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Finding Aid for S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. Papers


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview of Collection

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement of Collection

Topics Covered

Administrative Information

Related Material

Description/Container List

Series I: Governor's Office Files, 1959-1962

Series II: Lieutenant Governor's Office Files, 1955-1958

Series III.: Campaign, 1954-1972

Series IV.: Speech and Press, 1954-1966

Series V: Legal Office Files, 1963-1966

Series VI.: Related Materials, 1948-1972

Series VII: Post Career, 1992-1998

Inventory of the S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. Papers 1954-1998 [bulk 1954-1972]

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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Overview of Collection

Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Creator: Vandiver, S. Ernest, (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005

Collection Number: 1991/9

Title: S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. papers

Dates: 1954-1998, bulk dates 1954-1972

Quantity: 141 boxes

Quantity: 71 linear feet

Quantity: 13 scrapbooks

Abstract: The collection consists of the papers of S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. from 1954-1972. Includes Governor's Office files (1959-1962), Lieutenant Governor's Office files (1955-1958), campaign files (1954-1972), speech and press files (1954-1966), and Legal Office files (1963-1966). Prominent within the subject files of the Governor's Office files are reports from the Georgia Commission on Economy and Reorganization, and information relating to education and segregation.

Biographical Note

In the most remarkable gubernatorial election landslide in recent Georgia history, a forty-year-old Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr. won the Democratic primary on September 10, 1958. He carried 156 counties, 400 county unit votes, and 499,477 popular votes to his two opponent's total of 120,929 votes.

Born in Canon in Franklin County, Georgia on July 3, 1918, Vandiver attended public schools in Lavonia and Darlington Preparatory School in Rome. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1942. During World War II, Vandiver served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps; upon return he joined Joseph D. Quillian's Winder law firm. On September 3, 1947, he married Sybil Elizabeth Russell, niece of Senator Richard B. Russell.

Vandiver was elected mayor of Lavonia in 1946, and through his father's friendship with then Governor Eugene Talmadge, became an aide to the governor. Eugene Talmadge in 1948 appointed Vandiver his adjutant general - at age thirty, Vandiver was the youngest adjutant general in the nation. In 1952, Vandiver took a leave of absence from his post as director of the Selective Service of Georgia to aid Richard B. Russell's 1952 presidential campaign. Also in 1952, Vandiver was promoted to the rank of major general in the United States Air National Guard. His service under Governor Marvin Griffin as lieutenant governor from 1955-1959 was the stepping stone to the governorship.

When Vandiver came to office in 1959, it was in the midst of a spending scandal throughout Georgia's state departments. He immediately ordered most of the state departments and agencies to reduce their expenditures by 10 percent, implemented efficient business practices, and appointed competent directors to the most troubled departments. No further fiscal scandal plagued his administration.

Segregation, described by the Vandiver as "the most over-riding internal problem ever to confront the people of Georgia in our lifetime," was his next major challenge. Under his administration, the University of Georgia was integrated in 1961, ending 175 years of segregated education. In an effort to enforce the federal court order directing Atlanta to desegregate its public schools by September 1961, Vandiver oversaw the entrance of nine black students to formerly all-white high schools.

The Vandiver administration also oversaw the transfer of Georgia's neglected historical records to a new seventeen-story building constructed in Atlanta to house the archives. He also influenced the General Assembly to increase appropriations and federal assistance to the Milledgeville hospital for the mentally ill.

Vandiver returned to his law practice after his term as governor. He again ran for governor in 1966, but was forced to withdraw from the race due to a heart attack. He served under Governor Jimmy Carter as adjutant general and, in 1971, ran for the senatorial seat left vacant at the death of Senator Russell. Vandiver received 20 percent of the vote in a fifteen-man race, but ultimately lost to Sam Nunn.

The Vandivers lived in Lavonia and had three children: Samuel Ernest III (Chip), Vanna Elizabeth, and Jane Brevard. Vandiver died at his home in Lavonia on February 21, 2005.

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Scope and Content

The S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. Papers consist of materials from Vandiver's career as governor of Georgia, lieutenant governor of Georgia, and as a lawyer. There are also materials related to Vandiver's campaign activities, including his campaign for governor of Georgia in 1966 and the United States Senate in 1972. The Governor's office files contain Vandiver's unofficial papers, while he served as governor. His official gubernatorial papers are located at the Georgia Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, Georgia.

The papers consist of office files and personal papers. Types of material in this collection include correspondence, speeches, press releases, reports from state agencies, news stories, editorials, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Another series was added in March 1998 to document the post-career reflections and activities of Governor Vandiver. At the time of this writing, the series consists chiefly of correspondence in which Vandiver reflects on his role as governor during the Civil Rights era, specifically, the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Martin Luther King in Georgia in 1960.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The Vandiver papers are divided into seven series:

The primary means of organization for this collection is alphabetical by series.

I. Governor's office files

II. Lieutenant Governor's office files

III. Campaigns

IV. Speech and Press

V. Legal office files

VI. Related materials

VII. Post-career

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Topics Covered

Georgia. Commission on Economy and Reorganization.
Georgia. Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
Georgia. Governor (1959-1963 : Vandiver)
Georgia. Office of the Governor.
United States. Congress. Elections, 1972.
Education--Georgia.
Electioneering--Georgia
Governors-- Georgia--Election--History.
Governors--Georgia.
School integration-- Georgia.
Georgia-- Politics and government--1951-
Georgia--Race relations.
Press releases.
Speeches.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access:

None

Restrictions on Use:

Donor retains copyright. Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.

Before material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the department head. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.

Preferred Citation Method:

S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. Papers Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Processing Information:

Newspaper clippings have been copied onto bond paper for protection of content. Photographs have been separated and cataloged for preservation purposes. The scrapbooks will eventually be microfilmed.

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Related Material

Erwin Mitchell Papers, 1958-1960; John L. Pilcher Papers, 1941-1976; Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection; and the Richard B. Russell Oral History Collection; Richard B. Russell Oral History Collection; and the Harold Paulk Henderson, Sr. Oral History Collection: Series II. S. Ernest Vandiver.

Georgia Government Documentation Project, Series A: Georgia Governor's Oral History Collection, Special Collections Department, William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University.

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Description/Container List

 

Series I: Governor's Office Files, 1959-1962
73 boxes, 37 linear ft., 2 card files
The series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports and printed materials. This series was further divided into subject, county and personal files. The subject files contain information on yearly budgets, education, legislative apportionment in 1960, the highway department, industry, the general assembly, and segregation. There is also a small amount of information on the integration of the University of Georgia and the Commission on Economy and Reorganization. For a retrospective assessment of Vandiver's role in the Martin Luther King arrest in Georgia in 1960, see Series VII. Post Career.
County files consist of correspondence from individuals residing in their particular county. Also included are lists of county officials and legislative members. The personal files mainly consist of governor's conference information and invitations. Arrangement is alphabetical.


Subseries IA. Subjects

1961-1962
Box Folder
1 1 Action
2 Administrative Policy
3-5 Administrative Policy
6 Agriculture
7 Biographical
8 Garland Byrd
9 Phil Campbell
Box Folder
2 1 Budget Allocations
2 Budget (Increases)
3-4 Battle of the Budget 1961
Box Folder
3 1 Budget No. 1
2 Budget No. 2
3 Budget (Two Year Projection)
4 Budget Notes
Box Folder
4 1 Commerce Department
2 Commerce Department Statistics
3 Commerce and Industry
4 Cotton
5 County Government
6 Democratic Party
7 Economy and Reorganization
8 Education (General)
9 Education (School Building Authority)
10 Education Progress
11 Federal Aid
12 Forestry
Box Folder
5 1 Criminal Division (Reports)
2 Criminal Division (Investigations)
3 Criminal Division (News Clippings)
Box Folder
6 1 Game and Fish
2 General Assembly, (1961)
3 General Assembly (Bills)
4 General Assembly (News Clippings)
5 Georgia History
6 Government Finance
Box Folder
7 1 Marvin Griffin, 1962
2 Marvin Griffin, 1960-1961
3 Marvin Griffin (Notes)
4 Cheney Griffin
5 W. Vaughan Rice and TV Williams
Box Folder
8 1 Highway Department
2 Highway Maintenance Authority
3 Highway Department (Interstate)
4 Industry No. 1
5 Industry No. 2
6 Jekyll Island
Box Folder
9 1 Legislative Apportionment (1962)
2 Legislative Apportionment (1542 Analyses)
3 Legislative Apportionment (1701 Analyses)
4 Legislative Apportionment (Unit Votes A)
5 Legislative Apportionment (Unit Votes B 1701)
6 Legislative Apportionment (Unit Votes C 1542)
7 Legislative Apportionment (Unit Votes D)
8 Legislative Apportionment (Message, April 1962)
9 Legislative Apportionment (Continued)
Box Folder
10 1 Livestock
2 Mental Health
3 Milledgeville Hospital
4 Municipal Government
5 National Civil Defense Commission
6 Newspaper Lists
7 Nuclear Energy
8 Parks
9 Peace Officers
10 Personnel
11 Personnel - Lt. Colonel (Rejected)
12 Plans
13 Ports
14 Poultry
15 Public Safety Department
16 Purchasing
Box Folder
11 1 Radio and Television
2 Rural Electrification Administration (R.E.A.)
3 Religion
4 Republican Party
5 Revenue No. 1
6 Revenue No. 2
7 Segregation (General)
8 Segregation (Atlanta School Suit)
9 Segregation (General Assembly Committee on Schools)
10 Segregation (Schools)
11 Segregation (Clippings)
12 Segregation (Universities)
13 Sheriffs
14 States Rights Council
15 Stone Mountain
Box Folder
12 1 Herman E. Talmadge
2 Taxes
3 Textiles
4 University Crisis (Statements)
5 University Crisis (Texts)
6 University Crisis (Clippings)
7 University System Building Authority
8 University System (General)
Box Folder
13 1 Veterans
2 Veto Message
3 Voter Registration
4 Welfare
5 Youth
6 Carl Sanders (Clippings-1962)
7 Message Notes (1962)
8 Goody File
9 The Augusta Courier
10 Gilreath Press - Sid Williams
1960
Box Folder
14 1 Agriculture
2 Alcohol Commission
3 Battey Hospital
4 Biographical (1960)
5 Budget
6 Budget Allocations
7 Budget Material
Box Folder
15 1 Civil Rights
2 Civil Rights (Clippings)
3 Commerce Department
4 Commerce Department (Statistics)
5 Communism
Box Folder
16 1 Cotton
2 County Government
3 Dairying
4 Defense Department
5-6 Democratic Party 1960
7 Democratic Party 1960 (Clippings, August-December)
8 Democratic Party 1960 (Clippings, -- including Convention and Georgia Delegates) June-July
Box Folder
17 1 Democratic Party (Vandiver Speeches for Kennedy-Johnson Ticket)
2 Democratic Party (Print Material)
3 Republican Party4Economy and Reorganization Committee
4 Economy and Reorganization Committee
Box Folder
18 1 Education (General)
2 Education (Clippings)
3 Education (County Allotments)
4 Education (School Building Authority)
5 Vocational Education
6 Election 1962
7 Federal Aid
8 Forestry
9 Game and Fish
Box Folder
19 1 General Assembly, (1960)
2 General Assembly (Bills)
3 General Assembly (News Clippings)
4 General Assembly (Address and Budget Message, January 11, 1960
5 General Assembly (Message Notes) 1960
Box Folder
20 1-3 General Assembly (Message Notes Vandiver's Program 1960, 1960-1961)
4 General Assembly (Message Notes, Mental Health) 1960
5 General Assembly (Message Notes, Withholding Tax) 1960
Box Folder
21 1 Gerontology
Box Folder
21 2 Government Finance
3 Health
4 Health (Speech Material)
5 Health Centers and Hospitals
6 Health (Milledgeville Hospital)
7 Highways
8 Highways (Safety)
Box Folder
22 1 Industry (Correspondence)
2 Industry (News Clippings)
3 Industry (Print Material)
4 Inflation
5 Interstate "85"
6 Jekyll Island
7 Martin Luther King, Jr.
8 Labor
9 Legislature
10 Livestock
Box Folder
23 1 Lobby Display
2 Mental Health
3 Mental Health (Print Material)
4 Mineral Leasing Commission (State of Georgia)
5 Mineral Leasing Commission (Clippings and Print Material)
6 Mitchell, U.S. Representative Erwin
Box Folder
24 1 Municipal Government
2 Newspaper Lists
3 Newspapers
4 Pardons and Parole
5 Parks
6 Peace Officers Pension Fund
7 Personnel
8 Ports
9 Ports--Clippings and Print
10 Radio and TV
11 Regents
Box Folder
25 1 Rural Electrification Association
2 School Building Authority
3 Sheriffs
4 Soil Conservation
5 Southern Governor's Conference
6 Stone Mountain
7 Taxes
8 Taxes--News Clippings
9 Taxes--Print Material
Box Folder
26 1 Segregation (General)
2 Segregation--Clippings and Print
3 Segregation--School
4 Segregation--Atlanta School Suit, April-December, 1960
5 Segregation--Atlanta School Suit, January-March, 1960
Box Folder
27 1 Segregation--Savannah School Suit
2 Segregation--"Local Option"
3 Segregation--General Assembly Committee
4 Segregation--Supreme Court
5 Segregation--Universities
Box Folder
28 1 Textiles
2 Tight Money
3 University System (General)
4 University System Building Authority
5 Veterans
6 Vocational Rehabilitation
7 Voter Registration
8 Voting
9 Welfare
10 Welfare--Print Material
11 Water Resources
12 Women
Box Folder
29 1 Youth
2 Northside News
3 Gilreath Press--Sid Williams
1959
Box Folder
30 1 1959 Editorials
2 ACTION
3 Atomic Energy
4 Battey Hospital
5 Biographical
Box Folder
31 1 Budget, 1959-1960
2 Budget File, 1959
3 Budget, 1958-1959
4 Budget Allocations, 1958-1959
5 Budget Allocations 1958-1959--News Clippings
Box Folder
32 1 Civil Rights
2 Civil Rights--News Clippings
3 Civil Rights--Print Material
Box Folder
33 1 Commerce Department
2 Commerce Department--Statistics
3 Committee on Constitutional Government
4 Cotton
5 County Government
6 Crime Commission
7 Dams and Waterways
8 Doctors and Dentists
9 Defense Department
10 Democratic Party
Box Folder
34 1 Commission on Economy and Reorganization Final Report, 12/28/59
2 Commission on Economy and Reorganization Second Interim Report, October 29, 1959
3 Commission on Economy and Reorganization An Interim Report, 8/13/59
Box Folder
34 4 Commission on Economy and Reorganization Preliminary Report, 6/26/59
Box Folder
35 1 Economy and Reorganization--Reports
Box Folder
35 2 Economy and Reorganization--Rural Roads Authority Report, 1/15/59
3 Economy and Reorganization--Rural Roads Authority Report, 1956-1959
4 Economy and Reorganization--Rural Roads Authority, Report, 1955-1958
5 Economy and Reorganization-Executive Department, Report, 1957
Box Folder
36 1 Economy and Reorganization--Correspondence
2 Economy and Reorganization-(Staff Papers, Plans, Memos), October-December 1959
3 Economy and Reorganization-(Staff Papers, Plans, Memos), May-July 1959
Box Folder
37 1 Economy and Reorganization -(Staff Papers, etc.), March-April 1959
2 Economy and Reorganization--News Clippings, (August-December 1959)
3 Economy and Reorganization--News Clippings (December 1958-July 1959)
4 Economy and Reorganization, 1958
5 Economy and Reorganization--News Clippings, (September 1958-January 1959)
6 Economy and Reorganization--Print Material
Box Folder
38 1 Education-- General
2 Education--Clippings
3 Education--Georgia Publications
4 Education--Print Materials
5 Education--School Building Authority
6 Education--Vocational
Box Folder
39 1 Executive Department Audits
2 Federal Aid
3 Federal State Relations
4 Finance
5 Forestry
6 Fraternal
Box Folder
40 1 Game and Fish
2 Georgia Municipal Association
3 Gerontology
4 Gracewood
5 Health
Box Folder
41 1 Highway Department
2 Highway Department--Press Releases and Speeches
3 Highway Department--News Clippings
4 Highway Department--Reports
5 Highway Department--Interstate 85
6 Highway Safety
Box Folder
42 1 Hospitals and Health Centers
2 Hospitals and Health Services
3 Industry--Correspondence and Speeches
4 Industry--News Clippings (General)
5 Industry--News Clippings (Face of Georgia, 1958)
6 Industry--Pamphlets, Newsletters
Box Folder
43 1 Industry--Print Material
2 Inflation
3 Investigations--Correspondence
4 Investigations--News Clippings
5 Jekyll Island
Box Folder
44 1 Labor
2 Legislature 1960 (files) 1959
3 Legislature--News Clippings
4 Legislature--Reports
5 Livestock
Box Folder
45 1 Mailing Lists
2 Mental Health
3 Milledgeville Hospital
4 Milledgeville Hospital--News Clippings
5 Municipal Government
Box Folder
46 1 NAACP
2 Negroes
3 Newspaper Lists
4 Nuclear Energy
5 Parks
6 Peace officers
7 Personnel
Box Folder
48 8 Personnel--Applications
9 Ports
10 Probation
Box Folder
47 1 Public Safety Department
2 Purchasing
3 Purchasing--Clippings
4 Radio and TV
5 Revenue
6 Revenue--Clippings
1 Rural Electrification (REA), 1959
2 Sheriffs
3 Soil Conservation
4 States Rights Council
5 Stone Mountain
Box Folder
49 1 Segregation (General)
2 Segregation (Bus)
3 Segregation (Schools)
4 Segregation--Clippings (June-December 1959)
5 Segregation--Clippings (January-May 1959)
Box Folder
50 1 Segregation--Court Cases (Schools)
2 Segregation--Atlanta School Suit
3 Segregation--Atlanta School Suit (Clippings)
4 Segregation--Savannah School Suit
5 Segregation--Local Option
6 Segregation--Universities
7 Segregation--Supreme Court
Box Folder
51 1 Segregation--Clippings, (November-December 1958)
2 Segregation--Clippings (February-October 1958)
3 Segregation--Clippings (1956-1957)
4 Segregation--Clippings (1954-1955)
Box Folder
52 1 Talmadge Hospital
2 Taxes
3 Taxes--Clippings
4 Textiles
Box Folder
53 1 University System--General
2 University System--Authority
3 Veterans
4 Veto Messages
5 Voter Registration
Box Folder
54 1 Welfare
2 Women
3 Youth
4 Newsworthy Executive Orders
5 Gilreath Press--Sid Williams
6 Savannah Newspapers


Subseries IB. County files

Box Folder
55 1 Appling
2 Atkinson
3 Bacon
4 Baker
5 Baldwin
6 Banks
7 Bartow
8 Barrow
9 Ben Hill
10 Berrien
11 Bibb
12 Bibb-- Charles J. Bloch
Box Folder
56 1 Bleckley
2 Brantley
3 Brooks
4 Bryan
5 Bulloch
6 Burke
7 Butts
8 Calhoun
9 Camden
10 Candler
11 Carroll
12 Catoosa
13 Charlton
14-15 Chatham
Box Folder
57 1 Chattooga
2 Cherokee
3-4 Clarke
5 Clay
6 Clayton
7 Clinch
8 Cobb
9 Coffee
10 Colquitt
11 Columbia
12 Cook
13 Coweta
14 Crawford
15 Crisp
Box Folder
58 1 Dade
2 Dawson
3 Decatur
4 DeKalb
5 Dodge
6 Dooly
7 Dougherty
8 Douglas
9 Early
10 Echols
11 Effingham
12 Elbert
13 Emanuel
14 Evans
15 Fannin
16 Floyd
17 Forsyth
18 Franklin
Box Folder
59 1 Fulton
Box Folder
59 2 Fulton (A-C)
3 Fulton (D-L)
4 Fulton (M-P)
5 Fulton (R-Z)
Box Folder
60 1 Gilmer
Box Folder
60 2 Glascock
3 Glynn
4 Gordon
5 Grady
6 Greene
7 Gwinnett
8 Gwinnett--County Solicitor
9 Hall
10 Haralson
11 Harris
12 Hart
13 Heard
14 Henry
15 Houston
16 Irwin
17 Jackson
18 Jasper
19 Jeff Davis
20 Jefferson
21 Jenkins
22 Johnson
23 Jones
Box Folder
61 1 Lamar
2 Lanier
3 Laurens
4 Liberty
5 Long
6 Lowndes
7 Lowndes--City Court of Valdosta
8 Lumpkin
9 Macon
10 Madison
11 Marion
12 McDuffie
13 McIntosh
14 Meriwether
15 Miller
16 Mitchell
17 Mitchell--Small claims
18 Monroe
19 Montgomery
20 Morgan
21 Murray
22 Muscogee
23 Newton
24 Oconee
25 Paulding
Box Folder
62 1 Peach
2 Pickens
3 Pierce and Pike
4 Pike
5 Polk
6 Pulaski
7 Putnam
8 Rabun
9 Randolph
10 Rockdale
11 Richmond
12 Schley
13 Screven
14 Seminole
15 Spalding
16 Stephens
17 Stewart
18 Sumter
19 Talbot and Taliaferro
20 Taliaferro
21 Tattnall
22 Taylor
Box Folder
63 1 Telfair
2 Terrell
3 Thomas
4 Tift
5 Toombs
6 Towns and Treutlen
7 Treutlen
8 Troup
9 Turner and Twiggs
10 Twiggs
11 Union
12 Upson
13 Walker
14 Walton
15 Ware
16 Warren


Subseries IC. Personal files

Box Folder
72 1 European Trip (Trade Mission)-- March 1962
2 South American Trip-- December 1960
3 Congratulations on TV Talk-- August 9, 1961
4 Congratulations After Inauguration-, January 1959
5 Inaugural Reception-- January 13, 1959
Box Folder
68 1 Invitations-- October-December 1962
2 Invitations-- August-September 1962
3 Invitations-- June-July 1962
4 Invitations-- April-May 1962
Box Folder
69 1 Invitations-- March 1962
2 Invitations-- February 1962
3 Invitations-- January 1962
4 Invitations-- November-December 1961
5 Invitations-- September-October 1961
6 Invitations-- July-August 1961
Box Folder
70 1 Invitations-- June-July 1961
2 Invitations-- January 1961
3 Invitations-- December 1960
4 Invitations-- November 1960
5 Invitations-- October 1960
6 Invitations-- September 1960
Box Folder
71 1 Invitations-- August 1960
2 Invitations-- July 1960
3 Invitations-- June 1960
4 Invitations-- May 1960
5 Invitations-- April 1960
6 Invitations-- March 1960
7 Speaking Engagements (Cancelled)-- 1959-1962
1 Governor's "Special File"-- 1962-1963
2 Thank You Notes-- 1962
3 Thank You Letters from Insurance Companies
4 Second Increment Insurance
5 Travel Brochures
Box Folder
73 1 Hospital File-- March 25-April 13, 1960
2 Hospital File-- March 25-April 13, 1960

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Series II: Lieutenant Governor's Office Files, 1955-1958

13 boxes, 6.5 linear feet
This series includes county files, correspondence, and subject files. The subject files relate to the 1958 legislature, rural road bonds, and segregation. Of interest are materials related to Vandiver's pre-campaign political interests, especially in 1958. Both the county and subject files indicate prospective supporters in his upcoming race for governor. Arrangement is alphabetical.


Subseries IIA. County Files, 1958

Box Folder
74 1 Appling, 1958
2 Atkinson, 1958
3 Bacon, 1958
4 Baker, 1958
5 Baldwin, 1958
6 Banks, 1958
7 Barrow, 1958
8 Bartow, 1958
9 Ben Hill, 1958
10 Berrien, 1958
11 Bibb-- September-December 1958
12 Bibb-- January-June 1958
13 Bleckley, 1958
14 Brantley, 1958
15 Bulloch, 1958
16 Brooks, 1958
17 Bryan, 1958
18 Burke, 1958
19 Butts, 1958
Box Folder
75 1 Calhoun, 1958
2 Candler, 1958
3 Camden, 1958
4 Carroll, 1958
5 Catoosa, 1958
6 Charlton, 1958
7-8 Chatham, 1958
9 Chattooga, 1958
10 Chattahoochee, 1958
11 Cherokee, 1958
12-13 Clarke, 1958
Box Folder
76 1 Clay and Clayton, 1958
2 Clinch, 1958
3 Cobb, 1958
4 Coppee, 1958
5 Colquitt, 1958
6 Columbia, 1958
7 Cook, 1958
8 Coweta, 1958
9 Crawford, 1958
10 Crisp, 1958
11 Dade and Dawson, 1958
12 Decatur, 1958
13 DeKalb, 1958
14 Dodge, 1958
15 Dooly, 1958
16 Dougherty, 1958
17 Douglas, 1958
Box Folder
77 1 Early, 1958
2 Echols and Effingham, 1958
3 Elbert, 1958
4 Emanuel, 1958
5 Evans, 1958
6 Fannin, 1958
7 Fayette and Forsyth
8 Floyd, 1958
9 Franklin, 1958
10 Fulton, 1958
Box Folder
78 1-4 Fulton, 1958
Box Folder
79 1-4 Fulton, 1958
Box Folder
80 1 Gilmer and Glascock, 1958
Box Folder
80 2 Glynn, 1958
3 Gordon, 1958
4 Grady and Greene, 1958
5 Gwinnett, 1958
6 Habersham, 1958
7 Hall, 1958
8 Hancock and Haralson, 1958
9 Harris, 1958
10 Hart and Heard, 1958
11 Henry, 1958
12 Houston, 1958
13 Irwin, 1958
14 Jackson, 1958
15 Jasper, 1958
16 Jeff Davis and Jefferson, 1958
Box Folder
81 1 Jenkins, 1958
2 Johnson, 1958
3 Jones, 1958
4 Lamar, 1958
5 Lanier, 1958
6 Laurens, 1958
7 Lee and Liberty, 1958
8 Lincoln and Long, 1958
9 Lowndes, 1958
10 Lumpkin, 1958
11 McDuffie, 1958
12 McIntosh and Macon, 1958
13 Madison and Marion, 1958
14 Meriwether, 1958
15 Miller, 1958
16 Mitchell, 1958
17 Monroe, 1958
18 Montgomery, 1958
19 Morgan and Murray, 1958
Box Folder
82 1 Muscogee, 1958
2 Newton, 1958
3 Oconee and Oglethorpe, 1958
4 Paulding, 1958
5 Peach, 1958
6 Pickens, 1958
7 Pierce and Pike, 1958
8 Polk, 1958
9 Pulaski, 1958
10 Putnam and Quitman, 1958
11 Rabun, 1958
12 Randolph, 1958
13 Rockdale, 1958
14 Richmond, 1958
15 Schley, 1958
16 Screven, 1958
17 Seminole, 1958
Box Folder
83 1 Spalding, 1958
2 Stephens, 1958
3 Stewart, 1958
4 Sumter, 1958
5 Talbot and Taliaferro, 1958
6 Tattnall, 1958
7 Taylor, 1958
8 Telfair, 1958
9 Terrell, 1958
10 Thomas, 1958
11 Tift, 1958
12 Toombs, 1958
13 Towns and Treutlen, 1958
14 Troup, 1958
15 Turner and Twiggs, 1958
16 Union, 1958
17 Upson, 1958
Box Folder
84 1 Walker, 1958
2 Walton, 1958
3 Ware, 1958
4 Warren, 1958
5 Washington, 1958
6 Wayne, 1958
7 Webster, 1958
8 Wheeler, 1958
9 White, 1958
10 Whitfield, 1958
11 Wilcox and Wilkes, 1958
12 Wilkinson and Worth, 1958


Subseries IIB. Correspondence

13 July-December, 1985
14 March-June, 1958
15 January-February, 1958


Subseries IIIC. Subject files

Box Folder
85 1 1958 Legislature--Statements, Bills, Etc.
2 1958 Legislature--Clippings, (February-April, 1958)
3 1958 Legislature--Clippings and Press Releases, (November 1957-January 1958)
4 Department of Audits--Reports
5 Committee Appointments, 1958
6 Investigative Committees, 1958
Box Folder
86 1 Rural Roads Bonds
2 Rural Roads Bonds--Clippings No. 1
3 Rural Roads Bonds--Clippings No. 2
4 Segregation--Statements, Press Releases Segregation--Clippings, 1954, 1957, 1958

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Series III.: Campaign, 1954-1972

17 boxes, 8.5 linear feet
Files for the 1958 race for governor include announcements, platform, speeches, publicity, newspaper clippings, and post-campaign news stories. Material on the 1954 campaign for lieutenant governor is very meager, but does include his candidacy announcement and newspaper clippings.
The 1966 campaign was aborted in May on the advice of Vandiver's physician. Letters of support began in September 1965, and continued through May 1966. Also included is correspondence, newspaper clippings and platform information. The General and Personal/Political files for 1963-1966 (V. Legal Office Files) contain frequent references to Mr. Vandiver's political interests and should be consulted in connection with the campaign papers.
Vandiver's four major political campaigns are documented in this series. There is a fairly uniform arrangement for three of the campaigns: county files, subject files, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. The 1972 United States Senate materials include announcements, platforms, speaking schedules, speeches, press releases, subject files, county files and contribution files. Vandiver was defeated in the democratic primaries by Sam Nunn.
A card file of names was kept through the years. A partial listing by counties survives; other files seem to be alphabetical by name. The card files are placed at the end of the campaign series.


Subseries IIIA. United States Senate, 1972

Subseries IIIA1. Announcements, Platform, Speaking Schedules
Box Folder
87 1 Announcement Speech-- February 16, 1972
2 Fields Whatley
3 Historical Material
4 Gambrell on Civil Rights
5 1972 Platform
6 Old Biographical Note--Revisions, February 15, 1972
7 Rome Endorsement
8 Weekly Schedules-- January 31-August 8, 1972
9 Vandiver Vanwagon
10 Press Ready News
11 Vandiver Blasts Appointed Senator
Subseries IIA2. Speeches and Press Releases
Box Folder
88 1 Speech to Atlanta press Club-- December 17, 1971
2 Speech to Georgia State-- January 20, 1972
3 Press Releases--Vandiver on Amnesty, January-February, 1972
4 Speech Against Amnesty
5 "MAPS" Speech and Press Release-- February 25, 1972
6 "SPOILS" Speech and Press Release-- February 24, 1972
7 "SAR" Speech--February 26, 1972
8 Speech to West Point Lions Club-- January 26, 1972
9 Speech at Columbus High School-- February 9, 1972
10 Speech at Beech Haven Baptist Church, Athens-- February 20, 1972
11 Speech to Tallapoosa Jaycees-- April 18, 1972
12 Speech at Milledgeville: Dedication of Hatcher Square-- April 25, 1972
13 Opening of State Headquarters--Speech, May 1, 1972
14 E.E.O.C. Speech-- May 17, 1972
15 Sermon-- April 21, 1972
16 Speech--Austell Day-- May 27, 1972
17 Press Release-- July 6, 1972
18 Speech to Atlanta Automobile Dealers Association-- July 11, 1972
19-20 Patriotic
21 Attack on Atlanta Papers--Speech
22 Big Government Speech
23 Expressways Speech
24 "Hire Me" Speech
25 SST Speech
26 Doubletalk Speech
27 Interstate Speech
28 News Release--February 4, 1972
29 Miscellaneous
30 Maddox Blasts Gambrell
Subseries IIIA3. Subject Files
Box Folder
89 1 Engagements for Week
2 Action
3 Additions to Schedule
4 Address List for Press Releases
5 Advertising
6 Airplane Flight Schedules
7 Albany Endorsement
8 Allan-Grayson Realty Company
9 Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
10 Altamaha River Basin
11 Gene Asher
12 Automobiles on Loan
13 Bates County Officials' Letter
14 Betty's Notes
15 Billboards
16 Biographical Note of Vandiver-- January 14, 1971
17 The Brian Bex Report
18 Bureau of State Planning
19 Bulk Rate Materials
20 Callaway, Howard H. (Bo)
21 Carter Contributions
22 Clipping Service--Rawson
23 College Newspapers
24 College Roommates
25 Committee to Elect SEV
26 Confidential Election Report
27 Contributions--Chip's Letter
28 Correspondence to High Schools
29 Correspondence--Murphy
30 Fund Raising Dinner
31 Davis-Newman-Payne-Griffith
32 Davis-Newman Ad. Copy
33 Democratic Party of Georgia
34 Dentists
35 Editors--Political
36 Employment
37 Engagements (Tentative)
38 Environment
39 Expenditure Release
40 "Facing the Issues" by J. Crown
41 Floyd County--Political
42 Follow-up Letters After Dinner
43 Gambrell--Report
44 Gambrell's Voting Record
45 Georgia National Guard
Box Folder
90 1 Gilreath Press
2 Golf Classic
3 Gridiron Secret Society
4 Industry and Trade Board
5 Gwinnett List
6 Invitations Accepted
7 Invitations Regretted
8 Kiwanis Clubs
9 Lake Lanier Newsletter
10 Letters
11 Mailing File
12 Meetings
13 Harry Murphy
14 Names to Contact
15 News Release
16 Non-Endorsement
17 Other Candidates
18 "Politics on Parade"
19 Position Papers
20 Press Releases
21 Printing
22 Regulation of Advertising
23 Radio and Television
24 School Bus Drivers' Letter
25 Shaheen and Company
26 Sheriffs
27 John Simpkins
28 Supplies
29 Thank-You's
30 Vandiver--Business
31 Vandiver--Personal
32 Volunteers
Subseries IIIA4. Correspondence by County
Box Folder
91 1 Appling--Butts
2 Calhoun--Clayton
3 Cobb--Crisp
4 Dade--Evans
5 Fannin--Franklin
6 Fulton
Box Folder
92 1 Gilmer--Gwinnett
2 Habersham--Jones
3 Lamar--Muscogee
4 Newton--Rockdale
5 Schley--Turner
Box Folder
93 1 Union--Worth
2 Out of State
Subseries IIIA5. Contributions by County
3 Appling--Floyd
4 Fulton
5 Glynn--Worth
6 Out of State


Subseries IIIB. Governor of Georgia, 1966

Subseries IIIB1. Correspondence
Box Folder
94 1 Correspondence After Withdrawal From Race, May 17-31, 1966
2 Correspondence-- May 1-17, 1966
3 Correspondence-- April 1966
4 Correspondence-- July 1965-April 1966
Subseries IIIB2. Letters of support
Box Folder
95 1 Letters of Support-- May 1966
2 Letters of Support-- April 1966
3 Letters of Support-- March 1966
4 Letters of Support-- February 1966
5 Letters of Support-- January 1966
Box Folder
96 1 Letters of Support-- September 1965-December 1965
2 Letters to Legislators-- May-July 1965
Subseries IIIB3. Newspaper Clippings
3 News Clippings--May 18 and Following (SEV Leaves Race)
4 News Clippings-- May 1-17, 1966
5 News Clippings-- December 1965-March 1966
Subseries IIIB4. Platform
Box Folder
97 1 Platform
2 Platform Materials
3 Democratic Party of Georgia
4 Carl Sanders' Platform


Subseries IIIC. Governor of Georgia, 1958

Subseries IIIC1. Post-Campaign
Box Folder
98 1 Contributions by County
2 Post-Campaign News Stories-- November 1958-January 1959
3 Post-Campaign News Stories-- October 1958
4 Post-Campaign News Stories-- September 1958
5 Election Returns-- September 1958
6 Post-Campaign Editorials
Subseries IIIC2. Announcement and Platform
Box Folder
99 1 Announcement for Governor-- June 14, 1958
2 Campaign Letters
3 1958 Platform
5 Platform-Clippings1958
Subseries IIIC3. Plans and Speeches
Box Folder
100 1 Talmadge Support
2 Opposition
3 Plans
4 Speeches
6 Speech Material
Subseries IIIC4. Publicity
Box Folder
101 1 TV Scripts
2 TV and Radio Spots
3 The Vandiver News
4 Radio and RV Schedule
5 Vandiver Pamphlet
6 Vandiver--Biographical
7 Appointments to Campaign
8 Advertising
Subseries IIIC5. Newspaper Clippings, 1956-1958
Box Folder
102 1 Campaign Opener in Dublin-- July 12, 1958
2 News Stories-- June-August 1958
3 News Stories-- April-May 1958
4 News Stories-- January-March 1958
5 Editorials-- July-August 1958
6 Editorials-- January-June 1958
Box Folder
103A 1 Unannounced Candidate--Clippings, May-December 1957
2 Unannounced Candidate--Editorials, 1956-1957
3 Unannounced Candidate--News Stories, 1956-1957
4 Unannounced Candidate--Statements by and about SEV


Subseries IIID. Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

5 Announcement-- March 7, 1954
6 Statements and Clippings


Subseries IIIE. Alphabetical Name File

Box
103B Name File--3"x5" Cards
Box
103C Name File--3"x5" Cards

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Series IV.: Speech and Press, 1954-1966
18 boxes, 9 linear feet
The Speech and Press series consists of speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings and rough drafts. These are arranged chronologically. Speeches made during the race for United States Senate in 1972 were located with campaign materials and retained in that series. Other campaign speeches were retained in this series.
Box Folder
104 1 Speech on Conservation--Lavonia, September 21, 1966
2 Speech Schedule-- 1966
3 Speeches by Others and Press Releases
4 Campaign Speeches-- 1966
5 Speeches-- May 1966
6 Speeches-- April 1966
7 Speeches-- March 1966
Box Folder
105 1 Speeches-- February 1966
2 Speeches-- January 1966
3 Highway Department Newsletter
4 Speech at Association of County Commissioners-- April 24, 1966
5 Speeches-- April-May 1966
(Rough Drafts and Notes)
Box Folder
106 1 Speeches-- December 1965
2 Speeches-- November 1965
3 Speeches-- September-October 1965
4 Speeches-- July-August 1965
5 Speeches-- April, May, June 1965
6 Speeches-- January 1965, Undated
7 1965 Speaking Schedule
Box Folder
107 1 Speeches--Rough Drafts and Notes-- August-December 1965
2 Speeches--Rough Drafts and Notes-- January, April-July 1965
3 Speeches, 1964
4 Speech by Peter Zack Geer-- April 20, 1964
5 Speeches-- June, August 1963
6 Speech Texts-- January 1963
7 Press Releases-- 1963
Box Folder
108 1 Texts-- November-December 1962
2 Texts-- September-October 1962
3 Texts-- August 1962
4 Texts-- June-July 1962
5 Texts-- April-May 1962
Box Folder
109 1 Texts-- January-March 1962
2 Speeches by Others--1962
3 Introductions of S.E.V.
4 Remarks to General Assembly-- January 10, 1962
5 Address before General Assembly-- January 10, 1962
6 Departmental Reports-- December 1961
7 Governor's Progress Report-- 1959-1962
8 Governor's Progress Report--Specifications
9 Governor's Progress Report--Drafts
10 Governor's Progress Report--Copies for Department P. R. Heads
Box Folder
110 1 Press Releases-- November-December 1962
2 Press Releases-- September-October 1962
3 Press Releases-- July-August 1962
4 Press Releases-- May-June 1962
5 Press Releases-- March-April 1962
6 Press Releases-- January-February 1962
7 Speeches and Releases-- November-December 1961
8 Speeches and Releases-- September-October 1961
9 Speeches and Releases-- July-August 1961
Box Folder
111 1 Speeches and Releases-- May-June 1961
2 Speeches and Releases-- February, March, April 1961
3 Speeches and Releases-- January 1961
4 1961 Message to General Assembly
Box Folder
112 1 Message Notes1961
2 Speeches by Aides of Governor Vandiver-- 1961
3 Press Releases-- November-December 1961
4 Press Releases-- September-October 1961
5 Press Releases-- July-August 1961
6 Press Releases-- April-June 1961
7 Press Releases-- January-March 1961
Box Folder
113 1 Texts (S.E.V.)-- October, December 1960
2 Texts (S.E.V.)-- May-September 1960
3 Texts (S.E.V.)-- January-May 1960
4 Speech by Peter Zack Geer-- March 28, 1960
5 Rough Drafts--GEA Message-- March 18, 1960
6 Rough Drafts--Budget Message-- January 11, 1960
7 GA Committee on Schools--Segregation
8 GA Committee on Schools (News Clippings No.1)
Box Folder
114 1 GA Committee on Schools (News Clippings No. 2)
2 Press Releases-- October-December 1960
3 Press Releases-- July-September 1960
4 Press Releases-- June 1960
5 Press Releases-- April-May 1960
6 Press Releases-- January-March 1960
Box Folder
115 1


Texts-- October-December 1959

2 Texts-- July-September 1959
3 Texts-- June 1959
4 Texts-- May 1959
5 Texts-- April 1959
6 Texts-- January-March 1959
Box Folder
116 1


Statewide TV Report-- July 21, 1959

2 Georgia Press Association-- June 13, 1959
3 GEA Address-- March 20, 1959
4 Columbus Lions-- March 16, 1959
5 Testimony of S.E.V. on SJ Res.32.-- March 12, 1959
6 States' Rights Council-- February 11, 1959
7 1959 Address and Budget Message-- January 15, 1959
8 Inaugural Address and Program-- January 13, 1959
9 Senate Committee on Government Operations-- January 7, 1959
10 Plans for Fiscal Operations
11 Speech to General Assembly
Box Folder
117 1


Rough Drafts-- September-November 1959

2 Rough Drafts-- May-August 1959
3 Press Releases-- July-December 1959
4 Press Releases-- April-June 1959
5 Press Releases-- January-March 1959
6 Post Campaign Speeches, 1958
7 Post Campaign Press Releases, 1958
Box Folder
118 1


American Legion

2 Civil Defense-- April 4, 1955
3 Civil Rights
4 Communism
5 Government Reorganization
6 High School Graduation
7 Law School
8 Miscellaneous Speeches
9 Pinetree Festival
10 Segregation
11 Senate Adjournment, 1957-1958
12 Supreme Court's Decision on Segregation
13 Woman's Club
14 Tomato Festival, Tifton-- June 26, 1958
15 National Guard Armory Dedication--Toccoa
16 Pulp and Paper Industry, Valdosta-- April 15, 1958
17 Johnson County Centennial-- May 16, 1958
18 Short Articles by S.E.V. in Georgia Reports
19 Brotherhood--Atlanta
20 Lieutenant Governor Inaugural Address
21 Herman E. Talmadge Portrait Dedication-- April 7, 1958
22 Georgia Hotel Association-- April 3, 1958
23 Future Homemakers-- April 25, 1958
24 Prison Wardens-- June 16, 1958
25 Exchange Club-- May 8, 1958
26 Fulton County Vandiver Dinner-- August 11, 1958
27 Speech by Garland Byrd
28 Report of Rural Roads Committee
29 Association of County Commissioners-- April 16, 1957
Box Folder
119 1


Albany Speech-- August 9, 1958

2 Peace officers Association-- October 31, 1957-April 30, 1958
3 Press Releases, 1958
4 County Commissioners 1958 --News Clippings
5 Thomson-- August 16, 1958
6 Valdosta-- August 30, 1958
7 Summerville-- August 23, 1958
8 State Democratic Convention, Macon-- October 14, 1958
Box Folder
120 1


Television-- September 9, 1958

Box Folder
121 2


Gainesville-- September 6, 1958

3 Opening the Campaign, Dublin-- July 12, 1958
4 Rough Drafts, Dublin Speech
5 Qualifying Speech-- June 14, 1958
6 Campaign Releases No. 1
1 Campaign Releases No. 2
2 Vandiver Texts--Pre-campaign
3 Georgia School Boards Association-- October 24, 1958
4 Plant Hammond Dedication-- May 27, 1958
5 Kiwanis Club, Thomasville-- May 1, 1958
6 Farm Bureau Federation-- May 14, 1958
7 Joint Civic Clubs, Camilla-- March 18, 1958
8 Parent-Teacher Association, Griffin-- March 12, 1958
9 Phi Delta Theta
10 Junior Chamber of Commerce, Marietta-- March 11, 1958
11 Chamber of Commerce, Athens-- March 29, 1958
12 "Eggs and Issues," Atlanta-- February 4, 1958
13 Political Science Club, University of Georgia-- November 12, 1957
14 Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Nassau-- May 3, 1957
15 Old Midway Church
16 High School Graduation, Mount Vernon
17 White County Centennial-- August 3, 1957
18 Georgia Bar Association, Savannah-- May 26, 1956
19 Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville
20 Armed Forces Day, Douglas-- May 15, 1954
21 Cobb County Jaycees
22 R.E.A., Reidsville
23 By R. Carter Pittman: "The Law of the Land"

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Series V: Legal Office Files, 1963-1966

20 boxes, 10 linear feet
This series contains the files Mr. Vandiver kept during his years of private law practice, not to imply that they are "legal" files. There are two main divisions: General and Personal/Political. The General subseries includes materials concerning volunteer and appointive work Mr. Vandiver was engaged in on the state level. As an example, he was chairman of the Citizens' Committee to study Atlanta Rapid Transit in 1963 and 1964.
There is a subject file as well as chronological in both divisions. Personal/Political has a third heading: Invitations, Christmas Cards, and Letters of Thanks. A note, presumably from an aide, defines Personal Correspondence as "Letters of illness, death, etc.; thank you's; personal friends; money."


Subseries VA. General Correspondence

Subseries VA1. Chronological
Box Folder
122 1 General Correspondence-- September 1965
2 General Correspondence-- August 1965
3 General Correspondence-- June-July 1965
4 General Correspondence-- April-June 1965
5 General Correspondence-- January-March 1965
Box Folder
123 1 General Correspondence-- October-December 1964
2 General Correspondence-- July-September 1964
3 General Correspondence-- January-June 1964
4 General Correspondence-- August-December 1963
5 General Correspondence-- April-July 1963
6 General Correspondence-- January-March 1963
Subseries VA2. Subject
Box Folder
124 1 O.C. Aderhold Library Endowment
2 Department of Agriculture, European Trip
3 Atlanta Country Club
4 Atlanta Cultural Center
5 Atlanta World's Fair Study Commission
6 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
7 Beachem, J.W.
8 Campaign Checks--1958
9 Cheyenne, Inc.
10 Chamber of Commerce
11 Department of Commerce
12 Georgia Exposition of Commerce and Industry
Box Folder
125 1 Laurence W. Dabney and Associates
2 Deering Milliden, Inc.
3 State Department of Education
4 First National Bank
5 First Readers in Senate
6 Foundation Life Insurance Company
7 Charles E. Furbee--Tax Matter
8 Democratic Party of Georgia
9 Georgia Bar Association
10 Georgia Heart Association Luncheons
11 Georgia Podiatry Association
12 Georgia Society for Prevention of Blindness
13 University of Georgia
Box Folder
126 1 J. E. Greiner Company
2 Harland Bartholomew and Associates
3 Harvey Hunt Tax File
4 International Savings Life Insurance Company
5 Jekyll Island Baptist Mission
6 L & N Railroad-- 1965
7 L & N Railroad--u
8 L & N Railroad-- 1963
9 L & N Railroad--u (Western and Atlantic Bill)
Box Folder
127 1 March of Dimes
2 Marshallville, Georgia Bank
3 Massey College
4 Mental Health Association
5 Mercer University
6 Moultrie-Colquitt County Industrial Commission
7 National Guard Association
8 Henry G. Neal
9 Outdoor Advertising
Box Folder
128 1 Pat Pattillo
2 People-to-People, Inc.
3 Phelan Finance Corporation
4 Railroad Correspondence
Box Folder
129 1 Rapid Transit-Metropolitan Planning Commission-- 1965
2 Rapid Transit-- July-December 1964
3 Rapid Transit-- January-June 1964
4 Rapid Transit--Committee of 100, July-December 1963
5 Rapid Transit--Committee of 100, January-June, 1963
6 Rapid Transit, Citizen's Committee to Study-- 1963-1964
7 Rapid Transit--Print Material
Box Folder
130 1 Rapid Transit--Other Cities
2 Red Carpet Tours-- 1963, 1964, 1965
3 Governor Carl Sanders
4 Savannah-Chatham County School Case-- 1963, 1964
5 Ralph Still v. Savannah-Chatham County B.O.E.-- June 28, 1963
Box Folder
131 1 Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
2 Siegel, Harry L.
3 Snyder, Hugh
4 South Penn Oil
5 Southern Railway System v. Interstate Commerce Commission
6 Statehouse File--Highway Department
7 Status of Legislation-- 1963
8 Status of Stock
9 Stone Mountain Grit, Inc.
10 Summer-Minter and Associates
11 Tech-Georgia Development Fund
12 Tomberlin-Sheetz, Architects
13 Orville Marion Tucker v. S. Ernest Vandiver
Box Folder
132 1 United Trust Life Insurance Company-- 1966
2 United Trust Life Insurance Company-- 1965
3 United Trust Life Insurance Company-- 1964
4 United States Legislation re: Savings and Loan Association
5 Vidalia Banking Company
6 Vietnam
7 Ward Wight
8 Sid Williams--Politics on Parade-- 1963, 1964
9 Allen West Wood


Subseries VB. Personal/Political

Box Folder
133 1-2 Personal/Political-- April 1966
3-4 Personal/Political-- March 1966
5 Personal/Political-- February 1966
Box Folder
134 1-2 Personal Correspondence-- January 1966
3 Personal Correspondence-- December 1965
4 Personal Correspondence-- November 1965
5 Personal Correspondence-- August-October 1965
6 Personal Correspondence-- June-July 1965
Box Folder
135 1 Personal Correspondence-- January-May 1965
2 Personal Correspondence-- September-December 1964
3 Personal Correspondence-- July-August 1964
4 Personal Correspondence-- January-June 1964
5 Personal Correspondence-- August-December 1963
6 Personal Correspondence-- June-July 1963
7 Personal Correspondence-- January-May 1963
Box Folder
136 1 Very Important Papers
2 Chapel of All Faiths
3 Executive Orders-- 1959-1962
4 Inaugural Ceremonies-- January 15, 1963
5 Recommendations-- February 1963-June 1964
6 Congratulations on Joining the Firm
Box Folder
137 1 Political Clippings-- 1965
2 Political Clippings-- 1964
3 Congratulations to Legislators-- 1964
4 Political Miscellany
Box Folder
138 1 Invitations to Speak-- January-April 1966
2 Invitations to Speak-- 1965
3 Invitations Accepted-- January-May 1965
4 Invitations Regretted-- January-May 1965
5 Breakfast Invitations to Legislators (SEV)
Box Folder
139 1 Invitations-- July-December 1964
2 Invitations-- May-June 1964
3 Invitations-- January-April 1964
4 Invitations to Legislature-- 1964
5 Invitations-- June-December 1963
6 Invitations-- January (February)-May 1963
Box Folder
140 1 Christmas Cards-- 1965
2 Christmas Cards-- 1964
3-4 Thanks for Cards and Gifts-- Christmas 1964
Box Folder
141 1-3 Thanks for 1963 Christmas Cards and Gifts
4 Letters of Thanks for Gifts-- January-April 1963

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Series VI.: Related Materials, 1948-1972
13 books, 372 photographs


Subseries VIA. Scrapbooks, 1948-1972

(13 books)
The scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, brochures, and press releases. Topics include the 1962 governor's conference, the opening of I-75, the National Guard, 1958 gubernatorial campaign, and his senatorial race.
Item
1 General scrapbook, 1948 - 1950
Item
2 General scrapbook, 1952 -1958
Item
3 Gubernatorial election scrapbook, February 1958 - September 1958
Item
4 Gubernatorial election scrapbook, July 1958 - September 1958
Item
5 "Lowndes County Activities for Ernest Vandiver": a gift to Vandiver to support his campaign for Governor in 1958
Item
6 General scrapbook, December 1958 - December 1959, January 1963
Item
7 I-75 opening, 1959
Item
8 General scrapbook, 1960
Item
9 The National Executive Commission of the 150th Anniversary of the May Revolution in Argentina, 1960
Item
10 General scrapbook, 1961, 1 page of December 1962 - January 1963
Item
11 General scrapbook, 1962
Item
12 Southern Governors' Conference, 1962
Item
13 Senatorial campaign, 1971 - 1972


Subseries VIB. Photographs, 1957-1972

(372 photographs, 52 negatives)
Photographs were removed from original collection for preservation purposes and separately cataloged. Subjects of the photographs include Vandiver's campaigning for governor in 1958, 1961 governor's conference, state buildings and individuals. Each photograph has been assigned an individual catalog number and given a brief description including individuals, event and date, if known.

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Series VII: Post Career, 1992-1998

1 folder containing 5 items
This series was added in March 1998 to include materials that document Vandiver's post career activities. The material consists chiefly of correspondence relating to Vandiver's account of his participation in the events surrounding the arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. in DeKalb County, Georgia, in 1960. This includes Vandiver's remembrance of the appeal from then President John Kennedy to Vandiver to intercede on King's behalf. Vandiver provides an outline of his participation in the arrangements, which led to King's release from prison. He also discusses the political ramifications of this release for himself and for President Kennedy. More may be added to this series at a later date.
Box Folder
142 1 Correspondence and articles: 1992, 1997, 1998

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University of Georgia Libraries
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