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Re: Death of a Senator - Advice Needed



Valerie Nye 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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Jerry A. McCoy/President
Silver Spring Historical Society
PO Box 1160, Silver Spring, MD  20910-1160
http://www.homestead.com/silverspringhistory/

Valerie,

Contact Cynthia Miller, the archivist in Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan's office (202-224-4451; cynthia_miller@moynihan.senate.gov) --
she
is expert at this kind of thing.  When Rep. Paul B. Henry of Michigan
died
suddenly in July 1993, she helped them out with similar problems ....

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