December 13, 1969. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. Senator and Mrs. Strom Thurmond gather with his staff and their families at reception following christening of the USS Sumter. First row (some kneeling, some standing), left to right: Linda Spoon, Darlene Drawdy, Sylvia Neighbors, Melanie Ravan, Mrs. & Senator Thurmond, Jimmy Lucier, Valerie Ravan, Eddie Ravan, and Colleen Daley. Second row: Kathryn Hook, Sheila Gibson, Sallie Binnicker, Darlene Adams, Mrs. Jack Ravan, Jack E. Ravan, James Lucier, Sara Sadler, Patricia Ferguson, and Mr. Park Young Moo. Third row: Colonel Kip Cowan, Harriet Holland, Mrs. Bob Hodges, Hastings Wyman, Mrs. Hastings Wyman, Mary Cothran, and Mrs. Orin Briggs. Fourth row: Bob Hodges, Glenn Smith, James Allan Bishop, Orin Briggs, Mike Pulliam, Mrs. Alex McCullough, Alex McCullough, and Mrs. Edward Kenney, December 13, 1969

Item — Box: 10, Folder: 57, image: 2344

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.