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Box 1

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 84 Results:

Dated, 1970

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from the President of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Richard M. Nixon, and the King of Nepal.

Dates: 1970
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Various correspondence from family, friends, and officials including an invitation to a reception in honor of the President of the Republic of the Philippines.

Dates: 1918-1970
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Dated

"A Constituents Warning to His Congressman", 1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

"A Constituents Warning to His Congressman" from James Henry Clark pasted onto cardboard. Contains a list of suggestions that every good congressman should follow.

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

White House invitations, 1944-1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

Invitations, tickets, letters, and programs concerning the inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file, 1948-1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents Copies of L. Mendel Rivers' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file that were originally mailed to an unknown person under the Freedom of Information Act and then sent to L. Mendel Rivers Jr. who then forwarded the files to Margaret (Peggy) Rivers Eastman (L. Mendel Rivers' daughter) on May 26, 2006. These files contain correspondence from L. Mendel Rivers with J. Edgar Hoover, newspaper articles, reflections on L. Mendel Rivers' personal character by numerous friends and acquaintances, a...
Dates: 1948-1971
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

Building of home in Wappoo Heights, 1950-1951

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, blueprints, and specifications concerning the building of the Rivers' family home in Wappoo Heights, Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1950-1951
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 1. Correspondence / Topical

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

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

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

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