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Russell, Samuel, 1878-1954

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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 39 Collections and/or Records:

Article, "Calhoun and the Constitution", date of production not identified

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 26
Scope and Contents

Contains an article, "Calhoun and the Constitution," 61 pages (written by Samuel Russell, Jr.?). Materials undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Article, "Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution before the Supreme Court of the United States", date of production not identified

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 27
Scope and Contents

Contains an article, "Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution before the Supreme Court of the United States," 112 pages (written by Samuel Russell, Jr.?). Materials undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Article, "World Order in Money, Weights and Measures", date of production not identified

 File — Box 10: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277661], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 14

Articles on a financial system, date of production not identified

 File — Box 10: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277661], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 13

Articles on aspects of post-war international relations, approximately 1919 - early 1920s

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 30
Scope and Contents

Contains papers on the Armenian problem, German reparations, maintenance of diplomatic relations, the power of Congress, and the Government of Turkey. Materials undated, but approximately 1919 through the early 1920s.

Dates: approximately 1919 - early 1920s

Articles on chemicals in food, approximately 1920s

 File — Box 12: Series 14; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197233277687], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 36
Scope and Contents

Contains articles on chemicals in food by various experts in the medical, chemical, and agricultural professions. Materials undated, but approximately 1920s.

Dates: approximately 1920s

Articles on commodity values and other topics, date of production not identified

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 33

Articles on railroad rates, date of production not identified

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 32

Articles on scales of measurement, date of production not identified

 File — Box 10: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277661], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 10

Articles on the executive branch, the Japanese, world peace, and other topics, approximately 1918 - early 1920s

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 29
Scope and Contents

Contains papers regarding the executive branch of government, the status of the Japanese, post-war employment, problems of world peace, and other items. Materials undated, but approximately 1918 through the early 1920s.

Dates: approximately 1918 - early 1920s

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