Bob Graham Letter

Collection — Box: 148

Identifier: MSS 1981-003

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter, dated June 17, 1981, signed by Bob Graham in which he thanks Mrs. Opal M. Free of the FSU Library for gathering materials for a 2nd Annual history dinner.

Also known as MSS 0-303.

Dates

Created: June 17, 1981

Creator

Graham, Bob, 1936- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham was born in 1936 in Coral Gables, Florida. He received a Bachelors degree from the University of Florida and a law degree from Harvard University in 1962. He began a long career in politics by serving in the Florida House of Representatives in 1966 and in the Florida Senate from 1970 to 1978. He became the thirty-eighth governor in 1979 and served in that office until 1987. In 1987, Graham was then elected to the United State Senate and reelected again in 1994.