Rivers family videos, 1946-1970, undated

Item — Box: Special Collections DVD Box 2, DVD: 0199-d01

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Scope and Contents

A video DVD containing 23 video recordings including those of Marion and Peggy (L. Mendel's daughters) climbing on the United States Navy (Seagull) Monument in Arlington, Virginia, the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C., Fontaine Street Frolics, a European Tour taken in 1946, L. Mendel Rivers playing with his children at the Herringstone farm, Marion's birthday party, a tour of the Pacific in the 1950s, Billy Graham, a visit to Robert Burn's birthplace, the grand opening of Downtowner, dedication of Mendel Rivers Road in St. Stephen, the Daytona 500, a C-141 Aircraft ceremony, L. Mendel Rivers' Funeral, and a Nightline report on L. Mendel Rivers' death. Those appearing in the films include L. Mendel Rivers, Margaret Middleton Rivers (wife), Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman (daughter), Lois Marion Rivers Ravenel Cato (daughter), L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. (son), Dorothy Middleton Anderson (sister of Margaret M. Rivers), Robert Maxwell Anderson (husband of Dorothy), Sarah (black maid who worked for the Rivers family in the 1940s), Billy Graham (American Evangelist and friend of L. Mendel Rivers), Henrietta Marion McCay Rivers Shepherd (mother), Mayor of Charleston Palmer Gaillard, General Mark Wayne Clark, Senator Rembert Coney Dennis, J. G. Klintworth (boyhood friend), and Roland Wooten (boyhood friend).

Dates

Creation: 1946-1970, undated

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)