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Accession number
9256-d
Title
The Papers of J. Rives Childs
Language
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Preferred Citation

The Papers of J. Rives Childs, Accession #9256-d , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The papers were packed at Mr. Childs' home in Nice and shipped to the University in January, 1972.

Scope and Content Information

The additional papers of J. Rives Childs accessioned as #9256-d comprise 19 Hollinger boxes and 1 oversize folio. In addition to his manuscripts, there are nine books and magazines and a newspaper.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three parts, the first of which contains correspondence and personal items. Childs' correspondence is mainly with his family and the Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel. Other correspondence is grouped under the heading "General Correspondence. "Among Childs' personal items are articles written by him, Confederate bills, a diary of Mrs. John W. Childs, 1873- 1876, items concerning Childs' student days, and pictures of Childs and his wife.

The second part of the collection contains papers relating to the life of Jacques Casanova. Included are copies of Casanova's Memoirs and letters, articles written about Casanova, research notes of Childs and other Casanova scholars, and correspondence between Childs and various people interested in Casanova. Two boxes contain microfilmed copies of Casanova materials.

The last part of this collection contains two manuscripts about the middle east and three boxes of snapshots of Childs' foreign travels.

Printed Materials Belonging to J. Rives Chiles

American Artist , v. 23, no. 3, issu 223, 1959 March, 72 pp. The American Foreign Service, supplement to The American Foreign Service Journal, v.XIII, no. 11, 1936 November, 172 pp. The American Foreign Service, supplement to the "Photographic Register of November, 1936," The American Foreign Service Journal, v.18, no.4, 1949 April, 44 pp. Ballyhoo, v. 2, nos. 2-5, 1932 February-June The Bomb, v.XXV, clas of 1909, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia The Bomb, v.XXVI, class of 1910, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia "The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin," Emery Walker Limited, MCMLVIII, 36 pp., w/inscription, "To Rives Childs from A. Chester Beatty, April 1959" Childs, J. Rives, Giacomo Casanova De Seingalt in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumnten, Rowohlt, 1960, 178 pp. Lectures Pour Tous Constellation, no.207, 1971 April, 182 pp. Lynchburg Republican, v.XL, no. 35, 1873 July 4

Contents List

Correspondence and Personal Items of J. Rives Childs
  • Box 1
    J. Rives Childs to his mother and father 1900-1904
    10 ALS; 25pp., 5 env.

    w/enclosed ALS, J. Wesley Childs to his father (not in his hand), and enclosed ALS, Mary Childs to Aunt Lucy

  • Box 1
    J. Rives Childs to his grandmother, mother, and father 1905-1910
    15 ALS, 6 APCS; 31pp., 12 env.
  • Box 1
    J. Wesley Childs (brother of Childs) to his mother and father 1901-1906
    13 ALS; 24pp., 10 env.

    and AMsS "My Life "by J. Wesley Childs, 2pp.

  • Box 1
    Harlan B. Clark (Dept. of State) to Childs 1950 July 10
    TLS; 2pp.
  • Box 1
    William M. Franklin (Dept. of State) to Childs 1963 May 14
    TLS; 2pp.
  • Box 1
    General Correspondence 1966-1967
    26pp.
  • Box 1
    General Correspondence 1968
    53 items
  • Box 1
    General Correspondence 1969 Jan-Apr
    44 items
  • Box 1
    General Correspondence 1969 May-Dec
    ca. 100 items
  • Box 1
    General Correspondence 1970
    ca. 90 items
  • Box 1
    General Correspondence 1970
    ca. 100 items
  • Box 2
    General Correspondence 1971
    ca. 40 items
  • Box 2
    General Correspondence 1971
    ca. 80 items
  • Box 2
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1966 Oct-Dec
    15 ALS
  • Box 2
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1967 Jan-Jul
    42 ALS
  • Box 2
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1967 Aug-Dec
    41 ALS
  • Box 2
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1968 Feb-July
    45 ALS, 1 APCS
  • Box 3
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1968 Aug-Dec
    43 ALS
  • Box 3
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1969 Jan-July
    47 ALS
  • Box 3
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1969 Aug-Dec
    26 ALS
  • Box 3
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1970 Jan-Aug
    30 ALS
  • Box 3
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1970 Sep-Dec
    20 ALS, 2 telegrams
  • Box 3
    Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1971 Jan-May
    17 ALS
  • Box 3
    Items kept w/letters from Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel 1967-1971
    7 items

    including 2 TLS, Childs to the Baroness

  • Box 3
    Copies of portions of letters from Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs, in French 1966-1971
    TMs, 22pp.
  • Box 4
    "The Arab-Jewish Problem in Retrospect, "an extract from Farewell to Foreign Service: Thirty Years in the Near East by Childs 1969
    TMs, 17 pp.
  • Box 4
    "A Brief History of the American Church, Nice (1873-1970), "by Childs and a church program 1969, n.d.
    TMs, 17 pp.
  • Box 4
    "The Buddha of Kamakura," by Childs, w/autograph revisions n.d.
    AMsS, 2 pp.
  • Box 4
    The Book Exchange, v. 97, 1956 April, and v. 98, 1956 May, both w/large advertisements for Casanoviana by Childs 1956 Apr-May
  • Box 4
    Printed letter to the editors of The New York Review re: Casanova, by Childs 1967 April 6
    2 pp.
  • Box 4
    Xerox copy of Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944 v. V, includig letters of Childs 1965
    15 pp.
  • Box 4
    "Giacoma Casanova de Seingalt "by Childs 1960
    TMs, ca. 160 pp.
  • Box 4
    Up From Earth's Center by Childs, foreward and chapters I-VII, 147 pp. n.d.
    TMs, 147 pp.
  • Box 4
    Up From Earth's Center by Childs, chapters VIII-XVI n.d.
    TMs, 166 pp.
  • Box 4
    Childs to Lawrence Grow re: Childs's ms., "Whirligig of Time, "w/included TMs of criticisms of the ms. 1963
    TL copy, 4 pp.
  • Box 4
    Miscellaneous TMs and AMs drafts by Childs 1968, n.d.
    29 pp.
  • Box 5
    125 Confederate bills, mostly from Virginia, 2 printed sheets of bills, 1 Confederate flag sicker, and 1 paroled prisoner pass belonging to J.W. Childs 1862-1865
  • Box 5
    Diary with the names of Mrs. John W. Childs and Miss Lucy Brown written on the front page, and picture of a man inserted in the back pocket 1873-1876
  • Box 5
    Snapshots and photographs of Childs, his relatives, and his friends ca. 1893-1950
    55 items
  • Box 5
    Teaching certificate of Childs from Randolph-Macon College 1912 Sep 13
  • Box 5
    17 negatives of scenes and activities at Randolph-Macon College 1912
  • Box 5
    19 snapshots and 2 negatives labelled "Harvard, 1914-1915 " 1914-1915
  • Box 5
    Military papers from WWI concerning Childs 1917
    4 pp.
  • Box 5
    Printed articles about Nikolai Fechin, painter of Childs and Georgina de Brylkine Childs portraits 1924, 1942
  • Box 5
    2 glass negatives of portraits of Childs and Mrs. Childs, painted by Nikolai Fechin n.d.
  • Box 5
    6 pictures of Childs 1926, 1941-1945, ca. 1949, n.d
  • Box 5
    Printed announcement and menu of a testimonial dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Childs in Tangier, w/signatures of attendants 1945 June 15
  • Box 5
    2 press releases about Childs 1949 or 1950, n.d.
  • Box 5
    Printed items re: Childs's relationships with Randolph-Macon College, and Luther W. White, III to Childs 1955-1969
    TLS, 75 pp.
  • Box 5
    2 travel itineraries prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Childs 1960, 1961
  • Box 5
    Printed article, "The Alumni "from V.M.I. Review , mentioning Childs 1962
    4 pp.
  • Box 5
    Booklet, Old and Rare Books , mentioning Childs n.d.
    96 pp.
  • Box 5
    4 miscellaneous menus, 2 w/signatures 1868-1969
  • Box 5
    21 negatives of Childs, his family, and his days at V.M.I. 1908-1910
Papers Relating to the Life and Works of Jaques Casanova
  • Box 6
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v. 9, chapters I-V n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 6
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v.9, chapters VI-XI n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 6
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v.9, part II, chapters VIII-XII n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 6
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v. 10, part I n.d.
    TMs, ca. 175 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 6
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v.10, part II n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 7
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v.11, part I n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 7
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v.11, part II n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 7
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "v.12, part I n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    These items represent an attempt by Childs to "marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants. "

  • Box 7
    "Memoirs of Jaques Casanova, "beginning of v. 13 1960
    TMs, 68 pp.
  • Box 7
    plays, "La Lorgnette Menteuse "and "Le Polemoscope, "written by J. Casanova, mechanically reproduced (in French) ca. 1956
    AMs, 5 pp.
  • Box 7
    "Essai D'Egoisme "(2 copies), "Les Voeux de Chasteté, ""Mort de Reobespierre, "and "Sur La Langue Française "n.d.
    AMs, TMs, ca. 40 items

    all in French and kept in originial order in an envelope labelled "Veze Archive-Essays and Notes of C[asanova] (copies), "

  • Box 7
    Letters used by Gugitz in his book, Giacomo Casanova und sein Leben and AMs notes n.d.
    54 pp.
  • Box 7
    copies of Casanova correspondence, 1769-1796 n.d.
    ALS and TL, ca. 50 items

    in an envelope labelled "Veze Archive "

  • Box 8
    Notes and xeroxes of Casanova letters archived near Prague n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.
  • Box 8
    Xeroxes of Casanova letter archived near Prague n.d.
    ca. 150 pp.
  • Box 8
    Xeroxes of Casanova letters archived near Prague n.d.
    ca. 100 pp.
  • Box 8
    Copies of microfilmed letters to Casanova, 1757-1798, in French 1960, n.d.
    TMs, ca. 100 pp.

    including ALS La Direttrice, Biblioteca Nazionale di S. Marco to Childs, from Casanova Archives in Prague

  • Box 8
    Negative photostats of letters from Jean Baptist Boyer de Fonscolombe and from Joseph Roch Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1762-1779 n.d.
    10 pp.
  • Box 8
    Tage Bull to E. Maynial 1908-1818
    20 ALS, 2 APCS

    w 1 APCS, Louis Bobé to E. Maynial (both in French), w/ 2 related TMs (in German)

  • Box 8
    Dr. Guède to E. Maynila (in French) ca. 1908-1919
    43 ALS, 1 APCS, ca. 50 items
  • Box 8
    Notes of Dr. Guède, a student of Casanova (in French) n.d.
    ca. 25 items
  • Box 8
    Fr. Kohn to E. Maynial (in French) 1911-1913
    1 ALS, 3 APCS
  • Box 8
    Horace Bleackley to E. Maynial, w/related notes (in French) 1911-1916
    9 ALS, 1 APCS
  • Box 8
    Aldo Rava to E. Maynial (in French) 1911-1920
    32 ALS, 23 APCS
  • Box 8
    J. Verset to E. Maynial, w/5 related items (in French) 1913-1916
  • Box 9
    Luis Ulbra (?) to René Veze, pamphlet entitled "Christophe Colomb, "(in French) and an unidentified book cover. 1929, n.d.
    3 ALS

    All in a folder labelled "Postface-La Publication des Memoires "

  • Box 9
    Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale to "Signore, "2 book advertisements, 1 book cover, 2 pictures and AMs note all re: Giacomo Casanova (in Italian) 1932
    ALS
  • Box 9
    Falchetta to Childs, and notes about Henriette, or Jeanne-Marie Boyer de Fonscolombe, née d' Alber, and her marriage and family 1960, n.d.
    4 ALS, 2 TMs, 18 pp.
  • Box 9
    notes and photocopies of book title pages all re: J. Casanova, sent to Childs by F.A. Brockhaus (in German and French) 1960, n.d.
    1 ALS, 2 TMs, AMs notes, 13 items
  • Box 9
    Walker (The University Press of Virginia) to Childs, copies of Casanova letters (in French), "TMs Drucker, Verleger, und der Autor Cassanova in der 'Histoire de ma Vie' "(in German), TMs re: Gyula Rudnyanszky and TMs bibliography (in Hungarian) 1969, n.d.
    TLS, TMs, ca. 28 pp.

    all in an unlabelled folder

  • Box 9
    untitled, I-V n.d.
    TMs, ca. 150 pp.

    all in a folder labelled "Notes prepared by Ch. Samaran and J. Rives Childs for a critical edition of Casanova's 'Historoire de ma Vie', "v. I-V, inclusive of the Brockhaus ed. 1960,(in French). These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 9
    Notes for Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie , tome I. n.d.
    TMs, ca. 60 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 9
    "A Great Adventurer and His Times: A Biography of Casanova Based on New Documents, "Introduction and chapters I-VIII n.d.
    TMs
  • Box 9
    "A Great Adventurer and His Times: A Biography of Casanova Based on New Documents, "chapters IX-end n.d.
    TMs
  • Box 9
    2 TMs about Elizabeth Chudleigh, w/related notes, letters, and pictures 1908, n.d.
    2 TMs, ca. 30 items
  • Box 10
    Materials and correspondence of Brockhaus and Veze 1908-1939
    ca. 100 items

    re: the works of Casanova, including a newspaper entitled Le Petit Bastiais, 1922 Sep 10, all in French and kep in original order in a folder marked "Casanova Correspondence "

  • Box 10
    Review by E. Le Gallo and printed review of Casanova et son Temps by E. Maynial (in French) ca. 1910
    AMsS, 7 pp.
  • Box 10
    "Une Amitié de Casanova: Le Comte Maximillien Lamberg "by Edouard Maynial, w/related letter 1922, n.d.
    AmsS, 32 pp.
  • Box 10
    Inventory of Casanova papers compiled by Beinhard Marr 1957
    ca. 175 pp.
  • Box 10
    Inventory of Casanova Papers n.d.
    21 pp.
  • Box 10
    "Les Trois Passages de Casanova sur la [acute]Côte de' Azur, "2 copies, w/related TLS (in French) 1959
    TMsS, 50 pp.
  • Box 10
    re: the life and works of Justinienne Wynne (in French) by Francis L. Mars and by Baron Ernouf 1960, n.d.
    2 TMs, 23 pp.
  • Box 10
    Printed article signed, "Aragon et Maurois "by Radu Floresco (in French) 1960 March
    9 pp.
  • Box 10
    Printed advertisement for subscription to The Memoirs of Casanova in Facsimile, edited by F.A. Brockhaus (partly in French) 1960 Dec
    8 pp.
  • Box 10
    "Les Véritables Mémoires de Casanova, "by Ch. Samara (in French) 1964
    TMs, 26 pp.
  • Box 10
    Xerox, Mémoires de J. Casanova de Seingalt ecrits par Lui-Même 1966
    TMs, 38 pp.
  • Box 10
    Xerox of printed article, Proposta per una Revisione Storiogragica: Giocomo Casanova , by Giampiero Bozzolato (in Italian) 1967
    9 pp.
  • Box 10
    "Casanova à Nice et à Menton "by Dr. F. Mars, 3 copies, 1 w/autograph revisions and attached AMs note n.d.
    TMs, 20 pp.
  • Box 10
    Appendixes drafted for a projected edition of Casanova's Memoirs to record the variant texts n.d.
    TMs. 116 pp.
  • Box 10
    Copy of "Acrostics, Anagrams, and Chaucer "by William F. Friedman and Elizabeth S. Friedman 1959 Jan
    Physical Location: Reprint from Philological Quarterly, V. XXXVIII, no. 1, 1959 Jan
    20 pp.
  • Box 10
    "Livres Anciens et Modernes" by Jean Rousseau-Girard n.d.
    booklet, 38 pp.
  • Box 11
    Notes labelled "B-P VI "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 11
    Notes labelled "B-P VI "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 11
    Notes Labelled "BP-VII "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 11
    Notes Labelled "BP-VII "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 100 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 11
    Notes Labelled "BP-VIII "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 12
    Notes labelled "IX "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 12
    Notes labelled "IX "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 80 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 12
    Notes labelled "Vol. X "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 12
    Notes labelled "Vol. X "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 12
    Notes labelled "Vol. XI "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 13
    Notes labelled "Vol. XI "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 100 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 13
    Notes labelled "Vol. XII "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 200 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 13
    Notes labelled "Vol. XII "(in French) n.d.
    TMs, ca. 80 pp.

    These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie in 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

  • Box 13
    Lists of subscribers to Casanova Gleanings 1959-1960
    5 TLS, 4 lists, 15 pp.
  • Box 13
    Casanova Correspondence 1968
    79 items
  • Box 13
    Casanova Correspondence 1969
    71 items
  • Box 13
    Casanova Correspondence 1970
    72 items
  • Box 42 items
    Casanova Correspondence 1971
  • Box 14-15
    Manuscripts and printed works by Casanova from the Czech Archives in Prague
    ca. 50 manuscripts, ca. 20 printed works
  • Box 14-15
    Printed items re: the Eighteenth Century from the Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris
    ca. 20 items
  • Box 14-15
    Pictures of Casanova and his associates
    ca. 50 items
  • Box 14-15
    Manuscripts chiefly by Casanova, letters, some from, but chiefly to, Casanova from unidentified sources (possibly the Czech Archives)
    ca. 100 manuscripts, ca. 600 letters
  • Box 16
    Illustration and 22 microfilm cuts used in Rowohlt's German translation of Casanova by Childs ca. 1970
  • Box 16
    Collection of 9 pictures of Jaques Casanova 1968, n.d.
  • Box 16
    68 illustrations for Raoul Veze's edition of Mémoires de Casanova, I n.d.
  • Box 16
    72 illustrations for Raoul Veze's edition of Mémoires de Casanova, II n.d.
  • Box 16
    10 illustrations of people and places in a folder labelled, "Angleterre "n.d.
  • Box 16
    27 illustrations in a folder labelled "Etranger-Allemagne, Autriche, Russie, Suisse "n.d.
  • Box 16
    10 illustrations in a folder labelled "Iconographie de Casanova "n.d.
  • Box 16
    ca. 125 illustrations w/related notes in a folder labelled "Illustrations documentaries pour Casanova "ca. 1927
  • Box 16
    39 illustrations of Casanova materials collected by Childs n.d.
  • Box 16
    ca. 125 illustrations for "La Fin d'un Adventurier: Casanova aprés les Mémoires "n.d.
  • Box 16
    2 glass negatives of portraits of women, kept in a box labelled, "Henriette "n.d.
  • Box 16
    1 glass negative of a portrait of a woman, and 19 photographs of Childs's visit to Taizz w/ accompanying description, all kept in a box labelled, "Elizabeth Chudleigh" n.d.
  • Box 16
    2 pictures, possibly of the courtesan, Louise O'Murphy, w/printed descriptions n.d.
    2 pp.
Papers Relating to and Photographs of J. Rives Childs' Foreign Travels
  • Box 17
    "What Mohammed Said and What He Meant, "a book review by Anne Fremantle of The Eternal Message of Muhammed, by 'Abd-al-Rahman 'Azzam 1964 March 15
    Printed article, 1 p.
  • Box 17
    3 TMs about Moslem families sent to Childs by Shenfè Druhan (one in French) n.d.
    21 pp.
  • Box 17
    Large map of Addis Abada 1952 August
  • Box 17
    2 photographs and 40 negatives labelled "American Ambulance, France, 1915 "1915
  • 3 photographs and 49 negatives labelled "Photos taken in Paris, Juilly, while with American Ambulance Corps in France in 1915 "1915
  • Box 17
    38 photographs taken during WWI ca. 1917-1918
  • Box 17
    47 photographs labelled "A[merican] R[elief] A[dministration]...in Russia "ca. 1921-1923 and n.d.
  • Box 17
    7 photographs and 7 negatives labelled "Egypt " 1930s
  • Box 17
    17 photographs and 20 negatives labelled "Egypt "n.d.
  • Box 17
    1 picture postcard and 4 negatives of Egypt n.d.
  • Box 17
    54 photographs and 1 negative labelled "Cairo and Pageant of Persia "n.d.
  • Box 17
    17 photographs labelled "Iran in 1934 or 35 "1934 or 1935
  • Box 17
    51 negatives labelled "Persia, 1934-1935 " 1934-1935
  • Box 17
    16 photographs and 1 negative labelled "Persia 1934-1935 " 1934-1935
  • Box 17
    35 photographs labelled "Persia "n.d.
  • Box 17
    31 photographs labelled "Persia "n.d.
  • Box 17
    4 photographs labelled "Persia, American Legation "n.d.
  • Box 17
    60 photographs labelled "Cairo to Teheran prints and other excursions in Persia "n.d.
  • Box 17
    13 photographs and 16 negatives labelled "Nice to Athens, 1936 "1936
  • Box 17
    10 photographs labelled "Greece to Athens "1936
  • Box 17
    8 photographs and 8 negatives labelled "Transjordan, 1936? "1936
  • Box 17
    6 photographs and 6 negatives labelled "Spain and France, 1936 "1936
  • Box 17
    13 photographs and 12 negatives labelled "France and Spanish border at and around Iran, 1936 "1936
  • Box 17
    20 photographs and 21 negatives labelled France, 1936 1936
  • Box 17
    16 photographs of the French Alps n.d.
  • Box 18
    14 negatives labelled "Spain and Bermuda "n.d.
  • Box 18
    61 negatives labelled Spain and Portugal n.d.
  • Box 18
    16 photographs of people and places in Morocco 1941
  • Box 18
    1 photograph and 37 negatives labelled "Morocco, 1941-45 " 1941-1945
  • Box 18
    14 photographs labelled "Tangier " 1941-1942
  • Box 18
    10 negatives labelled "Tangier "n.d.
  • Box 18
    33 photographs labelled "Tangier "n.d.
  • Box 18
    20 photographs labelled Rabat and Sale, Meknes, Fex 1941-1943
  • Box 18
    45 photographs labelled "Pictures of various places in Arabia Peninsula, Saudi Arabis, Yenan " 1942-1952
  • Box 18
    11 photographs labelled "Spain, 1943 "1943
  • Box 18
    19 negatives labelled "Portugal, 1943 "1943
  • Box 18
    55 negatives labelled "Spain and Portugal "n.d.
  • Box 18
    8 photographs labelled "Patton-Orgaz meeting "1943
  • Box 18
    9 negatives labelled "Patton-Orgaz meeting "1943
  • Box 18
    11 photographs labelled "Patton-Orgaz meetings "1943
  • Box 18
    21 negatives labelled "Clark-Orgaz meeting A[merican] R[elief] A[dministration], 1943 "1943
  • Box 18
    46 negatives labelled "Clark-Orgaz meeting, June 1943 "1943
  • Box 18
    68 photographs and 2 negatives labelled "Photos of U.S. Navy- Morocco "1943 or 1944
  • Box 19
    20 photographs labelled "Scenes of Tetjan "1944
  • Box 19
    108 photographs labelled "Yemen, 1946 "1946
  • Box 19
    12 photographs labelled "Yemen "1947
  • Box 19
    59 photographs labelled "Yemen "n.d.
  • Box 19
    43 photographs labelled "Saudi Arabia "ca. 1947
  • Box 19
    19 photographs labelled "Saudi Arabia "n.d.
  • Box 19
    5 photographs and 8 negatives labelled "Ethiopia, 1951-1953 " 1951-1953
  • Box 19
    46 photographs and 45 negatives labelled "Ethiopia, 1952 "1952
  • Box 19
    Jaques Marsanto Childs w/6 photographs of "S. Maria d' Angeli a Murano "1967 Nov
    ALS, 2 pp.
  • Box 19
    6 photographs and 12 negatives labelled "Jidda "n.d.
  • Box 19
    16 negatives labelled "Nelilla "n.d.
  • Box 19
    16 photographs labelled "Marrakesh "n.d.
  • Box 19
    21 photographs labelled "Mazagan, Safi, Mogadar, Tiznit, Taroudant, to Marrakesh "n.d.
  • Box 19
    10 photographs labelled "Ouarzazate, Zagora, Tamgrout "n.d.
  • Box 19
    Large picture of King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud n.d.
  • Box 19
    16 photographs and 16 negatives of miscellaneous places n.d.
  • Box 19
    Map of Washington, D.C. n.d.
Oversize Items
  • 18th century engraving of a city, labelled "Vue de la Ville et du Port de Palerme "n.d.
  • 2 18th century steel engravings of scenes of a homelife n.d.