Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Finding Aids 1995 Hugh M. Gillis papers Zach S. Henderson Library. Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids Part of the American Politics Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Zach S. Henderson Library. Georgia Southern University, "Hugh M. Gillis papers" (1995). Finding Aids. 10. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids/10 This finding aid is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HUGH M. GILLIS PAPERS FINDING AID OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION Title: Hugh M. Gillis papers ​ Date: 1957-1995 ​ Extent: 1 Box ​ Creator: Gillis, Hugh M., 1918-2013 ​ Language: English ​ Repository: Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections, Georgia Southern University, ​ Statesboro, GA. [email protected]. 912-478-7819. library.georgiasouthern.edu. ​ ​ ​ ​ Processing Note: Finding aid revised in 2020. ​ INFORMATION FOR USE OF COLLECTION Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research use. ​ Physical Access: Materials must be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room under ​ the supervision of Special Collections staff. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: ​ In order to protect the materials from inadvertent damage, all reproduction services are performed by the Special Collections staff. All requests for reproduction must be submitted using the Reproduction Request Form. Requests to publish from the collection must be submitted using the Publication Request Form. Special Collections does not claim to control the rights to all materials in its collection. In all instances, it is the researcher's responsibility to obtain permission from the holders of any rights in the material being quoted, reproduced or published. Preferred Citation: [Item Identification], Hugh M. Gillis papers, Zach S. Henderson Library ​ Special Collections, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 1 ABOUT THE COLLECTION Biographical History: Hugh Marion Gillis was born on September 6, 1918, to Annie Lois ​ Walker and Jim L. Gillis Sr. in Soperton, located in a portion of Montgomery County that two months later became part of the newly created Treutlen County. Gillis graduated from Soperton High School, attended Georgia Military College, and received a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Georgia in 1939. Gillis first served in the House of Representatives from 1941 through 1944, then served eight more years from 1949 to 1956. He served a two-year senate term for 1957-58, then was reelected to the senate in 1962—winning a legislative seat he would hold for the next forty-two years. Gillis was a classic rural Democrat whose politics were probably more conservative than most of the Republicans with whom he served. He was elected to the highest office within the senate, president pro tempore, for six years total, ranking him just below the lieutenant governor as presiding officer of that body. He also served at various times as chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and, toward the end of his career, as head of the Natural Resources Committee. After his retirement in 2004, he served on the board of the Georgia Ports Authority. [New Georgia Encyclopedia] Scope and Content: This collection consists of materials from the Soperton office of ​ Georgia Senator Hugh M. Gillis from 1957-1995. Materials include constituent correspondence, news releases, and newspaper clippings. Acquisitions Info: Gift of Hugh M. Gillis, 1995. ​ Access Points: Georgia. General Assembly. Senate Georgia -- Politics and government -- Georgia. General Assembly. Senate 1951- Legislators -- Georgia Georgia Legislators Since 1951 Politics and government Legislative records CONTAINER LISTING Box 1: 0200105030031 ​ Items Soperton Office Correspondence 1957-1967 - letter from Gov. Marvin Griffin [3-11-57] - letter from Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer [4-20-65] 2 - note from Harvey R. Brown, Georgia Forestry Association, Inc. (GFA) [1-26-66] - letter from Hugh W. Durham [1-28-66] - letter from W. E. Lovett [2-2-66] - letter from Mildred L. Grimes, Vidalia High School [3-14-66] - letter from L. E. Green [3-15-66] - letter from Sen. Culver Kidd [3-17-66] - letter from William L. Presley, The Westminster Schools [3-21-66] - letter from Tom Boyd, Jr., Georgia Association of Secondary School Principals [4-12-66] - letter from W. H. Champion, Dublin Courier-Herald [5-26-66] - letter from Frank H. Edwards, Legislative Service Committee (LSC) [6-13-66] - letter from Assistant Attorney General Henry G. Neal [6-24-66] - letter from Inez S. McGregor [6-25-66] - letter from U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge [6-28-66] - letters from Gov. Carl E. Sanders [6-29-66, 12-19-66 - note from Sims Garrett, Jr., Georgia Motor Trucking Association [7-1-66] - letters from Sen. James P. Wesberry, Jr. [7-6-66, 3-24-67] - letter from Attorney General (AG) Arthur K. Bolton [7-11-66, 3-20-67] - letter from Secretary of State (SOS) Ben W. Fortson, Jr. [7-12-66] - letter from Nita Luke Stephens [9-6-66] - letters from Sen. Ronald F. Adams [9-29-66, 4-18-67] - letter from Phil Campbell, Department of Agriculture (DOA) [10-25-66] - letter from Georgia School Food Service Association, Inc. (GSFSA) [3-16-67] - letter from The Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) [3-16-67] - letters from Charles R. Yates, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company [3-17-67, 4-17-67] - letter from Denmark Groover, Jr., Southern Railway Systems [3-17-67] - letter from Peyton S. Hawes, Department of Revenue (DOR) [3-22-67] - letter from Ray Shirley, Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) [3-22-67] - letter from Dr. P. K. Dixon, State Board of Health [3-24-67] - letter from Walter S. Phillips, Georgia Automobile Dealers Association (GADA) [3-24-67] - letters from Wilton Hill, Georgia School Bus Drivers Association (GSBDA) [3-24-67] - letter from Frances Griffin, Department of Education (DOE) [3-24-67] - letter from Glenn McCullough, Georgia Press Association (GPA) [3-24-67] - letter from Sen. Robert A. Brown [3-25-67] - letter from Sen. Julian Webb [3-27-67] - letter from Gerry R. Holden, Georgia Association of Independent Insurance Agents [3-27-67] - letter from Mel Gerber [3-27-67] - letter from Sen. Oliver C. Bateman [3-27-67] - letter from Jack P. Nix, DOE [3-30-67] - letter from Rep. Hines L. Brantley [4-1-67] - letter from R. H. Burson, Department of Public Safety (DPS) [4-4-67] - letter from J. N. Baker, DOE [4-4-67] - letter from H. Oliver Welch, DOE [4-4-67] - letter from T. A. Gregory, Jr., Georgia Retail Association (GRA) [4-5-67] - letter from Sen. Render Hill [4-6-67] - letter from Comptroller General James T. Bentley [4-7-67] - letter from Sen. Joseph E. Kennedy [4-8-67] 3 - letter from Edward S. Kendrick, State Board of Probation [4-13-67] - letter from Sen. Brooks Pennigton [4-14-67] - letter from Sen. Paul C. Broun [4-17-67] - letter from Robert E. Andrews [4-24-67] - letter from Rep. Emory L. Rowland [4-28-67] - letter from J. A. Crockett, Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. [4-28-67] - letter from H. E. Ruark, Georgia Forest Research Council (GFRC) [5-4-67] - letter from William H. Kendall, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (L&N) [5-9-67] - letter from Robert P. Ethridge, L&N [5-20-67] - letter from Governor's Chief of Staff T. Malone Sharpe [5-25-67] - letter from Phillip J. Sutton, Hensley-Schmidt, Inc. [5-25-67] - letter from Gov. Lester Maddox [6-8-67] - letter from Lee Carter, Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) [6-12-67] - letter from Congressman G. Elliott Hagan [6-30-67] Soperton Office Correspondence 1968-1969 - newsletter - Scholarship Summary [1/68] - letter to Dublin Mayor William R. Smith [1-9-68] - letter to Jule Matheson, Rural Gas Corporation [1-9-68] - letter to Laurens County Attorney William Malcolm Towson [1-9-68] - letter to Reba Spell, Toombs County Unit, Georgia Education Association (GEA) [1-10-68] - letter to J. Hall NeeSmith, Toombs County Board of Commissioners (BOC) [1-11-68] - letter to Bannon Smith, Morris State Bank [1-12-68] - letter to O. D. Bannon, Retz Banking Company [1-12-68] - letter to Harry Green [1-16-68] - letter to Gerald J. May [1-17-68] - letters to J. A. Crockett, Piggly-Wiggly Southern, Inc. [1-18-68, 2-7-68] - letter to Tommy Peterson, Montgomery County Bank [1-22-68] - letter to Thomas K. Patterson, Oxford Industries, Inc. [1-22-68] - letter to Essie Mae Cobb, Laurens County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) [1-22-68] - letter to T. H. Brice, Brice Banking Company [1-22-68] - letter to J. H. Wynn, Morris Banking Company [1-22-68] - letter to William L. Lanier, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation (GFBF) [1-30-68] - letter to Virginia S. Krugner [1-30-68] - letter to Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen [1-30-68] - letter to Mrs. Charles W. Taylor [2-1-68] - letter to Mrs. Jerry Duggan [2-5-68] - letter to Mr. and Mrs. Royce Faircloth [2-7-68] - letter to Duncan Graham [2-7-68] - letter to Ralph Garner [2-7-68] - letter to William J. Andrews, Laurens Park Mill [2-7-68] - letter to Carolyn W. Cox and Maria W. Brown [2-7-68] - letter to Elbert Mullis [2-7-68] - letters to Toombs County officials [2-8-68] 4 - letter to Brother Hahm (minister) [2-8-68] - letter to James Passmore, Dublin-Laurens County Civil Defense [2-8-68] - letter to C. B. McAllister, Sea Island Bank [2-8-68] - letter to Mrs. George A. Miller [2-12-68] - letter to W.