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Shows the boundaries of each of the above provinces extend from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River. Also shows towns along the coast, Indian villages and tribal territory, forts principal rivers, and relief.

Writer and humorist Ogden Nash, 1902-1971, writes to Russell of how he enjoyed Bury Me in an Old Press Box. Russell authored seven books, three of them on sports humor. This 1957 semi-autobiographical work became a bestseller. The Vanderbilt…

Fred Russell stopped practicing law in 1929 to work for The Nashville Banner. He first was assigned to the police beat and then in September 1929 was assigned to cover Vanderbilt Football, succeeding Ralph McGill, who had moved to The Atlanta…

A compilation of Fred Russell’s coverage of a libel suit filed by Georgia’s head coach Wally Butts, 1905-1973, against The Saturday Evening Post. He sued for libel an Atlanta jury awarded Georgia Athletic Director Wally Butts $3.06 million in damages…

The 1972 Summer Olympics was just one of my Olympic Games Fred Russell attended. It was here though that Russell was witness to the massacre of the Israeli athletes. In a split second Russell turned to “hard journalism,” reporting the events as they…

A signed photograph of Jesse Owens, 1913-1980, at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Owens would win four gold medals at these Olympics: 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and the 4 x 100 meter relay. He managed to break or equal nine Olympic records and also…

The Santa Anita Park opened in 1934 and is the oldest racetrack in California. Grantland Rice was introduced to covering the racetrack in 1901 while working for the Nashville News. He spent the rest of his life writing about and enjoying horseracing.…

Ring Lardner, 1885-1933, and Grantland Rice, 1880-1954, pose at The Flamingo Hotel in Miami, Florida while on vacation. Lardner was good friends with Rice and co-wrote a Broadway comedy, June Moon, with George S. Kaufman for Rice’s daughter Florence.…

Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrickson Zaharias, 1911-1956, was an Olympic track and field medalist who was also one of the greatest women golfers of all time. Grantland Rice considered her one of the best athletes he’d known and had a great fondness for…

In this telegram, Knute Rockne, 1888-1931 lists his choices for players who should be awarded All-American status. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history and was a close friend of Rice’s. Grantland Rice selected…