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Re: Death of a Senator - Advice Needed



Val,

You might check with either Dick Baker, Historian of the Senate
(historian@sec.senate.gov), or Karen Paul (karen_paul@sec.senate.gov),
Senate Archivist.

Tim

At 12:12 PM 7/19/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Yesterday US Senator Paul Coverdell from Georgia died after a very short
>illness.  Our archives is to be the recipient of his US Senate papers.  We
>have received
>approximately two shipments (150 linear feet) of documents from his eight
>years in office.
>I am looking for advice from people/archives who have had experience
>dealing with offices of senators who have passed away while in office.
>As you know, the time frame for physically leaving the suite of offices
>in Washington DC is very short - and any advice from experienced
>archivists would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Val Nye
>
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Timothy J. Johnson, Curator
Special Collections and Rare Books
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
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222--21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55455

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