Carthage, Tunisia. Members of the U.S. Delegation to the Interparliamentary Union visit the North African Cemetery in this historic city, now a suburb of Tunis. Left to right: Mrs. Darrell St. Claire-wife of Administrative Secretary to the U.S Senate, Mrs. B. Everett Jordan, Mrs. Edward R. Derwinski, Senator B. Everett Jordan (D-NC), Mrs. Birch Bayh, Senator Birch Bayh (D-Indiana), Miss Derwinski, Mr. Edward Mulcahy-U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission in Tunisia, Congressman Edward R. Derwinski (R-IL), Mrs. Len B. Jordan, Senator Len B. Jordan (R-Idaho), Senator Hugh Scott (R-PA), and two unidentifiedmen behind Senator Scott, March 30, 1970

Item — Box: 10, Folder: 59, image: 2432.2

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.