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Collection Overview From the Collection: The Rivers family papers span the years 1800 to 2011, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the years of 1920 to 2007. The collection is composed primarily of correspondence, programs, publications, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, genealogical material, and personal files belonging to and concerning the Rivers family. The papers particularly concern L. Mendel Rivers' legislative work as a member of Congress from the first district...