THROWER, RANDOLPH W.
Randolph W. Thrower papers
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Civic papers
Randolph W. Thrower papers > Civic papers
Collection Stored Off-Site
All or portions of this collection are housed off-site. Materials can still be requested but researchers should expect a delay of up to two business days for retrieval.
Series 4
Civic papers, 1950-2008
Boxes 51 - 82, OP1-OP4, OP6-OP7
Scope and Content Note
The series includes correspondence, administrative and financial documents, and printed materials relating to the civic activities of Randolph and Margaret Thrower from 1950 to 2008. The Throwers' civic engagements were mainly related to religion, education, electoral politics, and the city of Atlanta, and include their work with organizations such as Emory University, Wesleyan College (Macon, Georgia), Reinhardt University, Georgia State University, Woodward Academy, Georgia Wilderness Institute, Northside Methodist church, the Republican Party, the City of Atlanta, the Rotary Club of Atlanta and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. The printed materials included in this series are included in their original order.
The Republican Party papers document Randolph Thrower's involvement in the party from the early 1950s to the early 2000s. A significant part of this collection concern Randolph Thrower's congressional race in 1956. Of particular interest to researcher is the extensive correspondence documenting the Fulton county and state convention of 1964. The correspondence from the 1980s onward is mostly about fundraising for the state and national party.
The documents concerning the Rotary Club of Atlanta (1998) are principally about Randolph Thrower's June 22, 1998 speech titled Atlanta: Fairest City On the Hill, or is It? It includes questionnaires, research materials, and correspondence about the preparation and reaction to the speech. Randolph Thrower's work with the City of Atlanta primarily documents his work with the Board of Ethics and contains correspondence, notes, clippings and administrative documents that documents his work in the court case The United States versus Robert Mayer, 1991-1993. This case involved issues of ethics concerning Atlanta's city officials, mainly the rules surrounding conflicts of interest, reception of gifts, and financial disclosures. There are also articles and clippings regarding general City of Atlanta politics, 1980-2004
Records documenting The Thrower's work with Emory University include administrative materials for the Board of Trustees, 1995-2004; Board of Visitors, 1959-1965 (both of which are restricted for 25 years); School of Law, 1985-2004; and fundraising and planning documents for the Class of 1934 as well as their 60th reunion, 1985-1996. In addition, there are records about the Thrower Symposium, an annual Emory Law School event, 1981-2006 and the George West Mental Health Foundation which documents Skyland Trail residential day treatment and Case management facilities. Also included are documents regarding Randolph Thrower's work at Georgia State University, 1981-2004. Included are correspondence, manuals, speeches, and administrative records detailing her work as a guest lecture in Patricia Morgan's Tax Class, 1991-1997, as well as his work with the College of Law's tax clinic, 1992-2003. There are also materials related to fundraising work done for Reinhardt University, 1967-2003. The Wesleyan College documents relates mostly to fundraising for the college, Margaret Thrower’s alma mater. A significant part of these relates to the endowment by the Munroe sisters (Julia Woodward, Mary Gray, and Margaret) and to the planning and funding of the Munroe Science Center.
Materials about the Georgia Wilderness Institute contains administrative, fundraising, and development materials concerning the now-named AMI Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping youth develop into responsible and productive citizens by as building facilities and programs to provide alternatives to incarceration. Northside Methodist Church documents primarily contain notes and research for the Sunday School classes taught by Randolph Thrower, 1950-2004 as well as his work with the Board of Trustees, 1952-1969, which include administrative files, financial statements, correspondence, reports, newsletters, clippings, printed materials, fundraising letters, minutes, agendas of meetings, and list of members.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Special restrictions apply: Special restrictions apply: Emory University Board of Trustee records and Board of Visitor records are restricted until 2041.
Atlanta Rotary Club | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
51 | 1 | Correspondence, 1998 March 25-June 22 |
51 | 2 | Correspondence, 1998 June 23-26 |
51 | 3 | Correspondence, 1998 June 27-December 14 |
51 | 4 | Research and printed materials, 1993-1998 January |
51 | 5 | Research and printed materials 1998 April-1998 May |
51 | 6 | Research and printed materials, 1998 June-1998 August |
51 | 7 | Responses to Questionnaire, 1998 |
52 | 1 | Speech, Atlanta: Fairest City Upon a Hill - Or Is It?, 1998 |
City of Atlanta | ||
52 | 2 | Arrington, Marvin, mayoral race, correspondence and clippings, 1996-1998 |
52 | 3 | Board of Ethics, appointments to board, 1991-1992 |
52 | 4 | Board of Ethics, clippings, 1992 |
52 | 5 | Board of Ethics, correspondence, notes, and clippings, 1986-1990 |
52 | 6 | Board of Ethics, correspondence, speeches, notes, and clippings, 1991 |
53 | 1 | Board of Ethics, correspondence and notes, January-April, 1992 |
53 | 2 | Board of Ethics, correspondence and notes, May 1992 - October 1993 |
53 | 3 | Board of Ethics, correspondence, clippings, and research, 1994-2003 |
53 | 4 | Board of Ethics, financial disclosure ordinance, 1987-1993 |
53 | 5 | Board of Ethics, Marvin Arrington, correspondence, notes, and clippings, 1985-2000 |
53 | 6 | Board of Ethics, U.S. v. Robert Waymer, 1991-1993 |
53 | 7 | Campbell, Mayor Bill, correspondence and notes, 1998 April-October |
54 | 1 | Campbell, Mayor Bill, correspondence and notes, 1998 November-1999 January |
54 | 2 | Campbell, Mayor Bill, Research and clippings, 1997-1999 |
54 | 3 | Metro Group, Ethics Task Force, correspondence, 2001-2002 |
54 | 4 | Political, correspondence and clippings, 1980-2004 |
Emory University | ||
57 | 1 | The Carter Center, Atlanta Project, administrative materials, 1991-1994 |
57 | 2 | The Carter Center, Atlanta Project, administrative materials, 1995-2004 |
57 | 3 | Class of 1934, correspondence and fundraising materials, 1985-1989 |
57 | 4 | Class of 1934, correspondence and fundraising materials, 1990-1992 |
57 | 5 | Class of 1934, correspondence and fundraising materials, 1993-1996 |
57 | 6 | General, volume 1, correspondence and speech, 1984-1998 |
58 | 1 | General, volume 1, correspondence, 1999-2004 |
OP1 | 18 | George West Mental Health Foundation, architectural drawings, 1997-1998 |
58 | 2 | George West Mental Health Foundation, correspondence, printed materials, and speeches, 1989-2000 |
58 | 3 | George West Mental Health Foundation, information packets, undated |
58 | 4 | Mary Gray Munroe Theater, administrative materials, 1987-1997 |
58 | 5 | Michael C. Carlos Museum, correspondence and programs, 1993-1999 |
58 | 6 | Quincy Garden Center Reception, administrative materials, 1997-1998 |
58 | 7 | Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, correspondence, information packets, and clippings, 1989-2003 |
58 | 8 | School of Law, 1985-1988 |
58 | 9 | School of Law, 1989-1991 |
59 | 1 | School of Law, 1992-1993 |
59 | 2 | School of Law, 1994-1997 |
59 | 3 | School of Law, 1998-2000 |
59 | 4 | School of Law, 2001 |
59 | 5 | School of Law, 2002-2004 |
59 | 6 | School of Law, Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC), 1998-2002 |
60 | 1 | School of Law, Endowment, administrative and financial materials, 1999-2000 |
60 | 2 | School of Law Library, Thrower Floor, 1995-1996 |
OP3 | - | School of Law Library, Thrower Floor plaque, undated |
60 | 3 | School of Law, Planned Giving Committee, 1997-2000 |
60 | 4 | School of Law, Sutherland Asbill and Brennan scholarship fund, 1987-2003 |
60 | 5 | School of Law Council, administrative materials, 1997-1999 |
60 | 6 | School of Law Council, administrative materials, 2000-2002 |
60 | 7 | School of Law Council, administrative materials, 2003-2004 |
60 | 8 | Tampa Alumni Association, speech, 1950 |
61 | 1 | Thrower Symposium, 1981-1987 |
Thrower Symposium, 1986 [Restricted] | ||
61 | 2 | Thrower Symposium, 1988-1990 |
61 | 3 | Thrower Symposium, 1991-1992 |
61 | 4 | Thrower Symposium, 1993-1995 |
61 | 5 | Thrower Symposium, 1996-1997 |
61 | 6 | Thrower Symposium, 1998-2000 |
62 | 1 | Thrower Symposium, 2001-2002 |
62 | 2 | Thrower Symposium, 2003-2006 |
62 | 3 | Thrower Symposium, paper presented, 1991 |
62 | 4 | Thrower Symposium, paper presented, 1991-2001 |
62 | 5 | Thrower Symposium, programs and invitation, 1986-1998 |
62 | 6 | Thrower Symposium, programs and invitation, 1999-2005 |
62 | 7 | Wesley Woods Center, correspondence, clippings, programs, and speeches 1997-2004 |
Georgia Chamber of Commerce | ||
62 | 8 | Conditions for Change: Georgians Talk About How to Improve Public Schools and Education, 1994 |
62 | 9 | Education Improvement in Georgia, 1995 |
Georgia State University | ||
63 | 1 | College of Law, Patricia Morgan's tax class, 1991-1997 |
63 | 2 | College of Law, Tax Clinic, administrative materials, 1992-1993 |
63 | 3 | College of Law, Tax Clinic, administrative materials, 1994-1996 |
63 | 4 | College of Law, Tax Clinic, administrative materials, 1997-2003 |
63 | 5 | College of Law, Tax Clinic, procedure manual, 1992 |
63 | 6 | Correspondence and notes, 1981-1993 |
63 | 7 | Correspondence, notes and speeches, 1994-2002 |
64 | 1 | Correspondence and notes, 2003-2004 |
64 | 2 | Printed materials, 1987-2004 |
Georgia Wilderness Institute (today AMI Kids) | ||
64 | 3 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 1994 January-1995 September |
64 | 4 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 1995 October-1996 November |
64 | 5 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 1997-1999 |
64 | 6 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 2000 January-2002May |
64 | 7 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 2002 July-2003 March |
65 | 1 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 2003 June-2005 February |
65 | 2 | Board minutes, notices, and correspondence, 2005 April |
65 | 3 | By-laws and articles of incorporation, 1995-1998 |
OP2 | 6 | Plans, Boy Scout hut, 1964 |
65 | 4 | General notebook, volume 7, correspondence, 1996 June-2002 May 2002 |
65 | 5 | General notebook, volume 7, correspondence, 2002 June-August 2002 |
65 | 6 | General notebook, volume 7, correspondence, 2002 September-2006 May |
65 | 7 | General notebook, volume 8, correspondence, 2003 January-May |
65 | 8 | General notebook, volume 8, correspondence, 2003 June-2005 November |
66 | 1 | General notebook, volume 9, correspondence, 2003 November-2004 January |
66 | 2 | General notebook, volume 9, correspondence, 2004 February-2006 November |
66 | 3 | General notebook, volume 9, correspondence and notes, 2007 March-2008 November |
66 | 4 | Girls institute, correspondence and research, 1996-2004 |
66 | 5 | Girls institute, South Georgia Achievement School: Technical Proposal, 1998 |
Northside Methodist Church | ||
OP7 | - | Architectural plans, 1958-1965 |
66 | 6 | Board of Trustees, meeting minutes, 1952-1963 |
66 | 7 | Board of Trustees records, 1950-1952 |
66 | 8 | Board of Trustees records, 1953 |
67 | 1 | Board of Trustees records, 1954 |
67 | 2 | Board of Trustees records, 1955 |
67 | 3 | Board of Trustees records, 1956 |
67 | 4 | Board of Trustees records, 1957 |
67 | 5 | Board of Trustees records, 1958 |
67 | 6 | Board of Trustees records, 1959 |
67 | 7 | Board of Trustees records, 1960 January-August |
68 | 1 | Board of Trustees records, 1960 September-December |
68 | 2 | Board of Trustees records, 1961 January-August |
68 | 3 | Board of Trustees records, 1961 September-December |
68 | 4 | Board of Trustees records, 1962 |
68 | 5 | Board of Trustees records, 1963 January-May |
68 | 6 | Board of Trustees records, 1963 June-December |
68 | 7 | Board of Trustees records, 1964 |
69 | 1 | Board of Trustees records, 1965 |
69 | 2 | Board of Trustees records, 1966 |
69 | 3 | Board of Trustees records, 1967 |
69 | 4 | Board of Trustees records, 1968 January-March |
69 | 5 | Board of Trustees records, 1969April 1968-July |
69 | 6 | Boy Scouts, Troop 298, administrative and printed materials, 1962-1965 |
69 | 7 | Florida matter, 1956-1958 |
70 | 1 | General Board of Pensions, correspondence, minutes and annual reports, 1955-1956 |
70 | 2 | Georgia Council of Churches, correspondence, memos, and notes, 1962-1964 October |
70 | 3 | Georgia Council of Churches, correspondence, memos, and notes, 1964 November-1984 |
70 | 4 | Mountain Top Retreat, correspondence, 1964-1965 |
70 | 5 | Organ and Child's Home committee, administrative materials, 1962-1973 |
70 | 6 | School Prayer, speech draft and research, 1962-1964 |
70 | 7 | Space committee, correspondence, minutes, and reports, 1961-1962 |
70 | 8 | Speeches, 1999-2001 |
70 | 9 | Sunday school, correspondence and lists, 1964-1967 |
71 | 1 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1950-1969 |
71 | 2 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1979-1982 |
71 | 3 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1983-1986 |
71 | 4 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1987-1990 |
71 | 5 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1991-1994 |
72 | 1 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1995-1996 |
72 | 2 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 1997-1999 |
72 | 3 | Sunday school, lessons, and notes, 2000-2004 |
72 | 4 | Sunday school, lessons, notes, and research, undated [1 of 3] |
72 | 5 | Sunday school, lessons, notes, and research, undated [2 of 3] |
72 | 6 | Sunday school, lessons, notes, and research, undated [3 of 3] |
Other Atlanta organizations | ||
73 | 1 | Atlanta Botanical Garden, Garden of Eden Ball, A Tropical Paradise, 1996 |
73 | 2 | Atlanta's Woman of the Year, correspondence and notes, 1955-1956 |
73 | 3 | Decatur Rotary Club and Atlanta Rotary Club, speeches, 1998 |
92 | 4 | Monday Morning Book Club, speech, undated |
92 | 2 | Speeches and remarks, 1969-1999 [1] |
92 | 3 | Speeches and remarks, 1969-1999 [2] |
73 | 4 | Visiting Nurses Association of Metropolitan Atlanta, speech, undated |
Reinhardt University (formerly Reinhardt College) | ||
73 | 5 | Correspondence, administrative materials, and speech, 1963-1997 |
73 | 6 | Correspondence, 1998-2003 |
73 | 7 | Fundraising campaign, 1995-1996 |
73 | 8 | Fundraising campaign, 1997-2000 |
73 | 9 | Fundraising campaign, reports and volunteer manual, 1995-1997 |
73 | 10 | Printed materials, 1995-2003 |
Republican Party | ||
73 | 11 | 1954 Congressional campaign, Charles A. Moye, Jr., 1954-1955 |
74 | 1 | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, correspondence, 1956 June-October |
74 | 2 | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, correspondence, 1956 November-1960 February |
74 | 3 | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, finances, 1956-1957 |
OP4 | - | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, poster, 1956 |
74 | 4 | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, promotional materials, 1956 |
74 | 5 | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, radio and television ads, scripts, and correspondence, 1956 |
74 | 6 | 1956 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, speeches, policy papers and notes, 1956 |
74 | 7 | 1958 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, correspondence and notes, 1958 |
74 | 8 | 1958 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, finances, 1958 |
74 | 9 | 1958 Congressional campaign, Randolph Thrower, research and clippings, 1956-1958 |
75 | 1 | 1962 Congressional campaign, Jim O'Callaghan, correspondence and notes, 1962-1963 |
75 | 2 | 1962 Congressional campaign, Jim O'Callaghan, finances, 1962-1963 |
75 | 3 | Bullock, B. F., articles, undated |
75 | 4 | Clippings, 1950-1959 |
75 | 5 | Clippings, 1960-1969 [1 of 2] |
75 | 6 | Clippings, 1960-1969 [2 of 2] |
75 | 7 | Clippings, brochures and research, 1985-1999 |
76 | 1 | Correspondence, 1984-1987 |
76 | 2 | Correspondence, 1988-1991 |
76 | 3 | Correspondence, 1992-1996 |
76 | 4 | Correspondence, 1997-1999 |
76 | 5 | Correspondence, 2000-2004 |
76 | 6 | County and congressional district organizations, Georgia, list of officers and members, 1964 |
76 | 7 | Coverdell Good Government Award, speech, 1999 |
76 | 8 | Election Results, Georgia, 1956 |
77 | 1 | Fulton County Republican Party, correspondence and notes, 1953-1963 |
77 | 2 | Fulton County Republican Party, correspondence, administrative materials, and speeches, 1964 January 6-February 20 |
77 | 3 | Fulton County Republican Party, correspondence and administrative materials, 1964 February 22-October 14 |
77 | 4 | Fulton County Republican Party, minutes and reports, 1960-1963 |
77 | 5 | Fulton County Republican Club's 100th Anniversary Emancipation Proclamation Dinner, program, 1963 |
77 | 6 | Fulton County Republicans' Operation Breakthrough, booklet, 1963 |
77 | 7 | Fulton County Speakers Bureau, 1963 |
77 | 8 | Fulton County, Rules of the Fulton County and the Georgia Republican Party, 1964 |
77 | 9 | Georgia patronage, 1960 census, correspondence, and personnel lists, 1960 |
77 | 10 | Georgia patronage, correspondence, 1954-1961 |
77 | 11 | Georgia presidential electors, list, 1952 |
77 | 12 | Georgia Republican County Convention Manual for 1964, binder, 1964 |
78 | 1 | Georgia Republican Party, correspondence, administrative materials, and notes, 1953-1963 |
78 | 2 | Georgia Republican Party, correspondence, administrative materials, and notes, 1964 January-April |
78 | 3 | Georgia Republican Party, correspondence, administrative materials, and notes, 1964 May-1968 May |
78 | 4 | Georgia Republicans' Ethics Committee, 1985-1988 |
78 | 5 | Mobilization of Republican Enterprise (MORE), brochures, 1964 |
78 | 6 | National Republican Convention, tickets, 1960 |
78 | 7 | Newsletters, county, state, and national party, 1956-1965 |
78 | 8 | Perdue, Governor Sonny, correspondence, research and clippings, 2003 |
78 | 9 | President's Committee on Government Contracts, Youth Training Incentive Conference, 1956-1957 |
79 | 1 | Research, 1953-1964 |
79 | 2 | Towns County, Georgia, school superintendent controversy, 1956-1958 |
Southeastern Council of Foundation | ||
79 | 3 | Membership lists, 1990-1991 |
79 | 4 | Memos and correspondence, 1988-2003 |
Wesleyan College (Macon, Georgia) | ||
79 | 5 | Board of Trustees, administrative materials and speech, 1997-1999 |
79 | 6 | Board of Trustees records, 2000 January-2001March |
79 | 7 | Board of Trustees records, 2001 April-2002 January |
79 | 8 | Board of Trustees records, 2002 February-March 28 |
80 | 1 | Board of Trustees records, 2002 March 29-2003 February 20 |
80 | 2 | Board of Trustees records, 2003 February 25-May 1 |
80 | 3 | Board of Trustees records, 2003 May 5-2005 February 11 |
80 | 4 | Correspondence and notes, 1997-2001 |
80 | 5 | Correspondence and notes, 2002-2005 |
80 | 6 | Fundraising Campaign Steering committee, 1997 July-2000 June |
80 | 7 | Fundraising Campaign Steering committee, 2000 July -2002 December |
OP1 | 9 | Honors, 1981, 1988 |
80 | 8 | India proposal, correspondence and agreement, 2002 |
80 | 9 | Printed materials, 1995-2002 |
81 | 1 | Thrower and Munroe funds, correspondence and financial documents, 1999-2002 |
81 | 2 | Thrower and Munroe funds, correspondence and financial documents, 2003-2006 |
81 | 3 | Trustee Development committee, 1988-1989 |
81 | 4 | Trustee Development committee, 1990-1996 |
81 | 5 | Trustee Development committee, 1997-2000 |
81 | 6 | Trustee Development committee, 2001-2004 |
Woodward Academy (formerly Georgia Military Academy) | ||
81 | 7 | Charter, by-laws, and reports, 1991-1995 |
82 | 1 | Correspondence, notes, speeches, and board meeting materials, 1947-1999 |
82 | 2 | Correspondence, notes, speeches, and board meeting materials, 2000-2002 |
82 | 3 | Correspondence, notes, speeches, and board meeting materials, 2003-2004 |
OP6 | - | Governing board poster, 1963 |
82 | 4 | Printed materials, 1993-2004 |
82 | 5 | Reports and Governing Board handbook, 1995-2009 |