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Box 1

 Container

Contains 84 Results:

Nomination-federal judge, 1952

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning Representative Rivers' nomination to the Federal Judgeship for the Eastern District for South Carolina including encouragement from constituents and letters concerning Rivers' withdrawal of his nomination. Correspondents include President Truman and congressmen Frank W. Boykin and Carl Vinson.

Dates: 1952

Bryson, Joseph R., 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

Telegrams about attending Representative Joseph R. Bryson's funeral and a newspaper clipping containing his obituary.

Dates: 1953

Office notes, 1953-1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten office notes and a schedule detailing Rivers' appointments for November.

Dates: 1953-1954

Displaced persons, 1954-1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning displaced Austrian women, their struggle, impressions of America, suitability for work, and personal documents.

Dates: 1954-1955

Chaplin, Patricia Marion Rivers-estate, 1955-1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the transfer of money from the estate of Dorrell Earle Rivers to Patricia Marion Rivers. L. Mendel Rivers served as guardian to his niece.

Dates: 1955-1956

Eastman, Margaret Rivers, 1955-1967

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

Letters between L. Mendel Rivers and his daughter Margaret (Peggy) Rivers Eastman.

Dates: 1955-1967

Segregation-Little Rock, 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Representative Rivers and Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas concerning segregation in Little Rock. Rivers supported segregation.

Dates: 1959

Genealogy, 1959-1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Hasell Rivers, including family trees, birth records, sketches of the family crest, and one very old undated list of birth records pulled from a book, the last birth recorded being in 1864.

Dates: 1959-1968

Personal-general, 1960-1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with various constituents and officials.

Dates: 1960-1966

Stocks, 1962-1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning L. Mendel Rivers' stock market activity. Especially his holdings for Win-Dixie Stores, Inc.

Dates: 1962-1964