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Senator Burnet R. Maybank papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0085
Abstract
Legislative files, correspondence, printed material, voting records, and personal papers of Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954), United States Senator from 1941 to 1954. Materials primarily relate to Maybank's professional life as a United States Senator and include his legislative working files and constituent correspondence. The collection also includes a small amount of personal papers concerning Maybank and his family including personal correspondence, financial material, photographs,...
Dates:
1914-1973; Majority of material found within 1941-1954
Found in:
Special Collections
L. Mendel Rivers papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0094
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, legislative files, political files, and committee files of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1941 to 1970. Materials primarily relate to Rivers' service in Congress from 1955 to 1962 with topics including the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion, Civil Rights, public school desegregation, and the United States Armed Services and defense programs. Also...
Dates:
1940-1962; Majority of material found within 1957-1962
Found in:
Special Collections
Speeches: African American Political Issues , 1988, and undated
File — Box 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents
Holds "Saving the Black and the Male Child;" and Influencing Decision Making in the Eighties: The Crisis in Black Leadership," with several untitled typed drafts. Includes an handwritten speech introducing Congressman James Clyburn, (undated).
Dates:
1988, and undated
Speeches: Politics, Civil Rights and Economic Issues , 1989-1990, and undated
File — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents
Contains handwritten and typed speeches, many with untitled drafts. Includes "Dreams and Visions: Necessary Traits of an Effective Leader;" "Strengthening Institutions for Survival in the 21st Century;" and "Lord, I'm Climbing High to Mountains Tryin' to Get Home."
Dates:
1989-1990, and undated