Image: University of Georgia Associate Provost & University Librarian Toby Graham has announced the appointment of Dr. Ashton Ellett as the director of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Ellett, who has served as the Russell Library’s politics and public policy archivist since 2018, will also oversee the Georgia Capitol Museum in Atlanta as part of his new role. He succeeds Sheryl Vogt, who recently retired after marking 50 years with the Russell Library, one of three special collections units within the University of Georgia Libraries. A double dawg, Ellett received his Master's (2010) and doctoral (2017) degrees in history at the University of Georgia. You can read the full article by Camie Williams about the appointment from the UGA Libraries web site here. Congratulations, Dr.Ellett!
