The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collection Libraries is a special place indeed on Hull Street in Athens, almost a Hail Mary pass across Lumpkin Street from Sanford Stadium. The $41 million facility contains the papers and memorabilia of the late long-serving U.S. senator from Georgia, Richard B. Russell of Winder. It also houses the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 200,000 volumes of rare books and publications about Georgia and by Georgians, and is the home of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, among many other notable historic records.