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Chase County Kansas Historical Sketches
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Barrett, Russell H
Russell H. Barrett, the son of Mr. & Mrs. R.J.
Barrett, was born in Cottonwood Falls on December 30, 1919. He attended Cottonwood Grade School
and graduated from Chase County Community High
School in 1938.
Russell's education was delayed by his joining the United States Air Force in 1942 in which he
served 4 years in the Pacific.
Russell received his Bachelor degree at K.U.
in 1946, his Masters degree at K.U. in 1947 and
his Ph.D. at the University of Melbourne in 1950.
Russell was married to Mada Ballier at Lawrence, Kansas, 1946. The Barretts' have two daughters, Valarie and Pamela.
As a Political Science Professor of the University of Mississippi, Russell had a ringside seat
on September 30, 1962 when James H. Meredith was
escorted onto the University of Mississippi Campus
by Federal marshals and troops. He wrote the book
"Integration at Ole Mississippi". As he saw and
lived a major domestic crises of prejudice.
"Copied from newspaper" Ole Miss. Professor
Tapes Important Events.
Amateur politicians interested in knowing who
seconded the nomination of Estes Kefauver for
Vice-President in 1965 should contact Russell
Barrett at the University of Mississippi.
You could probably hear the actual nomination
being made. Dr. Barrett, a political science Professor, has tapes of every presidential nominating
convention from 1948 to 1964, all edited to about
45 to 50 minutes each. "I also have tapes of Ross
Barnett's speeches at Harvard, Robert Kennedy's
speech at Ole Miss., and Edward R. Murrow and
Eisenhower's speeches; Dr. Barrett said, he also
has tapes to sessions of Australian Parliament and
election campaigns made in 1950 while completing
the Ph.D. degree as a Fullbright Fellow at the
University of Melbourne.
A former Kansas farm boy, Dr. Barrett was
graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of
Kansas and was a Fellow in East Asian Studies at
Harvard. He also is director of graduate studies for
the Political Science Department at Ole Miss. His
home designed and hand built stereo unit includes
a pick-up arm made of army surplus ball-bearings,
some sheet aluminum and tubing, and part of an old
tin can.
Chase County Centennial, 1872 - 1972.
by Lorna Marvin
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