Jr., U.S. Senator (D-North Carolina). Topics include Cuban Missile Crisis; Democratic National Convention (1948; 1952); Lyndon Baines Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Douglas MacArthur; Russell's character and leadership;…
Interview with Darrell St. Claire, Chief Clerk, U.S. Senate, Office of the Secretary. Topics include Cloture; President pro tempore of the Senate; U.S. Senate.
Interview with Alan Cranston, U.S. Senator (D-California). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Douglas MacArthur; Russell's personality and influence on Senate; Senate Appropriations committee; U. S. Senate committee assignments; Senate…
Interview with Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator (D-Louisiana). Topics include Carl Trumbull Hayden; Lyndon B. Johnson; Huey Long; Presidential election (1952); Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Interview with William Proxmire, U.S. Senator (D-Wisconsin). Topics include Civil rights; Lyndon B. Johnson; Democratic National Convention (1952); U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Interview with Caleb Boggs, U.S. Senator (R-Delaware). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Political parties--Republican; U. S. Presidents; Senate Appropriations Committee (U.S.).
Interview with Leonard B. Jordan, U.S. Senator (R-Idaho). Topics include Cold War; Georgia gubernatorial elections; Parliamentary practices; U.S. defense; U.S. Senate.
Interview with John G. Beall, Jr., U.S. Senator (R-Maryland). Topics include Spiro T. Agnew; Anecdotes of Senator Russell; U. S. Senator George Radcliffe (R-Maryland); Republican Party - Presidents; U. S. Senate.
Interview with James W. Fulbright, U.S. Senator (D-Arkansas). Topics include personal Anecdotes of Senator Russell; Commitments Resolution--War in Congo; Relationship with Russell; Russell as parliamentarian; Russell's relationship with members of…
Interview with Benjamin E. Jordan, U.S. Senator (D-North Carolina). Topics include agriculture; Filibusters; Presidential election (1952); U.S. Foreign relations
Interview with Wallace Foster Bennett, U.S. Senator (R-Utah). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Governmental Investigations; Political parties--Republican; Race relations; U. S. Senate Committees.
Interview with James Browning Allen, U.S. Senator (D-Alabama). Topics included Presidential Election (1952); Southern States--Politics and Government; U. S. Senate Leadership.
Interview with Birch Evan Bayh, U.S. Senator (D-Indiana). Topics include U. S. Supreme Court; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Voting (18 year old vote).
Interview with Paul Jones Fannin, U.S. Senator (R-Arizona). Topics include Democratic Party; Republican Party; Russell's expertise in parliamentary procedure; Russell's modesty; U. S. Senate.
Interview with John Sherman Cooper, U.S. Senator (R-Kentucky). Topics include Center College; Kennedy Assassination--Second bullet; Marina Oswald; U. S. Senate Committees; U. S. Warren Commission; Russell's reluctance to serve on Warren Commission.
Interview with Howard W. Cannon, U.S. Senator (D-Nevada). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Military bases; Military education; Senate Appropriations Committee; Senate Armed Services Committee.
Interview with Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., U.S. Senator (I-Virginia). Topics include Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; Political parties--Independent; U. S. Senate Committees.
Interview with Alan Harvey Bible, U.S. Senator (D-Nevada). Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Presidents Election (1952); Political parties; Senate Appropriations Committee; State Rights.
Fielding D. Russell was Professor of English at Georgia Southern College and brother of Senator Russell. Topics include Herbert Hoover; Russell family anecdotes.
Interview with William C. Harris, a Savannah, Georgia newsman and politician. Topics include Civil rights; Harold L. Ickes; Archibald Lovett; Military bases; Richard M. Nixon; Hugh Peterson; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Richard B. Russell, Sr.; Senate…
Interview with Philip Weltner, Regent of the University System of Georgia and President of Oglethorpe University. Topics include Chancellor, University of Georgia; University System of Georgia Board of Regents.
Interview with Jasper N. Dorsey, treasurer of the Richard B. Russell Foundation. Topics include various Anecdotes of Senator Russell; Blue key Society; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Genesis of Richard B. Russell Foundation and Russell Library; Russell's…
Interview with Henry Edward "Jeb" Russell, minister and brother of Senator Russell. Topics include Civil rights; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Korean War, 1950-1953; Douglas MacArthur; Presidential election (1952);…
Millard Gomez was medical aide to the attending physician at the U.S. Capitol. Topics include Civil Rights Legislation; Emphysema; Parliamentary procedure; Russell's characteristics; Russell and Byrd Corporation; Russell's love and knowledge of…
Interview with Patience Elizabeth Russell Peterson, sister of Senator Russell and wife of Congressman Hugh Peterson. Topics include Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct. 1962; Georgia politics and government; Lyndon B. Johnson; Hugh Peterson; Franklin D.…
Interview with Rufus Judson Pearson, Rear Admiral USN and attending physician U.S. Capitol. Topics include emphysema; Senator Russell's health; Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Interview with Ina Russell Stacy, lawyer and sister of Senator Russell. Topics include Bureau of War Risk Insurance (later Veterans Administration); Race relations; Theodore Roosevelt; Russell family; Ina Russell (mother); Richard B. Russell, Sr.;…
Interview with Major Susanne Phillips, a nurse at the Walter Reed Army Hospital. Topics include Dwight D. Eisenhower; Senator Russell's health; Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Interview with physician and Lt. Colonel Robert Zurek of the U.S. Army and the Walter Reed Army Hospital. Topics include cancer treatment; Russell's health and death.
Interview with Lt. Colonel Andrew Ognibene (M.D.) of the Walter Reed Army Hospital. Topics include Senator Russell's health and treatment; Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Interview with Barboura Raesly, personal secretary to Senator Russell. Topics include agriculture; Civil rights; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Douglas MacArthur; Military bases; New Deal, 1933-1939; Presidential election (1952); Franklin D. Roosevelt;…
Interview with John Jackson Sparkman, U.S. Senator (D-Alabama). Topics include Democratic National Conventions (1948 and 1952); Filibustering; Freight rates; New Deal, 1933-1939.
Interview with Milton Ruben Young, U.S. Senator (R-North Dakota). Topics include agricultural laws and legislation; Civil rights; Filibusters; Douglas MacArthur; Presidential election (1952); Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the Vice President of the United States, 1969-1973. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Richard M. Nixon; Violence and Demonstrations.
Interview with Marvin Jones, U.S. Representative (D-Texas). Topics include Democratic National Conventions; Walter F. George; Lyndon B. Johnson; Douglas MacArthur; National school lunch program; New Deal, 1933-1939; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Warren…
James Philander Campbell, Jr. was the Under Secretary for the Department of Agriculture, 1969-1975. Topics include anecdotes of Senator Russell; Georgia governors; Senator Russell's legislative style.
Interview with John Cornelius, U.S. Senator (D-Mississippi). Topics include Lyndon B. Johnson; Douglas MacArthur; Presidential elections (1952); Senate Committee on Armed Services; Warren Commission.
Interview with Carl Thomas Curtis, U.S. Senator (R-Nebraska). Topics include agriculture; Republican Party; Russell's influence on Senate; Russell's patriotism and character.
Interview with James Oliver Eastland, U.S. Senator (D-Mississippi). Topics include his close association with Russell; Democratic National Convention (1952: Chicago); European trip following World War, 1939-1945; Assessment of Russell's influence and…
Isaac Kline Hay was the Executive Secretary to Governor Russell. Topics include Depression, 1929; Walter F. George; Georgia gubernatorial election (1930); Political patronage; Presidential election (1952); Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. Senate elections…
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was First Lady to President Johnson. In her interview, she discusses the relationship between Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Richard B. Russell, through work and in their personal lives. She shares conflicts in their…
