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Box 1

 Container

Contains 84 Results:

Notes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 61
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

You, W. Athell, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 62
Scope and Contents

Contains an article from the magazine New Orleans entitled "Herbert on America: The Rise and Fall."

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

Dated, 1918

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

A letter to Mrs. Henrietta M. Rivers from Lawyer E. J. Dennis, regarding the "McCay" case.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1928

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

A receipt issued to Mrs. C. F. Shepard for the purchase of house and lots from the North Charleston Development Company for $300.

Dates: 1928
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

A description of L. Mendel Rivers' efforts to campaign for Thomas S. McMillan (United States Representative for South Carolina's First Congressional District) during his 1938 campaign for reelection.

Dates: 1938
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence congratulating Representative Rivers on his election as United States Representative for South Carolina's First Congressional District.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence primarily concerning legislation including election congratulations, appointments, peanut acreage allotments, the dredging of Charleston harbor, federal aid for the Walterboro and Beaufort Airports, and deferments.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence primarily concerning legislation including the housing program in Hampton, South Carolina, federal aid for the Walterboro Airport, the Office of Price Administration's (OPA) office in Charleston, South Carolina, and the War Production Board. Also included is a personal letter to L. Mendel Rivers' mother concerning the possible purchase of a house and a job appointment.

Dates: 1942
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence to and from Representative Rivers and his family.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

An invitation from the United States Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, to a Navy Department presentation concerning the subject of atomic power. Representative Rivers accepted the invitation.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated
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