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Box 1

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 84 Results:

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

Dated, 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

A letter concerning a genealogy request, a letter from an elementary school child wanting to know about Rivers' beginnings in politics, and a letter congratulating General Clifton B. Cates on his appointment as Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

A letter from the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the president of the United States to Pope Pius XII concerning Rivers' trip to Rome and an invitation from South Carolina Governor J. Strom Thurmond to stay at the Governor's Mansion during his visit to Columbia. Rivers' declined Thurmond's invitation as he already had reservations at the Jefferson Hotel.

Dates: 1949
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1951

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

A letter from Rivers to his wife and a letter containing a copy of Coronet Magazine that contains an article concerning Rivers.

Dates: 1951
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1952

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Copies of applications for the appointment of Rivers to the Federal Judgeship of South Carolina and family correspondence.

Dates: 1952
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13-17
Scope and Contents

A large volume of personal correspondence with family, friends, constituents, and officials.

Dates: 1953
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

Dated, 1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence with family, friends, constituents, and officials.

Dates: 1954
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated
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