Box 1
Contains 84 Results:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file, 1948-1971
Building of home in Wappoo Heights, 1950-1951
Correspondence, blueprints, and specifications concerning the building of the Rivers' family home in Wappoo Heights, Charleston, South Carolina.
Nomination-federal judge, 1952
Correspondence concerning Representative Rivers' nomination to the Federal Judgeship for the Eastern District for South Carolina including encouragement from constituents and letters concerning Rivers' withdrawal of his nomination. Correspondents include President Truman and congressmen Frank W. Boykin and Carl Vinson.
Bryson, Joseph R., 1953
Telegrams about attending Representative Joseph R. Bryson's funeral and a newspaper clipping containing his obituary.
Office notes, 1953-1954
Miscellaneous handwritten office notes and a schedule detailing Rivers' appointments for November.
Displaced persons, 1954-1955
Correspondence concerning displaced Austrian women, their struggle, impressions of America, suitability for work, and personal documents.
Chaplin, Patricia Marion Rivers-estate, 1955-1956
Correspondence concerning the transfer of money from the estate of Dorrell Earle Rivers to Patricia Marion Rivers. L. Mendel Rivers served as guardian to his niece.
Eastman, Margaret Rivers, 1955-1967
Letters between L. Mendel Rivers and his daughter Margaret (Peggy) Rivers Eastman.
Segregation-Little Rock, 1959
Correspondence between Representative Rivers and Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas concerning segregation in Little Rock. Rivers supported segregation.
Genealogy, 1959-1968
Correspondence with Hasell Rivers, including family trees, birth records, sketches of the family crest, and one very old undated list of birth records pulled from a book, the last birth recorded being in 1864.