Watermelon Festival-Estill, South Carolina, 1964 June 26

Item — Box: Special Collections CD Box 2, CD: 0199-cd06

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Scope and Contents

An audio CD containing a recording of the Watermelon Festival ceremony held in Estill, South Carolina. Included is a speech given by L. Mendel Rivers. (See track number 2)

Dates

Creation: 1964 June 26

Creator

From the Collection: Rivers (Family : Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970) (Family)

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research, with the following exception: Series 12. Born digital files, 1999-2001. Access is restricted to materials in this series. Materials are currently unprocessed. Materials are not available in their original format and must be reformatted to digital access copies.

Extent

From the Collection: 28.0 linear feet (21 cartons, 1 document box, 1 oversize box, 25 audiocassettes, 36 compact discs, 5 DVDs, 3 reel-to-reel audio tapes, 2 optical disc drives)