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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 10 Collections and/or Records:

Documents dealing with war revenues, date of production not identified

 File — Box 10: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277661], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 17

Documents on American Indian defense, approximately 1923?

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 22
Scope and Contents

Contains documents dealing with American Indian defense. Materials undated, but may be from around 1923, when the American Indian Defense Association was founded.

Dates: approximately 1923?

Documents on the Federal Reserve, after 1913

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 21
Scope and Contents

Contains documents dealing with the Federal Reserve. Materials undated, but would have been from some time after 1913, when the system was created.

Dates: after 1913

Documents on World War I and Armenia, approximately 1909-1919

 File — Box 11: Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233277679], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 20
Scope and Contents

Contains documents about World War I, the recognition of Armenia, and the Turkish massacre of Armenians. Materials undated, but approximately 1909 to 1918.

Dates: approximately 1909-1919

Donald B. Russell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2038
Scope and Contents

Personal and professional correspondence, date books used as diaries, and newspapers and magazines kept by Russell. Also included are book manuscripts to be reviewed and copies of the vital papers of Russell's father, Samuel Russell, including certificates, deeds, and contracts.

Dates: approximately 1930-1980

Russell family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6123
Abstract The first part of this collection contains select papers from the life of Samuel Russell, Sr. The bulk of these papers are hand copied letters from John M. Vaughn, a frequent correspondent of Samuel Russell who lived in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. The second half of the collection contains the papers of his son, Samuel Russell, Jr. Many of these papers include documents from when Russell Jr. worked as William Henry King's secretary in Washington, D.C., while King served in the US...
Dates: 1846-1947

Samuel Russell, Jr. business and political correspondence , approximately 1914?

 File — Box 9: Series 13 [Barcode: 31197233277653], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 13 File 16
Scope and Contents

Contains documents dealing with Germany; includes papers on the maritime danger zone, and letters from J. [Johann Heinrich von] Bernstorff, German ambassador to the United States (1908-1917). 6 items, dates not identified; approximately 1914?

Dates: approximately 1914?

Samuel Russell, Jr. correspondence with Preston Nibley, 1947 July 28-August 9

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 11
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Preston Nibley and Samuel Russell [Jr.]. Rough drafts of letters are included. 8 items, dated July 28 to August 9, 1947 (one letter undated).

Dates: 1947 July 28-August 9

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

Samuel Russell, Jr. writings, dates of production not identified

 File — Box 9: Series 13 [Barcode: 31197233277653], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 13 File 4
Scope and Contents

Contains various drafts of writings of Samuel Russell to newspapers. No dates identified.

Dates: dates of production not identified

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Archival Object 8
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Subject
Documents 6
Drafts (Documents) 3
Letters 3
American literature -- History and criticism 1
Armenian massacres, 1909 1