Box 17
Contains 74 Results:
Ingraham's China Mart, 1970
A photograph of Margaret Middleton Rivers shopping at Ingraham's China Mart in Charleston, South Carolina.
Forrestal Memorial Award, 1971 March 18
Three photographs of L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. accepting the Forrestal Memorial Medal, on behalf of L. Mendel Rivers, awarded by the National Security Industrial Association. Also included is a program for the memorial award dinner.
Knights of Columbus Annual Patriotism Award, 1971 May 1
Two photographs of Margaret Middleton Rivers receiving the Annual Patriotism Award, on behalf of L. Mendel Rivers, from the Knights of Columbus.
U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers Keel Laying, 1971 June 26
Photographs of the Keel Laying Ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers. Those photographed include Margaret Middleton Rivers, Peg (Margaret Rivers Eastman), Lois Marion Rivers, and Representative Eddie Hebert. Also included is a program for the ceremony.
Cape Canaveral Convention Center, 1971 November 6
Photographs and negatives taken during a ceremony dedicating a new convention center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in honor of L. Mendel Rivers. Also included is a program for the ceremony.
L. Mendel Rivers Memorial in Courthouse Square, 1973 March 23
Photographs of Margaret Middleton Rivers and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. attending the dedication ceremony for the L. Mendel Rivers monument at Court House Square in Charleston, South Carolina. Also pictured are Senator J. Strom Thurmond, Senator Fritz Hollings, and General Mark W. Clark. Also included is a program for the ceremony and a letter from Rear Admiral H. J. Kossler.
Launching of the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers, 1973 June 2
Photographs taken during the launching ceremony for the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers in Newport News, Virginia. Those pictured include Margaret Middleton Rivers, Peg Rivers (Margaret Rivers Eastman), Lois Marion Rivers, and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. Also included is a program from the ceremony.
Family photographs, 1973-1978
Photographs of Rivers family and friends including Margaret Middleton Rivers, Mendel Davis, Margaret Simons Middleton (MMR's mother), Frank G. Jameson, Eva Gabor Jameson, and a copy of a Citadel Military College student identification card for Margaret Middleton Rivers.
Commissioning of the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers, 1975 February 1
Photographs from the ceremony commissioning the U.S.S. L. Mendel Rivers at the Charleston Naval Base. Those pictured include Margaret Middleton Rivers, L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., Senator J. Strom Thurmond, Marion Rivers Ravenel, and Mendel Davis. Also included is a program for the ceremony.
Patroness Day, 1975 February 1
A photograph of the U.S.S. South Carolina docked at the Charleston Naval Base during Patroness Day celebrations.