Box 7

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Rivers family papers span the years 1800 to 2011, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the years of 1920 to 2007. The collection is composed primarily of correspondence, programs, publications, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, genealogical material, and personal files belonging to and concerning the Rivers family. The papers particularly concern L. Mendel Rivers' legislative work as a member of Congress from the first district...

Scope and Contents Cards and letters addressed to Margaret Middleton Rivers expressing sympathy for L. Mendel Rivers' death including those from Admiral E. R. Zumwait, Jr. (Navy), General William C. Westmoreland (Army, Chief of Staff), Major General J. F. Rodenhauser (Air Force), General L. F. Chapman, Jr. (Commander of the Marine Corps), Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Senator J. Strom Thurmond, Carl Vinson (former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee), the Ambassador of the Republic of China, and numerous...

Scope and Contents Photocopies of cards and letters addressed to Margaret Middleton Rivers expressing sympathy for L. Mendel Rivers' death including those from Admiral E. R. Zumwait, Jr. (Navy), General William C. Westmoreland (Army, Chief of Staff), Major General J. F. Rodenhauser (Air Force), General L. F. Chapman, Jr. (Commander of the Marine Corps), Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Senator J. Strom Thurmond, Carl Vinson (former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee), the Ambassador of the Republic of...

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Cards and letters expressing concern and wishes for L. Mendel Rivers' recovery from his illness including those from military notables, the German Ambassador, the Mayor of New York City Edward Koch, Senator George A. Smathers, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.

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Telegrams expressing sympathy and condolences for L. Mendel Rivers' illness and death.

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A letter and donation agreement concerning a donation of items by Margaret Middleton Rivers to the Charleston Museum.

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Material concerning the Charleston Naval Base Memorial Dedication at Riverfront Park in North Charleston that would feature a bust of L. Mendel Rivers taken from the Rivers Avenue Library. Included are correspondence between Marion Rivers Cato and Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg), correspondence with Ed Fava, newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations, schematics, a program, and a discussion of projected speakers.

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Invitations, photographs of Marion Rivers Cato and Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg), an invitation list, and correspondence between Marion Rivers Cato and Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg) concerning the rededication ceremony for the L. Mendel Rivers Library at Charleston Southern University.

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Christmas Cards sent to the Rivers family from the 1950s to the 2000s.

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Undated Christmas Cards sent to the Rivers family.