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State Archives of Florida, Series S1197

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Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

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1985

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Correspondence Between State Senator Carrie Meek and Governor Bob Graham's Office Regarding Inmate Rudolf Zadnik, 1985

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Correspondence relating to the case of state prisoner Rudolf Zadnik of Avon Park, Florida. The conversation begins with a letter from Mrs. Rachel Girvin of Kingman, Kansas to State Senator Carrie Meek, asking for her help getting Zadnik's case reopened. Meek in turn asked Gene Adams from the Executive Office of the Governor to review the case. Adams forwarded the letter to the governor's general counsel, Syd McKenzie.

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Meek, Carrie Mae Pittman, 1926-2021

Adams, Howard Eugene

Girvin, Rachel E., 1892-1989

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1197

Date

1985

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eng-US

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Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

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Avon Park (Fla.)

Highlands County (Fla.)

Kingman (Kans.)

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Subject - Corporate

Florida. Governor (1979-1987 : Graham)

Subject - Person

Zadnik, Rudolph, 1938-1998

Graham, Bob (Daniel Robert), 1936-2024

McKenzie, Sydney

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Meek, Carrie Mae Pittman, 1926-2021. Correspondence Between State Senator Carrie Meek and Governor Bob Graham's Office Regarding Inmate Rudolf Zadnik, 1985. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346845>, accessed 24 February 2025.

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Meek, Carrie Mae Pittman, 1926-2021. Correspondence Between State Senator Carrie Meek and Governor Bob Graham's Office Regarding Inmate Rudolf Zadnik, 1985. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346845>

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