Skip to main content

Box 9

 Container

Contains 48 Results:

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers, 1970-2000

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Correspondence primarily concerning the commissioning and decommissioning of the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers.

Dates: 1970-2000
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers-change of command, 1996

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

A letter from a captain of the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers to Margaret Middleton Rivers containing a copy of the speech given by the captain at his change of command ceremony.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers-change of command, 1999-2000

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents Correspondence and invoices concerning the change of command ceremony and final visit of the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers before its decommissioning. Also included is a photocopied letter from Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman (Peg) to the Commander of the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers, David A. Portner following the Change of Command ceremonies for the submarine. Peg attached a number of letters she sent shortly after L. Mendel Rivers' death to campaign for the naming of a vessel...
Dates: 1999-2000
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers-commander, 1990-1993

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from the Commander of the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers to Margaret Middleton Rivers concerning work on the submarine in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the relocation to Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1990-1993
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers-Guests at Commissioning, 1975

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

A list of guests for the commissioning of the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers on February 1, 1975.

Dates: 1975
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers-Mendel and Me, 2005

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from crew members that had served on the submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers concerning the publishing of the book Mendel and Me.

Dates: 2005
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers -Thurmond, J. Strom, 1975

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

A letter from Senator J. Strom Thurmond to Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg) concerning his attendance at the commissioning ceremony of the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers submarine.

Dates: 1975
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

United States Army Reception Station-L. Mendel Rivers, 1986

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

A copy of the program for the dedication ceremony for the L. Mendel Rivers United States Army Reception Station at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Also included is correspondence from Senator J. Strom Thurmond, Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn, and Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh, Jr.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Special Collections / Rivers family papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical
For more information about our repositories and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the help page here.