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Box 2

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Contains 108 Results:

Keel Laying of the U.S.S. South Carolina, 1970 December 1

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Copies of programs for the keel laying of the nuclear-powered guided missile frigate U.S.S. South Carolina. Representative Rivers gave the closing remarks. The quotation on the plaque attached to the keel of the U.S.S. South Carolina was taken from a speech titled "The Soviet Threat" by L. Mendel Rivers. As reported in The Congressional Record of September 28, 1970. Also included is a copy of the speech given by Senator J. Strom Thurmond at the...
Dates: 1970 December 1

Air Force Association-Distinguished American Award, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
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Three copies of a program for the Air Force Association's presentation of the Distinguished American Award to L. Mendel Rivers.

Dates: undated

An Armed Forces Service, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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Copy of An Armed Forces Service program for a service held at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston, South Carolina. Representative Rivers spoke some of the opening sentences.

Dates: undated

Pantomime, 1921 November 19

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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A copy of the November 19th illustrated weekly Pantomime.

Dates: 1921 November 19

My Weekly Reader, 1937 January 4-8

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
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A copy of the junior newspaper My Weekly Reader for the week of January 4-8 1937.

Dates: 1937 January 4-8

Alfred von Kolnitz campaign leaflet, 1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
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A copy of a campaign leaflet for Alfred H. von Kolnitz. Alfred von Kolnitz was L. Mendel Rivers' rival in the Democratic Primary for the First Congressional District of South Carolina.

Dates: 1940

Pictorial Directory of the War Congress, 78th Congress 2nd Session, 1944

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
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A copy of the Pictorial Directory of the War Congress, 78th Congress 2nd Session.

Dates: 1944

"A Charleston Institution", 1951 December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
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A copy of an article entitled, "A Charleston Institution," concerning Fort Sumter Hotel owner John Cator.

Dates: 1951 December

Fort Sumter by Frank Barnes, 1952

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
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A copy of the National Park Service Historical Handbook, Fort Sumter by Frank Barnes.

Dates: 1952

Live Oak Plantation by Margaret Simons Middleton, 1956

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
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An annotated copy of the genealogical booklet Live Oak Plantation by Margaret Simons Middleton. Margaret Simons Middleton was the grandmother of L. Mendel Rivers' wife Margaret Middleton Rivers.

Dates: 1956