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Correspondence concerning Representative Rivers' attempts to negotiate the shipment of Volkswagen automobiles from West Germany through the port of Charleston.

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Correspondence primarily concerning Representative Rivers' efforts to assist with the acquisition of speakers for Charleston Chamber of Commerce events.

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Correspondence concerning Representative Rivers' support for a fund to establish a Junior Baptist College in Charleston (Charleston Southern University). Correspondents include General Mark W. Clark, President of the Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Correspondence concerning a request by the Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, for the use of Civil War cannons possessed by the Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina, for use in a feature-length film dealing with a portion of the life of Stonewall Jackson. Rivers' appears to mistakenly refer to Andrew Jackson in later letters.

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Correspondence concerning the Citadel Military College including invitations to ceremonies, funding for the Medical Arts Building, deductibility of expenditures for uniforms, recommendations to prospective cadets given by Rivers, the acquisition of the British Submarine Seraph, and a visit to Washington, D.C., by the Citadel Choir. Correspondents include General Mark W. Clark, President of the Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the Citadel Military College including athletics, a visit by the Citadel Choir to Washington, D.C., a visit by General Lauris Norstad, Commanding General of NATO, the inclusion of remarks in The Congressional Record, recommendations given by Rivers to prospective cadets, legislation altering college housing loans, the requirement of cadets to read J. Edgar Hoover's book on communism, The Masters of...

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Correspondence concerning Clemson College in Clemson, South Carolina, including research projects, increased appropriations for cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, the crop pest program in South Carolina, the election of a new president for the college, a delegation meeting at Clemson, and the appointment of a new member to the Board of Trustees.

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Correspondence concerning the termination of a contract for the Hawthorne School of Aeronautics in Charleston, South Carolina, to provide basic fixed wing training for the United States Army Aviation Center in Fort Rucker.

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Correspondence concerning the proposed removal of the Home Economics Department from Winthrop College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, to Clemson College, in Clemson, South Carolina. Correspondents include Henry R. Sims, President of Winthrop College.

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Correspondence concerning the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, including the expansion of the Psychiatric floor, the English titles of German medical research books, the drafting of medical school staff, research collaboration with the Navy Department and Surgeon General, and a grant for medical research equipment. Correspondents include Dr. H. Rawling Pratt-Thomas, President of the Medical College.