What is the Russell Library?
The Richard B. Russell Library is a political archives and center for the research and study of politics and public policy with an emphasis on the role of Georgia and the U.S. Congress. It currently maintains over 150 collections and is one of three special collections at the University of Georgia dedicated to preserving and providing access to a variety of archival materials in all formats that document a wide array of subject matter. There are two other special collections departments in the Libraries, The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. The Russell Library is not the official name of the Main Library of which it is a part. The official name of the Main Library is Ilah Dunlap Little Library.
