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Box 8

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Honors and ceremonies, 1964-1980

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and invitations concerning various dedication ceremonies honoring L. Mendel Rivers including the new Naval Hospital in Charleston and the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers.

Dates: 1964-1980

Inventory for insurance, 1972-1989

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Lists of furnishings, appliances, and other items in the Rivers' family home appraised for insurance purposes.

Dates: 1972-1989

Invitations, 1962, 1998, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Invitations for a change of command ceremony for the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers, an invitation for the dedication of a new Naval Hospital Building in honor of L. Mendel Rivers, and Marion Rivers Ravenel's marriage reception with Wayland Henry Cato, Jr.

Dates: 1962, 1998, undated

Jameson, Frank and Eva Gabor, 1972-1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with, newspaper clippings concerning, and photographs of Rivers family friend Frank G. Jameson and his wife Eva Gabor.

Dates: 1972-1981

John Birch Society, 1962-1964, 1982

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning an anti-communist association frequented by Margaret Middleton Rivers on topics including the steering committee, meetings, recruiting, campaigns, and syllabuses for teaching "Americanism."

Dates: 1962-1964, 1982

Jordan, Grace E., 1970-1993

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Grace E. Jordan and Margaret Middleton Rivers.

Dates: 1970-1993

Library of Congress-L. Mendel Rivers Collection, 1980

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Two letters concerning the donation of L. Mendel Rivers' papers to the Library of Congress. These papers now reside at the College of Charleston.

Dates: 1980

L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building, 2007-2008

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

E-mails, letters, and newspaper clippings concerning attempts by Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg) to preserve the L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building in Charleston and

Dates: 2007-2008

L. Mendel Rivers Memorial Association, 1989-2000

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, news clippings, pamphlets, and meeting minutes from the L. Mendel Rivers Memorial Association concerning an effort to establish the L. Mendel Rivers Boyhood Home and Museum.

Dates: 1989-2000

L. Mendel Rivers Monument-Meeting Street, 2006

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the planned relocation of the L. Mendel Rivers Monument at the County Office Building on Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, to Riverfront Park in North Charleston. Also included is a courtyard landscape plan and a photocopied picture of the monument.

Dates: 2006