Washington, DC. Senator and Mrs. Strom Thurmond celebrate, with members of his, the Senator's 67^th birthday during a surprise bithday party at his office. On the front row, left to right, are: James Lucier, John Evans, Hastings Wyman, Bob Hodges, L. Bandy (Press), Colonel Cowan, Glenn Smith, Jack Ravan, M. Pulliam, and J. Daniel. Standing at back, left to right, are: M. Denny, Linda Guell, Darlene Drawdy, Mary Cothran, Linda Spoon, D. Adams, S. Galison, S. Sadler, Senator and Mrs. Thurmond, Harriett Holland, S. Binnicker, P. Ferguson, and Kathryn Hook. (Senator Thurmond's birthday is December 5^th), December 1969

Item — Box: 10, Folder: 56, image: 2302

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

There are photographs of Thurmond with astronauts, entertainers, government officials, military officers, politicians, etc. Among the individuals appearing in this series are: Presidents Harry S. Truman through George Bush; Astronaut Alan Shepard; and foreign heads of state such as Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Other individuals include James F. Byrnes, Barry Goldwater, Fritz Hollings, Herbert Hoover, Herman Talmadge, and Prince Charles of Great Britain. Some of the photographs were autographed by the individuals when they gave the photographs to Thurmond. There are photographs of Strom Thurmond attending conferences and conventions (such as the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida), and taking trips to the Far East, Iran and Italy. Of special interest are photographs of the Anwar Sadat Funeral Trip in 1981. In addition, there are photographs of his visits to military bases such as Fort McPherson (Atlanta, Georgia), Fort Jackson (Columbia, South Carolina) and Edwards Air Force Base (California)

Removed from other series include such topics as the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee's Special Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Campaigns, the Richard B. Russell Dam Project and the Sparrow Bluff Project in Florence County, South Carolina.