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Russell, Samuel, 1878-1954

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1878 - 1954

Biography

Samuel Russell (1878-1954) was a lawyer, legislative assistant, and amateur historian.

Samuel Russell was born April 14, 1878 in Utah to Samuel Russell and Henrietta Pratt Russell. He graduated from the College of Law at the University of Virginia in 1904. He, Preston Nibley, and Joel Nibley founded the Timpanogos Club, an intellectual club meant to emulate the Royal Society of London, on February 14, 1913. He worked as a lawyer in Utah until 1917, when he left Utah with U.S. Senator William King to serve as his assistant and legal counsel. Samuel continued to work in Washington, D.C. until about 1940 as an attorney and tax expert. He died August 4, 1954, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
FamilySearch, via WWW, January 22, 2024 (Samuel Russell; born April 14, 1878 in Utah to Samuel Russell and Henrietta Pratt Russell; graduated from the College of Law at the University of Virginia in 1904; he, Preston Nibley, and Joel Nibley founded the Timpanogos Club, an intellectual club meant to emulate the Royal Society of London, on February 14, 1913; worked as a lawyer in Utah; left Utah with U.S. Senator William King to serve as his assistant and legal counsel in 1917; continued to work in Washington, D.C. until about 1940 as an attorney and tax expert; died August 4, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah).

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Russell, Jr. business and political correspondence , date of production not identified

 File — Box 9: Series 13 [Barcode: 31197233277653], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 13 File 18
Scope and Contents

Contains reports, letters, and other items dealing with appropriations of the United States Government for river and harbor projects. Dates not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Jr. business and political correspondence

Samuel Russell, Jr. political files, between 1902 and 1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 18
Scope and Contents

Contains bills and resolutions, articles by Samuel Russell, Jr. on politics, taxes and trade, and other topics, National Bureau of Standards reports and documents on weights and measures, Supreme Court briefs, fiscal relations within the United States, records on the Mayfield case. Most materials dated 1902 to 1930; others probably created between 1904 and 1954.

Dates: Other: between 1902 and 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers

Samuel Russell, Jr. rough drafts and papers by various authors, between 1822 and 1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14
Scope and Contents Contains articles and papers of Samuel Russell, Jr. and others on weights and measures, women's suffrage, U.S. Congress bills and resolutions, scales and standardization, coinage and financial systems, war and its revenues, international relations and peace treaties (Germany, Japan, Turkey, etc.), World War I, the Armenian genocide, American Indian defense, trade and marketing systems, railroads, prohibition, the U.S. Constitution, tariffs and taxation, elections, executive powers, the...
Dates: Other: between 1822 and 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers

Weights and Measures documents and Papers on Contemporary Politics, date of production not identified

 File — Box 24: Series 18 [Barcode: 31197233277802], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 18 File 3
Scope and Contents

Contains Weights and Measures documents from the National Bureau of Standards, and Papers on Contemporary Politics written by Samuel Russell, Jr. Materials undated.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Jr. political files

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  • Subject: Reports X

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Articles 2
Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 2
Finance 2
Resolutions, Legislative 2
Appropriation (Budgetary) 1
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Business 1
Civil Procedure and Courts 1
Documents 1
Flood control 1
International relations 1
Legal briefs 1
Legislative bills 1
Letters 1
Standardization 1
Taxation 1
Taxation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History 1
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