Box 5

A letter to Margaret Middleton Rivers from Vice-President Spiro Agnew thanking her for her support and her husband L. Mendel Rivers' speeches.

Correspondence with Dr. Robert M. Anderson primarily concerning L. Mendel Rivers' heath. Included are copies of L. Mendel Rivers' electrocardiographs.

Correspondence and thanks for support provided to Christine Bass who participated as a contestant in the 1998 Miss Houston Teen United States of America Pageant.

Correspondence concerning proposals and requests from authors wanting to write a biography of L. Mendel Rivers.

Correspondence concerning an unpublished biography of L. Mendel Rivers written by Ralph de Toledano. Toledano began writing the manuscript shortly after Rivers' death but it was poorly received by L. Mendel Rivers' wife Margaret Middleton Rivers and friend Frank G. Jameson.

Correspondence between Allen C. Bradham III and Margaret Middleton Rivers concerning essays, poetry writing and guidance.

Correspondence with Brown Memorials concerning L. Mendel River's grave stone, drawings, and drafts of the headstone and epitaph, and copies of L. Mendel Rivers' death certificate.