Box 8

Correspondence concerning the planned relocation of the L. Mendel Rivers Monument at the County Office Building on Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, to Riverfront Park in North Charleston. Also included is a courtyard landscape plan and a photocopied picture of the monument.

An invitation and copy of program material inviting Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg) to the dedication ceremony for a newly constructed wing headquarters building named in honor of L. Mendel Rivers at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.

Correspondence from Stephanie May to her cousin Margaret Middleton Rivers.

Correspondence, photographs, and business agreements concerning the writing, distribution, and promotion of the book Mendel written from the memoirs of Margaret Middleton Rivers, Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg), and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. Also included is the deed of gift for the transfer of Margaret Middleton Rivers' notes for the book.

Correspondence including letters and e-mails, primarily between Margaret Eastman Rivers (Peg) and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., concerning the writing of the book Mendel and Me. Also included are the copyright registration forms for the book.

Newspaper articles, e-mails, book signing programs, and copies of addresses given to publicize the book Mendel and Me by Margaret Middleton Rivers, Margaret Rivers Eastman (Peg), and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr.

Correspondence, news clippings, pamphlets, and meeting minutes from the L. Mendel Rivers Memorial Association concerning an effort to establish the L. Mendel Rivers Boyhood Home and Museum.

E-mail correspondence and material concerning the review of photographs of unidentified military personnel present in the L. Mendel Rivers papers held by the College of Charleston. Retired military personnel Admiral James H. Flatley III, Dr. James B. Edwards, General James E. Livingston, and General Hugh B. Tant III were brought in to assist.

Christmas cards sent by religious leader Billy Graham.

An oversize Christmas Card signed by a number of well-wishers relieved that L. Mendel Rivers appeared to be recovering from his illness.